Trump Attends Correspondents' Dinner After Assassination Attempt

President Trump appeared before a crowd of seniors in Florida, marking his first major public appearance since a gunman allegedly tried to kill him at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. The appearance followed an attempted attack on April 25, 2026, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, where shots were fired during the event.

Politicians, media figures, catering staff and hotel workers dove for cover under tables.

Armed commandos stood by as special guests were evacuated from the back of the hotel. The attacker was stopped before anyone was seriously hurt. S.

Last week. President Trump called on the White House Correspondents' Association to reschedule the dinner soon with tighter security. In Brooklyn, 16-year-old Marquise Byfield was shot and killed inside a deli on April 24, 2026.

Police reported 15 shootings since the beginning of 2026 in that precinct. Later that night, 17-year-old Trashawn Foster was shot near a park in Homestead, Florida. Foster was airlifted to a hospital and died.

On April 25, 2026, 16-year-old Kha'Mari Harrison was shot and killed in an apartment complex in Hope Mills, North Carolina. That same day, a robbery suspect who had been arrested and brought to a hospital on the north side of Chicago shot two police officers and escaped. Officer John Bartholomew, a 10-year veteran of the department, died from the shooting.

Also on April 25, 2026, Abdul Saleh was shot along with another man in New York's East Village. Saleh, who ran Sal's Deli & Grocery with his brothers, died from the shooting at age 28. Eby Castro, who lives nearby, told NY1, 'They're all amazing brothers, honestly.