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law enforcement had requested that he and the first lady leave the premises. Speaking from the White House an hour or so after the incident, the president said that a man had been taken into
shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, where President Donald Trump was [rushed from the scene](/news/2026/4/26/trump-evacuated-from-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner). A gunman charged a security checkpoint outside the ballroom for the annual media gala
shooting and the suspect. ## What happened to Trump? The president was hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Hilton Hotel on Saturday night. The dinner is an annual tradition, where journalists who cover
White House World Cup task force said events in Washington DC were a "sobering reminder of the unpredictable threats facing our nation". Giuliani added: "The swift response by law enforcement and Secret Service agents saved
shooting incident at the White House correspondents dinner. Donald and Melania Trump, as well as members of the US cabinet, were evacuated from the ballroom at the Washington Hilton on Saturday [after gunshots could
law enforcement statement reviewed by the Guardian. The Secret Service’s best-known responsibility is protecting the US president. And earlier that day, Spillman had been part of an external screening security detail
White House correspondents’ dinner, is facing an [additional related charge](https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/indictment-charges-cole-tomas-allen-attempt-assassinate-president-and-assault-federal) for assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, federal authorities announced on Tuesday. The new charge, which formally accuses Allen
shooting](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/25/nx-s1-5799544/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner) "First, we heard that President Trump was going to return and speak and the program was going to continue as scheduled," Dorning said. "And then by the time we left
response to the latest tariff threats from Donald Trump. 4. ***Middle East*** | Hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the US [faded further on Sunday](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/26/no-headway-in-middle-east-peace-efforts-as-us-and-iran-refuse-to-yield), amid a deepening sense
shooting on Saturday: "I can't imagine that there's any profession that's more dangerous". The White House Correspondents' Association president called the attack "harrowing". In a statement on Sunday, White House Correspondents' Association
White House did not respond to requests for comment. US Southern Command said it had “no information to provide regarding any US government personnel involvement in any of the incidents” laid out. A lawyer representing
Law Enforcement and, for different reasons, every President for the last 150 years, have been DEMANDING that a large, safe, and secure Ballroom be built ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE,” Trump posted
enforcement that her brother was known to make "radical" statements. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and NPR has not confirmed this with Allen's family members. But this characterization has puzzled some
White House Correspondents’ Dinner into a campaign cudgel, accusing Democrats of opening the door to political violence with “dangerous and inflammatory rhetoric” against the president. And they’re leveraging the attempted security breach