Security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has been criticized by an attendee who says more could have been done to prevent the shooting. A gunman stormed a security checkpoint outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 26, 2026, forcing President Trump and his party to evacuate the head table in a chaotic attack that left the shooter dead at the scene.
Layers of failure’ to lax security after Correspondents Dinner shooting: journalist
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