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NPR News: 04-27-2026 11PM EDT

28 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: What happened at the White House Correspondents' Dinner?

1.027 - 19.99 Giles Snyder

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The man being held in connection with Saturday night's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner made his first court appearance today. 31-year-old Cole Allen faces three charges, including trying to assassinate President Trump. and PRS Ryan Lucas was in the courtroom.

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20.01 - 37.788 Ryan Lucas

This was Allen's initial court appearance. He was in the room wearing a blue prison outfit. He sat at the defense table with two public defenders who the judge had appointed as his counsel. Now, the magistrate judge explained the proceedings to Allen, asked Allen a few questions. He responded to many of those questions with either, yes, your honor, or no, your honor.

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38.609 - 47.318 Ryan Lucas

The judge also ordered this case unsealed, and Allen has been charged by criminal complaint with three counts, the most serious one attempted assassination of the U.S. president,

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Chapter 2: What charges were brought against Cole Allen?

47.298 - 51.987 Ryan Lucas

The other two charges are both related to the guns he allegedly had on him on Saturday.

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52.288 - 73.689 Giles Snyder

NPR's Ryan Lucas reporting. President Trump met Monday with his national security team. The White House says they discussed the latest Iranian proposal to bring the war to an end. The terms have not been made public. But the Associated Press is reporting that Iran is offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for an end to the U.S. naval blockade.

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73.809 - 95.248 Giles Snyder

Iran also reportedly wants to set aside nuclear negotiations until after the war ends. Oil prices, meanwhile, above $109 a barrel. Today is Iran's 59th day of an internet blackout. The Internet Freedom Monitor, NetBlocks, says it's Iran's longest ever shutdown. But as Dury Biskarin reports, a few are still getting online.

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95.268 - 117.204 Derry Bouskaran

NetBlocks reports Iran's internet use goes up to about 2% of normal levels. Specialized Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are being sold on the black market for about $10 per gigabyte of data. Google searches work intermittently. Iran does have a functioning internal web called an intranet, so services like local banking are still functional.

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117.644 - 126.698 Derry Bouskaran

But some Iranian officials are raising concerns about the economic cost of being cut off from the outside world. For NPR News, I'm Derry Bouskaran in Istanbul.

126.678 - 139.894 Giles Snyder

Georgia got some much-needed rainfall over the weekend, but not nearly enough to put out two wildfires that have burned more than 50,000 acres in the southern part of the state. Emily Jones of Member Station WABE reports.

139.975 - 155.214 Emily Jones

Dozens of homes have been destroyed and scores of people have had to evacuate. Many are clamoring to get back home. Brantley County Manager Joey Kaysen says officials are allowing some people to return home, but they should be ready to evacuate again if necessary.

155.574 - 166.928 Unknown

Just understand that safety is the biggest concern that this whole group is worried about, trying to make sure that we get folks back in their homes as soon as possible, but safely as possible.

166.908 - 172.265 Emily Jones

Fire officials say they're expecting more wind later in the week, which could spread the fire farther.

Chapter 3: What is Iran's latest proposal regarding the war?

255.247 - 258.39 Courtney Flatt

He says both books were biographies on Henry Ford.

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258.421 - 262.648 Unknown

In the books, too, we found a form about how to write essays.

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263.169 - 277.332 Courtney Flatt

So they think perhaps the books were loaned to a student. If the library had collected overdue fees, which they no longer do, they would have totaled about $3,000. For NPR News, I'm Courtney Flatt in Richland, Washington.

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277.553 - 280.277 Giles Snyder

And I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News.

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280.257 - 304.003 Erika Barris

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