White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting: Reporters React to ‘Lockdown in the Ballroom’ After ‘Multiple Shots Fired’

The 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner wrapped early on Saturday night as gunshots were heard in the lobby outside of the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel, which caused President Trump and his family to evacuate, and many of the journalists who were in attendance reported on the event in real time from their phones. […]