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White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was [targeting Trump](/news/2026/4/26/trump-his-administration-likely-targets-at-media-dinner-us-official) and members of his administration. The suspect — who was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives — rushed a US Secret Service checkpoint
gun violence just feet away from a room full of lawmakers, top officials, and journalists. It also may add to a string of troubling political violence in the U.S. that includes two assassination attempts
impacts likely contributes to [the broad global drop in fertility](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/26/toxic-exposure-climate-crisis-study). ## In depth: ‘like a scene from a dozen Hollywood movies’  (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