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press dinner at the Washington Hilton. A statement from a Washington Hilton spokesperson, meanwhile, [said](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/washington-hilton-hotel-says-it-was-operating-under-secret-service-protocols-2026-04-27/) the hotel was operating under security protocols from the Secret Service, the entity responsible for protecting
response since the shooting has focused largely on removing obstacles to constructing a massive ballroom at the White House where the mansion's east wing once stood. On Sunday, Trump posted on social media that
Press dinner shooting conspiracy theories spread in era of fractured politics After an armed man attempted to breach the ballroom where [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) was set to speak to White House journalists
responsibility to respect freedom of the press and freedom of expression seriously,” the rights group said in a statement. ## Ted Cruz denounces review The FCC decision sparked rare Republican criticism of the Trump administration
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
Press dinner shooting just days before visit The long-planned visit has become enmeshed in a political spat between the two countries over the US-Israel war on Iran, which led Trump to voice deep
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
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 of firing
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
responsible" in their coverage of the unfolding situation. Shortly before giving an address to the media, Trump shared images and a video of the alleged shooting suspect. The close-up photo shows a shirtless
shooting incident. “I didn’t want to say this,” Trump said at a press briefing late Saturday after returning to the White House from the press dinner, “but this is why we have to have
response to the indictment, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. Comey has been an outspoken critic of Trump since the president fired him in 2017, four years into his 10-year term
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
press conference if he thought his war in Iran could be a motive. "I don't think so, but you never know," the president replied, adding that more information about the motives of the shooter
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
press corps. He was stopped by federal law enforcement officers before getting close to his presumed targets. [![Secret Service agents responded to a shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington
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 to try and break