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Amanda Sturgill (0:02)
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Allison Gill (0:40)
MSW Media.
Amanda Sturgill (0:48)
News.
Allison Gill (0:49)
Whispering Jelly beans.
Dana Goldberg (0:54)
Jelly beans.
Allison Gill (0:57)
Jelly beans.
Dana Goldberg (0:58)
Jelly beans.
Allison Gill (0:58)
Daily Beans. Hello and welcome to the Daily beans for Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Today, Republicans have released their budget reconciliation bill, and it contains a billion dollars for Trump's ballroom. And it funds ICE at five times its capacity through 2028. The Department of Justice is demanding poll workers names and personal information. In Fulton County, Georgia, White House lawyers are prepping staff for dealing with a Democratic Congress Soil at the DC Go where East wing demolition debris was dumped contains toxic metals. And a federal grand jury has indicted the White House correspondent's dinner shooter, adding an assault charge for that buckshot found in the Secret Service agent's bulletproof vest. I'm Allison Gill.
Dana Goldberg (1:45)
And I'm Dana Goldberg.
Allison Gill (1:52)
Oh, my goodness. That's right. A federal grand jury has finally returned the indictment against the White House correspondence dinner guy. At first it was just an information charging and a warrant and a. A four count indictment.
Dana Goldberg (2:04)
Okay.
Allison Gill (2:05)
For transporting firearms, having illegal firearms in your possession in D.C. attempted assassination on the president. And now this fourth charge for 111 assaulting an officer because the DOJ alleges they found a tiny piece of buckshot in the vest of a Secret Service agent.
