Suspect in Correspondent’s Dinner Shooting Due in Court Today

About this episode

The episode discusses a court case related to a shooting at the Correspondent’s Dinner, budget airlines seeking government assistance, and a billionaire tax measure in California.

Plus: Budget Airlines seek $2.5 billion in government assistance to help with elevated fuel costs. And backers of a 5% billionaire tax have likely secured a spot for the measure on California's November ballot. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Luke Vargas

Topics covered

• court case
• government assistance
• fuel costs
• billionaire tax
• California ballot

Keywords

• Correspondent’s Dinner
• shooting
• budget airlines
• government assistance
• billionaire tax
• California ballot

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Budget Airlines, California

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