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Saturday night, but administration officials later accused journalists and Democrats of fueling divisive rhetoric.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-officials-blame-democrats-media-political-violence-whca-dinner-rcna342381</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-officials-blame-democrats-media-political-violence-whca-dinner-rcna342381</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-Todd-Blanche-ew-447p-51f52f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Tasos Katopodis</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Senior Justice Department Leaders Announce Charges Against Correspondents Dinner Gunman</media:text><media:description type="plain">Trump administration officials on Monday went after Democrats and the media.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-karoline-leavitt-mn-1355-14f6b8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1200" width="1800"><media:credit>Andrew Harnik</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Holds Briefing At The White House</media:text><media:description type="plain">Trump administration officials on Monday went after Democrats and the media.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-Todd-Blanche-ew-447p-51f52f.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:28:10 GMT</pubDate><title>Trump officials point finger at Democrats and the media for political violence</title><updateDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:52:01 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Alexander Smith</dc:creator><dc:creator>Abigail Williams</dc:creator><dc:creator>Natasha Lebedeva</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Courtney Kube</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Monica Alba</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>The Associated Press</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Reuters</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:56:08 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi flew to meet Russia&#39;s Vladimir Putin after Donald Trump withdrew his envoys from peace talks in Pakistan.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/trump-iran-war-call-us-peace-talks-araghchi-putin-hormuz-rcna342251</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/trump-iran-war-call-us-peace-talks-araghchi-putin-hormuz-rcna342251</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-Abbas-Araghchi-mb-1153-e9e485.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Iranian Foreign Ministry</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi in Russia</media:text><media:description type="plain">Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives in St. Petersburg, Russia for diplomatic talks on April 27, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-Abbas-Araghchi-mb-1153-e9e485.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:56:08 GMT</pubDate><title>Iran presented Trump with proposal to open Strait of Hormuz, but delay nuclear talks</title><updateDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:01:24 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Sahil Kapur</dc:creator><dc:creator>Scott Wong</dc:creator><dc:creator>Frank Thorp V</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Brennan Leach</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:03:49 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Despite renewed GOP calls for funding the ballroom after a shooting at a dinner attended by the president, the project still faces an uphill climb in Congress.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-split-using-taxpayer-funds-trump-white-house-ballroom-rcna342290</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-split-using-taxpayer-funds-trump-white-house-ballroom-rcna342290</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-white-house-ballroom-mn-1245-6c7a78.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1200" width="1800"><media:credit>Anna Moneymaker</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Construction cranes on the site of the proposed White House ballroom on April 17, 2026.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Construction cranes on the site of the proposed White House ballroom April 17.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-white-house-ballroom-mn-1245-6c7a78.jpg" height="1200" width="1800"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:03:49 GMT</pubDate><title>Congressional Republicans are split on using taxpayer funds to build Trump&#39;s ballroom</title><updateDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:03:49 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Garrett Haake</dc:creator><dc:creator>Pilar Melendez</dc:creator><dc:creator>Rich Schapiro</dc:creator><dc:creator>Rudy Chinchilla</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Colin Sheeley</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Kelly O&#39;Donnell</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Tom Winter</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Julia Ainsley</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Bill Feather</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Dareh Gregorian</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Nyree Arabian</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Griffin Eckstein</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Jean Lee</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Kaila Nichols</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:35:59 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The California teacher and engineer accused of opening fire outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner believed it was his duty to target Trump administration officials, according to a note he sent family members about 10 minutes before the Saturday attack</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooting-suspect-white-house-correspondents-dinner-cole-thomas-allen-rcna342146</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooting-suspect-white-house-correspondents-dinner-cole-thomas-allen-rcna342146</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-WHCA-torrance-california-ww-1123-bc9aec.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Jon Putman</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Two field agents wearing black flak jackets with Secret Service patches on them cross a yellow police perimeter.