The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, held to celebrate press freedom, quickly descended into panic on Saturday evening when a man carrying multiple weapons charged past a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton and exchanged fire with law enforcement officials before being taken into custody. President Trump, attending the dinner for the first time in…
US police say the suspected gunman at the White House correspondents’ dinner had multiple weapons on him when he charged a security checkpoint. Surveillance video released by Donald Trump shows the suspect running past metal detectors as security agents draw their guns. Washington DC police chief Jeffery W Carroll said officers exchanged gunfire with the…
US President Donald Trump was rushed to safety from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after gunshots rang out at the venue. The President and First Lady Melania Trump appeared to be part way through a conversation at the Washington Hilton when he was interrupted by a commotion at the White House table. Chief US correspondent…
A California man has been identified as the suspect in the attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night. The Associated Press identified 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen as the suspect. Ahead of a press conference at the White House after shots were fired at the Washington Hilton ballroom on Saturday night,…
A man armed with multiple weapons charged a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night before being “taken down” by U.S. Secret Service agents, President Donald Trump said hours after he was evacuated from the event. One officer was shot, but he was “saved by the fact that he was wearing…
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were rushed off stage and evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner after shots were reportedly fired at the Washington Hilton ballroom on Saturday night. Trump announced on Truth Social after the evacuation that he and Melania were safe, and that the event will be rescheduled…
BREAKINGBREAKING, The US president was escorted out from the event at a Washington DC hotel by his secret service agents. Published On 26 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 United States President Donald Trump has been evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, after shots were fired outside the event. The evacuation on Saturday…
When President Trump makes his speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night, he will be addressing a roomful of people he spent the week attacking. Of all the moments for him to be socializing with the journalists who cover him, this one in particular makes for especially discordant timing. Hardly a week…
David Ellison held an event at the at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Thursday in honor of Donald Trump, where the president reportedly spoke to guests for nearly an hour. According to a Friday report by The Times, CBS News executives and journalists were in attendance, including Bari Weiss and Norah O’Donnell. The acting…
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Politicians in Washington and the reporters who cover them have an often adversarial relationship. But on the last Saturday in April, they gather for an irreverent celebration of press freedom and the First Amendment at…
