White House Correspondents' Dinner rescheduled after shooting incident

The annual dinner, which was held in April this year, was interrupted when a gunman stormed a security checkpoint. White House Correspondents' Dinner rescheduled after shooting incident Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. A shooting interrupted the White House Correspondents' Dinner in April, prompting its postponement an officer points a large gun as people duck behind a table beside him, with screens showing "White House Correspondents' Dinner" behind him The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner has been rescheduled after the original event on April 25 was suspended after a gunman attempted to access the venue, resulting in an exchange of fire with Secret Service agents. The new event will be held on July 24 with "significantly enhanced safety measures and new access procedures", Weijia Jiang, president of the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA), wrote in a letter to members. US President Donald Trump said he would attend the rescheduled dinner, which will be held at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington DC. The April shooting saw Trump and Vice-President JD Vance, among others, rushed off stage by Secret Service agents. The suspect was subdued by agents on the scene, and one Secret Service agent was injured by shotgun fire, according to the Department of Justice. Trump said the rescheduling of the event, which is meant to honour journalists and the freedom of the press, is a "sign of Strength and Fortitude". "This announcement is a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling," the president wrote on social media. The WHCA spent the last several weeks raising funds to make sure that its members who purchased tickets to the April event do not have to pay again for the July event, which will be a "more intimate gathering", Jiang said. The association is also offering financial support to scholarship winners who wish to travel back to Washington DC for the dinner, Jiang said. Trump said he has accepted an invitation to speak at the rescheduled event, adding that he's not sure if he will "give the same rather nasty statements" that he had planned to in April. "But we will soon find out," the president said. The April event - attended by the president, vice-president, members of Congress and Trump's cabinet, and hundreds of journalists - was already underway when a gunman stormed through a security checkpoint. The suspect was later identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, who police said was armed with the shotgun, a handgun and knives. At a press conference immediately after the shooting, Trump said he would work to get the event rescheduled in the following 30 days. The Waldorf Astoria, where Trump says the July event will take place, was first converted from an old post office into a luxury hotel by the Trump Organization more than a decade ago. The Trump family leased the building in 2012 and opened the Trump International Hotel there in 2016, before selling the lease in 2022. From left, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Darren B. Cox, deputy assistant director of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division, conduct a news conference at the Department of Justice about Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting, on Monday, April 27, 2026. Who shot a Secret Service officer at the Trump press dinner? 'You just didn't know': Gary O'Donoghue describes confusion and fear at correspondents' dinner Gary O'Donoghue speaks to camera. He's wearing a dinner jacket. The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, who pushed for criminal charges against Trump's foes, will step in as acting Director of National Intelligence. In a letter to his North American counterparts, US-Canada Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the three countries should renew the USMCA trade deal. The state claims health violations at a centre that is a focal point for sometimes violent protests. Republican Congressman Tom Kean Jr has not been seen for months but is expected to win Tuesday's election. The justice department says it "disagrees strongly" with a court decision to halt the establishment of the fund. Instead of a uniting event, America's Independence Day celebrations are becoming yet another partisan battleground. Under pressure from the polls and Gulf allies, the White House is pushing for a deal but Iran wants concessions, writes BBC's international editor. An AI video of President Trump’s name being ripped off the front of the building has been seen by millions online.