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Secret Service agents outside the residence of Cole Thomas Allen following a federal raid in Torrance, Calif. on April 26, 2026. (Photo by Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-cole-tomas-allen-mb-1019-ae0513.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1668" width="2500"><media:credit>via Linkedin</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Cole Tomas Allen.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Cole Tomas Allen.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-WHCA-dinner-ww-1107-182609.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Apu Gomes</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Two FBI field agents wearing helmets and camouflage fatigues walk in front of a vehicle with red and blue flashing lights.</media:text><media:description type="plain">FBI tactical agents near a residence believed to be linked to  suspect Cole Tomas Allen in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday night.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-WHCA-torrance-california-ww-1119-bf9941.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Apu Gomes</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A line of reporters with television cameras stand across the street from a row of two story residential homes on a tree-lined street.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Reporters in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, Calif., on Sunday. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-WHCA-torrance-california-ww-1123-bc9aec.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:35:59 GMT</pubDate><title>Suspect wrote of targeting Trump officials before correspondents&#39; dinner shooting</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:48:03 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>The Politics Desk</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:00:00 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>In today’s edition, Matt Dixon and Jane C. Timm wrap up two new developments in the nationwide redistricting fight. </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/redistricting-battle-rages-on-politics-desk-rcna342373</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/redistricting-battle-rages-on-politics-desk-rcna342373</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-ron-desantis-mn-1540-76b687.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1197" width="1800"><media:credit>Corey Perrin</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in Jacksonville on April 22, 2026.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-ron-desantis-mn-1540-76b687.jpg" height="1197" width="1800"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><title>The redistricting battle rages on: From the Politics Desk</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:00:00 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Daniel Arkin</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:21:27 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Committee for the First Amendment, a free speech advocacy group led by actor Jane Fonda, criticized President Donald Trump for urging ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over his comments about first lady Melania Trump.“In America, satire is not a crime.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jane-fonda-committee-first-amendment-responds-trump-jimmy-kimmel-abc-rcna342369</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jane-fonda-committee-first-amendment-responds-trump-jimmy-kimmel-abc-rcna342369</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-jane-fonda-jimmy-kimmel-donald-trump-vl-419p-ae5747.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit>Getty Images</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Jane Fonda; President Donald Trump; Jimmy Kimmel.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Jane Fonda; President Donald Trump; Jimmy Kimmel.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-jane-fonda-jimmy-kimmel-donald-trump-vl-419p-ae5747.jpg" height="800" width="1200"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:21:27 GMT</pubDate><title>Jane Fonda free speech group to ABC: Resist Trump, keep Kimmel</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:21:27 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Daniella Silva</dc:creator><dc:creator>Gary Grumbach </dc:creator><dc:creator>Owen Hayes</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:34:48 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner appeared in court Monday afternoon to face charges of attempting to assassinate the president</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cole-allen-trump-assassination-attempt-charge-court-hearing-rcna342356</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cole-allen-trump-assassination-attempt-charge-court-hearing-rcna342356</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-police-car-court-house-vl-218p-f9be66.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>Celal Gunes</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A police car parked horizontally on a street across a double yellow line</media:text><media:description type="plain">Police take security measures outside the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse ahead of the first court appearance of a suspect in the shooting linked to the White House Correspondents&#39; Association Dinner, in Washington D.C., on April 27, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-cole-tomas-allen-mb-1019-ae0513.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1668" width="2500"><media:credit>via Linkedin</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Cole Thomas Allen.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Cole Thomas Allen.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-WHCA-torrance-california-ww-1123-bc9aec.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Jon Putman</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Two field agents wearing black flak jackets with Secret Service patches on them cross a yellow police perimeter.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Secret Service agents outside the residence of Cole Thomas Allen in Torrance, Calif., on April 26.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-police-car-court-house-vl-218p-f9be66.