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White House Correspondents' dinner was taking place in the ballroom on a floor below. The president, First Lady Melania Trump, and Vice-President JD Vance were also rushed out of the room by security. Officials
White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening, [identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/suspected-gunman-white-house-press-dinner-trump-named-cole-tomas-allen), from Torrance, California, is due to appear in court later today. He is expected to be formally
White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening, identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, from Torrance, California, is [due to appear in court later today](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/white-house-press-dinner-shooting-motive). He is expected to be formally
White House correspondent’s dinner attack, ABC host Jimmy Kimmel made a joke saying Melania Trump “had a glow like an expectant widow”. On Monday, Melania Trump criticized Kimmel, saying his “hateful and violent rhetoric
White House Correspondents’ Association dinner had been successful in detaining the suspect before he could do further harm. The attacker was successfully brought to the ground, with the only injury to attendees being
weapon. The new charge comes in the wake of questions over whether a Secret Service officer - who was shot but not seriously wounded in the attack at the White House Correspondents Dinner on 25 April
use the threat of more budget cuts to the international community in order to force through its agenda. Hello and welcome to the [US politics](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-politics) live blog. **The suspect from
using his cellphone to take a photograph of himself in the mirror. An enhanced version of the image is right. **Department of Justice/AP** Department of Justice/AP WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors released a video Thursday showing
correspondents’ association dinner?** The annual event is a tradition that dates back to the 1920s, and is a fixture in the US political calendar. Most presidents have attended at least one, and often make self
White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in an alleged attempt to kill Donald Trump. Amid questions about whether or not Allenfired his weapon before being subdued, Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington DC, released
using a "very very serious" weapon. The president later posted a photo of a shirtless man on the floor with his hands cuffed behind his back with Secret Service officers standing around him. Acting
using a dangerous weapon, according to U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro. Authorities said Allen [charged through a security perimeter](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118807/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner) at the Washington Hilton where the annual event
Correspondents’ Association’s](https://whca.press/) (WHCA) annual dinner – men in tuxedos, women in dresses – diving under the circular tables and, almost as if acting on a cue, did likewise. It was a scene from