The White House correspondents’ dinner shooting.
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On Saturday, a gunman fired shots at the Washington Hilton Hotel, which was hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. The Secret Service evacuated President Donald Trump and other senior leaders, and none of the guests were injured. One Secret Service officer was shot while engaging the suspect outside the ballroom, but he was wearing a bulletproof vest and was not seriously wounded. The gunman allegedly sent a manifesto to his family before the attack, suggesting that he intended to kill the president and other administration officials. He was charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on federal officers using a dangerous weapon.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:12.5 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tango podcast, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul. |
| 0:29.4 | And on today's episode, we're going to be talking about the White House Correspondence Dinner over the weekend. |
| 0:36.1 | There was another attempt on President Trump's life, |
| 0:40.0 | the third such assassination and attempt since 2024. We're going to break down what exactly we know |
| 0:46.0 | about what happened, the shooting inside, and share some views from the left and the right, |
| 0:51.4 | and then my take. It is Monday, April 27th. And before we |
| 0:55.9 | jump in to today's episode, I want to give you a quick reminder that on Friday, our associate |
| 1:00.7 | editor, Audrey Moorhead explored some of America's concerns about the rising influence of |
| 1:06.4 | Christian nationalism in the U.S. government, breaking down what this term means, the influence of |
| 1:12.1 | Christian beliefs on both sides of the aisle, and how we should think about that influence. |
| 1:17.1 | You can read Audrey's piece with a link in today's episode description, or you can listen to it |
| 1:22.4 | by just scrolling back a couple episodes in your podcast feed. A quick reminder that Friday additions like this one are |
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| 1:46.5 | All right, with that, I'm going to hand it over to John for today's main story, and I'll be back for my take. |
| 1:58.5 | Thanks, Isaac, and welcome, everybody. |
| 2:00.6 | Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We're going to get right into it with today's quick hits. First up, Senator Tom Tillis, the Republican from North Carolina, said he will no longer block Kevin Warsh's nomination to be the next Federal Reserve chair after the Justice Department said it is dropping its investigation into current chairman |
| 2:18.2 | Jerome Powell. With Tillis' support, Warsh's nomination is expected to advance out of the Senate |
| 2:23.0 | Banking Committee to a confirmation vote. Number two, President Donald Trump canceled plans for |
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