White House Response To Shooting, Shooter Investigation, King Charles State Visit
From Up First from NPR by NPR
April 27, 2026 · 12 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the White House's response to a shooting incident, the investigation of the shooter, and the arrival of King Charles for a state visit.
President Trump called for unity after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents Dinner with him and the Vice President on stage, then later returned to attacking the press and Democrats. The suspect in the attempted attack is in federal court today and not cooperating with investigators after his own family warned police just minutes before he tried to storm the ballroom. King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Washington today for a state visit as the White House weighs security changes following Saturday’s shooting. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Megan Pratz, Krishnadev Calamur, Tina Kraja, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Ally Schweitzer. It was produced by Paige Waterhouse and Nia Dumas. Our Director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Stacey Abbott. (0:00) Introduction (1:54) White House response (5:32) Shooting investigation (9:20) King Charles See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship…
Topics covered
- shooting investigation
- White House response
- King Charles state visit
- press relations
- security changes
Keywords
- shooting
- White House
- King Charles
- investigation
- Trump
- press
- security
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: White House, NPR
Places: Washington
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