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:34:48 GMT</pubDate><title>Suspect charged with attempting to assassinate Trump at correspondents&#39; dinner</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:54:32 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Jane C. Timm </dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:32:39 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Virginia Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on the legality of a constitutional amendment voters approved last week that allows Democrats to implement a more favorable congressional map ahead of the midterm elections</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/virginia-supreme-court-weighs-legality-democratic-redistricting-plan-rcna342226</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/virginia-supreme-court-weighs-legality-democratic-redistricting-plan-rcna342226</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-don-scott-mb-0852-9aa7ed.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Al Drago</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Virginia Gubernatorial Candiate Spanberger Election Night Event</media:text><media:description type="plain">Speaker of the Virginia House of Representatives Don Scott in Richmond on Nov. 4, 2025.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-don-scott-mb-0852-9aa7ed.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:32:39 GMT</pubDate><title>Virginia Supreme Court weighs legality of redistricting plan after voters approved it</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:28:18 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Dennis Romero</dc:creator><dc:creator>Angela Yang</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Marlene Lenthang</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Raquel Coronell Uribe</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:44:32 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>An armed man exchanged gunfire with law enforcement after he rushed a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, authorities said.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/what-we-know-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-rcna342143</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/what-we-know-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-rcna342143</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260425-wh-dinner-ww-1811-22579f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Nathan Howard</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Security Scare at The White House Correspondents&#39; Dinner with President Trump</media:text><media:description type="plain">Attendees hide under tables after an  incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington, April 25, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260425-wh-dinner-ww-1842-b084ed.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Bo Erickson</media:credit><media:text type="plain">White House Correspondents&#39; Association (WHCA) dinner in Washington</media:text><media:description type="plain">President Donald Trump is escorted after a shooting  during the annual White House Correspondents&#39; Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260425-wh-dinner-ww-1824-a0e11d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Andrew Harnik</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Security Scare at The White House Correspondents&#39; Dinner with President Trump</media:text><media:description type="plain">Agents stand guard after an incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner Saturday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260425-wh-dinner-ww-1811-22579f.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:44:32 GMT</pubDate><title>What we know about the White House Correspondents&#39; Dinner shooting</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:27:32 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Lawrence Hurley</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:41 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Supreme Court hears arguments in the case of Okello Chatrie, the latest in a series of cases on how cellphone technology interacts with the Constitution.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-considers-lawfulness-broad-police-requests-cell-phone-lo-rcna341291</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-considers-lawfulness-broad-police-requests-cell-phone-lo-rcna341291</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-geofence-supreme-court-cs-572683.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1600" width="2400"><media:credit>NBC News; Getty Images</media:credit><media:text type="plain">The Supreme Court in Washington with geo-locator tags of different colors spread over it.</media:text><media:description type="plain">In a similar case, the court ruled in 2017 that warrants are required to obtain location information derived from cell tower data.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260422-geofence-supreme-court-cs-572683.jpg" height="1600" width="2400"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:41 GMT</pubDate><title>Supreme Court considers lawfulness of broad police requests for cellphone location data</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:32:53 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Adam Edelman</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:29:52 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The proposal, which has divided Democrats in the state, would implement a one-time tax on wealthy Californians if it qualifies for the ballot and is approved by voters in the fall. </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/billionaire-tax-supporters-submit-signatures-california-ballot-rcna342345</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/billionaire-tax-supporters-submit-signatures-california-ballot-rcna342345</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-billionaire-tax-vl-135p-8ddb33.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>Patrick T. Fallon</media:credit><media:text type="plain">People hold posters in favor of the billionaire tax act</media:text><media:description type="plain">Attendees cheer during a campaign kickoff for the California Billionaire Tax Act in Los Angeles on Feb. 18.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-billionaire-tax-vl-135p-8ddb33.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:29:52 GMT</pubDate><title>Supporters of billionaire tax submit signatures to place measure on California&#39;s ballot</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:29:52 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Daniel Arkin</dc:creator><dc:creator>Monica Alba</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Austin Mullen</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Dareh Gregorian</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:41:30 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>First lady Melania Trump sharply criticized Jimmy Kimmel on Monday, blasting the ABC late-night host’s “hateful and violent rhetoric.”