The latest on the White House correspondents' dinner shooting

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner and various political and economic issues including Tehran's outreach to Russia and Canada's focus on affordability.

Plus: Tehran is reaching out to Russia for support, a preview of tomorrow's interest rate announcement, Carney unveils the country's first national sovereign wealth fund, Canadians appear to want the government to focus more on affordability, and the real cost of foreign sloapaganga on Canadian democracy. Email the Big Headlines team at hello@thebigstorypodcast.ca Follow us @thebigstory.bsky.social on Bluesky

Topics covered

• White House correspondents' dinner
• shooting
• international relations
• interest rates
• sovereign wealth fund
• affordability
• democracy

Keywords

• White House
• shooting
• Tehran
• Russia
• interest rates
• sovereign wealth fund
• Canada
• affordability
• democracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: White House, Russia, Carney

Places: Tehran, Canada, Canadian

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