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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
event The shooting in the White House correspondents’ gala has prompted questions over security with some asking how a shooter was able to get close to where [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) and many other
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 would be rescheduled. Weijia Jiang, a CBS News journalist who is president of the White House Correspondents' Association, called Sunday's shooting a "harrowing moment" and said the WHCA board would meet to "assess
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
shooting incident in Washington DC](/news/2026/4/26/washington-shooting-is-trump-safe-what-we-know-so-far) on Saturday night. Here is what we know: ## When are King Charles III and Queen Camilla arriving in the US? The royals arrive in the US on Monday, April
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
shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has a hearing covering the conditions of his confinement scheduled for later today.** Cole Allen, who remains behind bars for now pending his trial, was injured during
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 incident outside the ballroom during the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 25 in Washington. **Alex Brandon/AP** Alex Brandon/AP *Tamara Keith was president of the WHCA from 2022-2023 and planned the 2023 dinner
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
shooting at the 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
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