</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/melania-trump-rips-jimmy-kimmel-urges-abc-take-stand-rcna342319</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/melania-trump-rips-jimmy-kimmel-urges-abc-take-stand-rcna342319</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-melania-trump-vl-1151a-ba0642.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>Yuri Gripas</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Melania Trump</media:text><media:description type="plain">U.S. first lady Melania Trump during the White House Correspondents&#39; Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-melania-trump-vl-1151a-ba0642.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:41:30 GMT</pubDate><title>Trump and first lady rip Jimmy Kimmel, call on ABC to &#39;take a stand&#39;</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:53:57 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Megan Lebowitz</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Tom Winter</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Julia Ainsley</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Marlene Lenthang</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Garrett Haake</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:52:14 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that he believes the suspected gunman at the White House Correspondents&#39; Association dinner was targeting administration officials, noting &#34;we&#39;re still looking into&#34; whether President Donald Trump was specifically targeted</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/correspondents-dinner-suspected-shooter-trump-administration-officials-rcna342158</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/correspondents-dinner-suspected-shooter-trump-administration-officials-rcna342158</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-todd-blanche-0838-zk-5c4f62.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1665" width="2500"><media:credit>Celal Gunes</media:credit><media:text type="plain">US attorney general Todd Blanche at the White House press conference </media:text><media:description type="plain">US attorney general Todd Blanche at the White House press conference in Washington, DC, United States, on April 25, 2026, following a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents&#39; Dinner.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260425-shooting-ww-2008-8f3f3e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="693" width="923"><media:credit>via Truth Social</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A photograph shared on President Donald Trump&#39;s Truth Social account of the alleged gunman who was apprehended during the White House Correspondents&#39; Dinner. </media:text><media:description type="plain">A photograph shared on President Donald Trump&#39;s Truth Social account of the alleged gunman who was apprehended during the White House Correspondents&#39; Dinner. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-todd-blanche-0838-zk-5c4f62.jpg" height="1665" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:52:14 GMT</pubDate><title>Suspect in correspondents&#39; dinner shooting was likely targeting Trump officials, Todd Blanche says</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:14:43 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Peter Nicholas</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Melanie Zanona</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:24:55 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Trump and his allies said the correspondents&#39; dinner shooting shows the necessity of his ballroom, even though it&#39;s far from certain that the annual dinner would be held there.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-correspondents-dinner-shooting-white-house-ballroom-rcna342180</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-correspondents-dinner-shooting-white-house-ballroom-rcna342180</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-white-house-ballroom-ww-830-572af3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Alex Wong</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Rubble lies in front of the White House. An excavator is parked on top of it.</media:text><media:description type="plain">An excavator sits on the rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished in Washington, Oct. 28, 2025.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260426-white-house-ballroom-ww-830-572af3.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:24:55 GMT</pubDate><title>Trump uses the correspondents&#39; dinner shooting to renew his White House ballroom push</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:11:19 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Matt Dixon</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:56:35 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday released a proposed redraw of the state’s congressional lines that, on paper, would create four new GOP-leaning seats — an aggressive proposal that the governor is using to try to challenge anti-gerrymandering language in the state Constitution</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/ron-desantis-releases-new-congressional-map-creating-four-gop-leaning-rcna342227</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/ron-desantis-releases-new-congressional-map-creating-four-gop-leaning-rcna342227</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-ron-desantis-vl-940a-c12283.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1266" width="1900"><media:credit>Matias J. Ocner</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Ron DeSantis speaks</media:text><media:description type="plain">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the state Capitol on Jan. 13.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/260427-ron-desantis-vl-940a-c12283.jpg" height="1266" width="1900"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:56:35 GMT</pubDate><title>Ron DeSantis releases new congressional map creating four more GOP-leaning seats in Florida</title><updateDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:56:35 GMT</updateDate></item></channel></rss>