Inside the Chaos at the Correspondents’ Dinner, and How the U.S. Mint Is Buying Drug Cartel Gold
4/27/202610 min
Plus, marathon runners shatter a world record.
Here’s what we’re covering:
‘Shots Fired!’: Inside the Pandemonium at the Washington Hilton, by Luke Broadwater, Shawn McCreesh, Tyler Pager and Maggie Haberman
Grievance Propelled Gala Attack Suspect Across Country, Authorities Say, by Amy Qin, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Shawn Hubler
Iran and U.S. Sink Into Awkward Limbo of ‘No War, No Peace,’ by Erika Solomon
U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American,’ by Justin Scheck, Simón Posada and Federico Rios
Sabastian Sawe Finishes London Marathon in Under Two Hours to Obliterate Men’s World Record, by Liam Tharme
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Tracy Mumford· Host0:29
[upbeat music] From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Monday, April 27th. Here's what we're covering.
Shawn McCreesh0:39
Suddenly we heard all this yelling, all this commotion. We were crouched low, and then cabinet members just started emerging from around the corner, and they were with their guards. You know, first came RFK Jr. and Cheryl Hines, then came Jeanine Pirro.
Tracy Mumford· Host0:59
My colleague Sean McCreesh was at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night at a hotel in DC when an armed man tried to storm through security. It happened right as the dinner was getting started. Shots were fired, and Sean was out in the hallway as members of the administration were evacuated from the ballroom.
Shawn McCreesh1:16
They were walking, you know, very in a panicked way, stricken faces being ushered into hallways and elevators. There were teary reporters. It was just total pandemonium. We had no idea what was happening.