April 26, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – April 25, 2026

April 26, 2026 by George Bounacos

Tactical officers in body armor with rifles raised on the head table dais at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, with "Celebrating the First Amendment" visible on screens behind them

Tactical officers cleared the head table beneath "Celebrating the First Amendment" signage at the Washington Hilton after a gunman charged the White House Correspondents' Dinner checkpoint. (Image: C-SPAN)

A Secret Service agent took a bullet for the president at the Washington Hilton tonight. Forty-five years ago, agent Tim McCarthy was shot defending President Reagan on the sidewalk in front of the same hotel. Tonight at a checkpoint outside the ballroom, an agent took a shotgun round in the vest as Trump was rushed … Read more