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White House Correspondents' Dinner

US President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after a security threat at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, April 25, 2026, as FBI director Kash Patel and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin listen. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
June 2, 2026, 11:57 pm
Trump to attend new White House press gala on July 24, after shooting at April event
Smaller event with heightened security will be do-over for the April 24 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was cut short by gunfire at a security checkpoint outside venue
By Danny Kemp
Cole Allen, after he was detained for opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, on April 25, 2026. (US Secret Service)
May 11, 2026, 6:32 pm
Suspect in attempted Trump assassination at White House press gala pleads not guilty
Cole Allen, 31, is accused of attempted assassination of the president, assault on a federal officer and gun crimes for April shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
By Andrew Goudsward
Cole Tomas Allen (LinkedIn)
May 6, 2026, 7:46 pm
Iran war possibly motivated Trump dinner shooting suspect, US intel report finds
Initial probe into social media posts finds Cole Allen had ‘multiple’ grievances, including Iran war, Trump’s immigration policies, Elon Musk and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By Ted Hesson, Jana Winter and Andrew Goudsward
This courtroom sketch depicts Cole Tomas Allen, left, the California man arrested in the shooting incident at the correspondents dinner in Washington, seen appearing before Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh, in federal court, Monday, April 27, 2026 in Washington. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)
April 28, 2026, 2:26 am
Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump for correspondents’ dinner shooting
Authorities say Cole Thomas Allen reserved room weeks in advance at hotel where event would be held; 31-year-old faces up to life in jail if convicted of assassination count alone
By Eric Tucker, Michael Kunzelman and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Journalists that were in attendance for the White House Correspondents Dinner prepare for a press briefing at the Washington Hilton following an incident that disrupted the event, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
April 28, 2026, 2:14 am
Reporters covered correspondents’ dinner shooting in real time. Conspiracies still spread
Even though there was no information vacuum, unfounded theories proliferated from both the left and the right, chief among them that the shooting was staged
By Melissa Goldin
US President Donald Trump gestures during a press conference after a shooting incident outside the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, April 25, 2026, as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI director Kash Patel listen. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
April 26, 2026, 6:02 pm
Trump, cabinet officials were likely targets of Washington shooting, acting AG says
US president says officials believe suspect was ‘lone wolf,’ injured Secret Service member in ‘good shape’ after being shot outside White House correspondents’ dinner
By Bo Erickson, Nandita Bose, Jana Winter and Steve Holland
This image released by US President Donald Trump via his Truth Social account shows a person he claims to be the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner on the ground after being apprehended on April 25, 2026 (@REALDONALDTRUMP / TRUTH SOCIAL)
April 26, 2026, 11:30 am
Accused White House correspondents’ dinner shooter is California tutor, computer programmer
Cole Tomas Allen earned mechanical engineering degree from Caltec, spent past six years with firm offering test preparation to aspiring college students
By Michael Biesecker and Michael Kunzelman
Secret Service agents respond during a shooting that disrupted the White House Correspondents Dinner, in Washington, April 25, 2026. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
April 26, 2026, 9:55 am
Shots fired as gunman charges at White House correspondents’ dinner; Trump unharmed
President, Vance, rushed from stage as armed suspect runs past Secret Service guarding Washington event; suspect detained; Trump doubts attempt linked to Iran war, won’t change his position
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Forida, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
April 25, 2026, 3:46 pm
Trump to attend White House Correspondents Association gala after years of boycott
Journalists urge organizers of Saturday night’s event to protest Trump’s bid ‘to trample freedom of the press’ during presidency
By Helen Coster
Israeli journalist Barak Ravid (R) poses for a photo with US President Joe Biden (L) after winning the White House Correspondents Association's Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage, at the WHCA annual dinner gala in Washington, April 27, 2024. (Screen capture: Youtube/C-SPAN, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 29, 2024, 9:49 am
Barak Ravid receives White House correspondents’ award
Israeli journalist has warm photo op with US president at annual gala; Axios and Walla reporter honored for ‘stories that put the reader into the room as decisions made’ after Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
President Joe Biden speaks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, April 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
May 1, 2022, 10:17 am
Biden roasts Trump, GOP, himself at first post-COVID correspondents’ dinner
US president also pokes fun at Fox News; is first US leader to attend the event in six years
By Farnoush Amiri and Will Weissert
Author Ron Chernow at his home in Brooklyn, New York, on April 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)
November 19, 2018, 11:35 pm
Ditching comic, White House reporters pick historian Chernow for gala
Breaking from tradition of having a comedian at annual dinner, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of George Washington, who has fiercely opposed Trump, to lecture on free speech
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Screen capture from video of comedian Michelle Wolfe during the White House correspondents’ dinner, April 28, 2018. (YouTube)
April 29, 2018, 5:58 pm
Comedian Wolf draws laughs, gasps at White House correspondents’ dinner
Off-color jokes get a mixed response from audience; Trump skips event to attend support rally in Michigan
By AP
The Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj stands at the head table during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, April 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
April 30, 2017, 8:05 am
Journalists address ‘elephant not in room’ as Trump skips annual dinner
White House Correspondents event, absent glitter and president for first time since 1981, focuses on press freedoms
By Jack Gillum
In this Oct. 12, 2015, file photo, Hasan Minhaj poses for a portrait in New York. (Dan Hallman/Invision/AP, File)
April 11, 2017, 11:06 pm
Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj to host WHCA
Picked for White House correspondents’ dinner, comedian references Trump’s famous ‘SAD’ tagline in poking fun at him for refusing to attend
By AP and ToI Staff
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