Gunman's Attack at Washington Hilton Dinner; Trump's Approval Drops

It's April 26.

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I'm Corey with the story.

A gunman tried to crash the Washington Hilton dinner last night, charging a security checkpoint

with a shotgun, handgun, and several knives.

The suspect is Cole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old from Torrance, California.

A secret service agent took a bullet, but his vest saved him, and he's expected to make

a full recovery.

No one else got hurt.

Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Vice President JD Vance, all got safely evacuated

by agents.

This was Trump's first time at the event as sitting president.

He skipped it during his first term, partly because of comedian roasts that rubbed him,

wrong, back in the day.

Folks are shaken up, but the political heat keeps rising.

A New New York Times poll shows 58% of Americans disapprove of Trump's performance, the worst

in his second term.

It attacks like this sometimes quite a critic's short term, but experts say it won't stick

here with ongoing gripes over the economy and Iran.

Meanwhile, cracks are showing on the right, and voices like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens

are turning critical, slamming Trump's Iran policies.

Carlson even admitted misleading fans into backing him.

Analysts wonder if it's real or just convenient now that Trump's not running again.

Trump wants to reschedule the dinner soon, and organizers agree it's key to push through.

In tough times, keeping these traditions alive shows we're not backing down from the

discourse that matters.