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shooting at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner on Saturday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3800x3800+950+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2Fa9%2F5447b2044e1f9eef1f58ce8c53ce%2Fgettyimages-2273151161.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118807/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [Details emerge of alleged shooter at White House correspondents' dinner](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118807/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner) Hundreds of attendees, many
shooting remains unclear, but Trump has said he hopes to be able to give an update on Sunday. The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner was being held at the Washington Hilton hotel, and the president
event after an armed man stormed the lobby and opened fire. The suspect was arrested at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night at the Washington Hilton hotel and taken into custody. US media
shoot me, but I was very close to him as the gunshots were fired and he was very, very scary. But I’m OK, now.” Kerry Kennedy, a lawyer and human rights activist, said
event in the hotel’s cavernous subterranean ballroom had to pass through several additional checks to enter the room, including showing tickets to association volunteers and hotel staff and passing through magnetometers crewed
White House correspondents’ dinner, conversations [centered on](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/donald-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner) the role of the media and freedom of the press as journalists prepared to dine with the president. Instead of a speech stacked with heated
shooting at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner on Saturday. **Andrew Harnik/Getty Images** Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Hours after a gunman attempted to breach the White House Correspondents' Dinner, details are slowly emerging about
detail in Islamabad](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/524349f2b7222bced6b083014d2d814366063bba/0_0_8256_5504/master/8256.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Iran's foreign minister arrived in Islamabad on 24 April and US envoys headed to the Pakistani capital in a bid to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations