NPR News: 04-26-2026 12PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nur Rahm. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says investigators are moving quickly to gather evidence about the suspected gunman who tried to storm the White House correspondence dinner last night. President Trump was rushed from the ballroom after secret service agents subdued the suspect. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told CBS News his face to the nation that the suspect in custody is not cooperating with investigators. Blanche did not name the individual, but two sources familiar with the matter, tell NPR the suspect is 31-year-old Cole Allen from Torrance, California. Blanche says investigators are combing through evidence they've gathered so far, including from the suspect's electronic devices. Based on preliminary information, Blanche says the suspect is believed to have traveled by train from Los Angeles to Chicago and then onto Washington, D.C., where he had a room at the Hilton Hotel, where the correspondence dinner was taking place. Investigators believe the suspect was targeting Trump administration officials, but Blanche

1:01says they are still looking into a potential motive. Ryan Lucas and P.R. News, Washington. A White House source tells NPR investigators found the suspect had attended a no-kings rally at some point and had posted anti-Trump and anti-Christian arriving on social media accounts. It's unclear what will happen next on ending the war in Iran. President Trump had planned to send U.S. envoys to Pakistan yesterday, but canceled after the Iranian foreign minister met with Pakistani officials and left Islamabad before the U.S. representatives could arrive. NPR's Daniel Kurtz-Lavin has more. Trump told reporters on Saturday that Iran had, quote, offered a lot, but not enough. And so Trump said the trip would be a waste of a trip. So the fate of these talks is still unknown and the end really isn't inside yet. NPR's Daniel Kurtz-Lavin, meanwhile Iran has virtually shut down the straight-of-form moves, and U.S. ships are blockading the waterway, which carries about one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments.

2:04Six in ten U.S. adults say they favor abortion rights. That's according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute or PRRI, NPR's Jason DeGro's report. But for abortion rights, has risen among some religious groups and declined among others according to the survey. Seventy percent of black Protestants now favor abortion being legal in all or most cases. That's up from 56 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, favorability has dropped slightly among mainline Protestants and white Catholics, but majorities of both groups still favor abortion rights overall. The four religious groups without majority support are Hispanic Protestants, Latter-day Saints, Evangelical Protestants, and Jehovah's Witnesses. PRRI surveyed more than 22,000 people from all 50 states. Jason DeGro's, NPR News. This is NPR News in Washington. A car bomb exploded outside a police station in Belfast last night, police say there were

3:05no injuries. A peace agreement in 1998 had ended decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, but the police occasionally come under attack by nationalist militants opposed to Britain's rule in the region. Kenyan runner Sebastian Saway smashed a world record today at the London Marathon. NPR's Amy Held reports he's the first person to officially break the two-hour mark. Are we going sub-two? We might be going sub-two here on the streets of London, it has never happened. Sebastian Saway made it happen, finishing at one hour, 59 minutes, 30 seconds. Within a minute faster than the previous record. To the excitement of the BBC announcer and the crowd's lining the London streets. Sebastian Saway from Kenya is in the record books, not just here today, forever. Saway is the first-ever sub-two-hour finisher under official race conditions. Feeling good? I'm so happy. It's a day to remember. The 31-year-old spoke to the BBC.

4:06The runner-up from Ethiopia also came in under two hours. Amy Held and P.R. News. In women's basketball, Indiana fever star Caitlin Clark was back on the court last night, playing her first WNBA game in nine months due to injuries. She scored the first basket of the game and finished with seven points, four assists, and three rebounds. It was just a pre-season game, but Clark said it felt good. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington. Wanna hear this podcast without sponsor breaks? Amazon Prime members can listen to NPR News now sponsor free through Amazon Music. Or you can also support NPR's vital journalism and get NPR Plus at plus.NPR.org. That's plus.NPR.org.