The Whitehouse Correspondent's Dinner, and what's going on with Kash Patel

This week, hosts Hanna Bilinski and Amanda Stephens tackle what happened at the 2026 Whitehouse Correspondent's Dinner, whether or not we think it broke through in a meaningful way, and Kash Patel's alleged misbehavior or perhaps total absence from his post at the FBI. Read along with us! The Correspondent's Dinner: 1. Trump: Shooter at White House press dinner had multiple weapons, one officer shot (Kevin Breuninger, CNBC), 2. Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Trump Again After FCC Opens Review of ABC TV Licenses (Joe Flint and Isabella Simonetti, the Wall Street Journal) Kash Patel: 1. FBI director Kash Patel files $250M defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic (Brian Stetler, CNN), 2. FBI Director Kash Patel sues Atlantic for ‘false’ reporting on drinking (AP and Reuters for Al Jazeera), 3. The FBI Director Is MIA (Sarah Fitzpatrick, The Atlantic), 4.  Inside Kash Patel's F.B.I. (Rachel Abrams, Emily Bazelon, and Rachel Poser, "The Daily" podcast by the New York Times)