Questionable Claims
4/29/202614 min
April 28, 2026
Administration tries to blame Democrats for incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump continues to claim the incident proves need for his proposed White House ballroom, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche files motion to dissolve the court's preliminary injunction stopping the ballroom construction, Trump desperately needs a win, Stalemate in Iran continues, Gas prices are at their highest level in four years, Reports suggest that the US military post in Kuwait where six service members died was unprotected, House measures are bottled up, reports suggest Mike Johnson is losing control, Trump is ramping up attacks, going after Jimmy Kimmel and James Comey.
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First 90 secondsHeather Cox Richardson· Host0:00
[outro jingle] April 28th, 2026. There's a frenzied feeling to the news coming from the White House these days. Yesterday, the administration tried to blame Democrats and the media for the incident at the White House Correspondence Dinner on Saturday night when Secret Service agents apprehended a man carrying a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives on the floor above the room where the dinner was taking place. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt called opponents of Trump a left-wing cult of hatred against the President of the United States and all of those who support him, and blamed the entire Democrat Party for the event. Shots were fired during that incident, although not in the room where Trump, cabinet members, or the press were seated, but there is a good chance it was actually not Cole Thomas Allen, the intruder, who fired them. Yesterday, the Department of Justice charged Allen with attempting to assassinate the president. At his press conference hours after the event, Trump insisted the trouble proved the need for his proposed ballroom. On Sunday morning, the Department of Justice, or DOJ, demanded that the National Trust for Historic Preservation drop