NPR News: 04-25-2026 11PM EDT

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.

There were a few tense moments at the annual White House Correspondence dinner this evening

when gunshots were heard outside the ballroom where President Trump and other administration

officials were sitting with journalists and Pierre's Tamara Keith was there.

We were inside the ballroom in the basement of the Washington Hilton, the dinner, the White

House Correspondence Association dinner was just beginning with the President and the Vice

President up on stage.

Then we heard a burst of what sounded like gunfire.

It did not sound like it was in the room.

Then security personnel, including many heavily armed security personnel, rushed in, tactical

team getting the President out, the Vice President and many members of the cabinet, as well

as the Speaker of the House, who is also in the line of presidential succession.

President Trump is speaking from the White House right now.

He said one secret service agent was shot in the attack, but he was wearing a vest

and was not seriously injured.

So far, there are no other reported injuries.

President Trump said he once again canceled plans to send negotiators to Pakistan for peace

talks with the Iran.

That news quickly reached Israel and Pierre's Eleanor Beardsley has more from Tel Aviv.

The announcement came as Israelis demonstrated against Benjamin Netanyahu in Central Tel

of Eve.

One of the protesters, 55-year-old Danny Cohen, says it's a real dilemma.

Because on the one hand, it's clear that Iran and Israel are building their powers and

declaring their intention to eliminate Israel.

He says the lesson of the October 7 Hamas attack was not to let your enemies get too strong.

At the same time, personally, I don't trust the arcane government that they are generally

doing it for the best interest of the country, rather than their own personal political needs.

Cohen says he doesn't know what will happen, but he trusts the U.S. government more than

his own.

Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Tel Aviv.

Israel, meanwhile, says it will strike Lebanon with force, targeting Hezbollah, despite

the U.S. brokered ceasefire.

Time is running out for registering to vote in this year's primary elections in some

states.

And Pierre's Hansi-Low-Wong reports, those states are preparing to hold their primaries

next month.

Today is a last chance for eligible voters in Louisiana to register online in time to

cast ballots in the state's May 16th primary, and Monday is Nebraska's deadline for registering

online or by mail, though in-person voter registration doesn't end until May 1.

In Oregon, you can still register online by mail or in-person through Tuesday, and

there's still about a week left in Alabama and Pennsylvania to sign up to vote in those

primaries.

eligible voters in Montana also have until May 4 to register by mail, and they can sign

up in-person through June 2nd.

If you're planning to use the U.S. Postal Service to mail your application, USPS recommends

sending it at least a week before your state's deadline, and to make sure it gets a postmark

date, USPS says stop by a post office and ask for a free manual postmark at the counter.

Hansi-Low-Wong and Pierre News.

And you're listening to NPR News.

Thirteen people were killed Saturday when an explosive device detonated on a bus in

southwestern Columbia.

At least thirty-eight others were injured, including five children.

The commander of Columbia's Armed Forces called the explosion a terrorist act.

The incident occurred while the bus was traveling on the Pan-American Highway, the region is

facing increasing violence, linked to drug trafficking.

The politically-connected founder of the now-defunct Georgia-based First Lady Liberty Building

and Loan was arraigned this week in Atlanta, Brandt Frost, the fourth allegedly orchestrated

a $140 million Ponzi scheme.

Melissa Fato from Ember Station, WABE reports.

Frost cuters say Frost defrauded hundreds of investors by allegedly using their money

to pay other clients, creating the illusion of profits.

Frost has also accused of pocketing more than $5 million, including over $500,000 for

political contributions to the Republican Party, to which the family has closed ties.

US Attorney Theodore Hertzberg says Frost could face up to twenty years in prison for

one count of wire fraud.

I expect that we are going to be recommending a sentence closer to the high end of that

range than to the lower end of that range.

This would be a sentence that has two digits.

Hertzberg says the investigation is ongoing and didn't rule out future charges against others.

For NPR News, I'm Melissa Fato in Atlanta.

Nelly Corda has a five-stroke lead going into Sunday's final round of the LPGA

Championship in Houston this weekend.

She led during Saturday's round by as much as eight strokes before missing three

four-foot-putts over the last 11 holes.

She finished the day of at the 70 and tied the tournament record for 54 holes.

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