Blanche: Suspect in WHCA dinner shooting not ‘cooperating’

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Photos: The aftermath of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting

Updated 6 days ago
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Summary

A suspect has been arrested after firing shots at a security screening area at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. This cluster currently includes 11 articles from 5 sources.

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This cluster currently includes 11 articles from 5 sources. Sources in this event include PBS NewsHour, The Hill, NPR, and others.

Original Reporting (11)
Trump calls for unity and bipartisan healing after another violent incident
PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour
Lean Left
4/26/2026

Trump calls for unity and bipartisan healing after another violent incident

Will Weissert, Associated Press Will Weissert, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was somberly contemplative and unusually conciliatory after confronting what he saw as a third attempt on his life in less than two years. He suggested that his personal politics had made him a repeated target, but.

Blanche: Suspect in WHCA dinner shooting not ‘cooperating’
The Hill
The Hill
Center
4/26/2026

Blanche: Suspect in WHCA dinner shooting not ‘cooperating’

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that the alleged gunman who exchanged fire with law enforcement at Saturday’s White House Correspondents Association dinner is not “cooperating” with investigators. “We are not viewing him as cooperating necessarily right now, although we will.

Photos: The aftermath of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting
NPR
NPR
Lean Left
4/26/2026

Photos: The aftermath of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting

Armed Secret Service agents stand on stage during a shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday in Washington, D.C. According to reports, President Donald Trump, along with other government officials, were rushed from the Washington Hilton after.

Details emerge of alleged shooter at White House correspondents' dinner
NPR
NPR
Lean Left
4/26/2026

Details emerge of alleged shooter at White House correspondents' dinner

Agents stand guard after the shooting at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner on Saturday. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption Hours after a gunman attempted to breach the White House Correspondents' Dinner, details are slowly emerging about who he is. The alleged gunman has been identified as.

How Washington’s biggest annual dinner transformed into chaos — and a crime scene | CNN Politics
CNN
CNN
Left
4/26/2026

How Washington’s biggest annual dinner transformed into chaos — and a crime scene

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were seated on the stage of the cavernous Washington Hilton ballroom just after 8:30 p.m. ET Saturday evening, playfully engaging with the evening’s entertainer, mentalist Oz Pearlman. Just outside, a man sprinted through a security checkpoint with a shotgun in hand.

Erika Kirk leaves the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in tears | CNN
CNN
CNN
Left
4/26/2026

Erika Kirk leaves the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in tears

After shots were fired and heard at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, left the venue in tears. CNN’s Sara Sidner reports from the scene. In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the suspect who tried to break through a security.

In pictures: Shots fired at White House Correspondents’ Dinner | CNN Politics
CNN
CNN
Left
4/26/2026

In pictures: Shots fired at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

President Donald Trump was swiftly escorted off the stage by Secret Service after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC, on Saturday. Trump, Vice President JD Vance and members of the president's Cabinet are all safe. At a news conference following the incident, the president.

Trump and VP Vance rushed out of White House Correspondents’ Dinner | CNN Politics
CNN
CNN
Left
4/26/2026

Trump and VP Vance rushed out of White House Correspondents' Dinner

Vice President JD Vance and President Donald Trump were rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after shots were fired. In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the suspect who tried to break through a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents'.

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer witnesses ‘terrifying’ ordeal as gunman opens fire a few feet away at White House Correspondents’ Dinner | CNN Politics
CNN
CNN
Left
4/26/2026

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer witnesses ‘terrifying’ ordeal as gunman opens fire a few feet away at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was just a few feet away from a gunman when shots were fired outside the main ballroom at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. Blitzer had just left the men’s restroom on an upper floor outside the ballroom at the Washington Hilton when he saw a man with “a very, very serious weapon.” “All of a.

Trump rushed off stage after shots fired at White House Correspondents’ Dinner | CNN Politics
CNN
CNN
Left
4/26/2026

Trump rushed off stage after shots fired at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a breaking story. Our latest coverage is here . President Donald Trump was swiftly escorted off the stage by Secret Service after possible shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC, on Saturday. Vice President JD Vance and several members of Trump’s Cabinet who.

CNN commentator said Trump ‘wants us dead’ minutes before WH dinner shooting scare
Fox News4/26/2026

CNN commentator said Trump ‘wants us dead’ minutes before WH dinner shooting scare

During CNN’s live White House Correspondents’ Dinner coverage, commentator S.E. Cupp criticized organizers for giving President Donald Trump a featured speaking role and said the media created a night that benefited him. CNN commentator S.E. Cupp criticized the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night in.