White House Correspondents’ Association Reschedules Annual Dinner for July 2026 After April Assassination Attempt on Trump
The White House Correspondents’ Association will hold its annual dinner on July 24, 2026. The date replaces the April 25 event that ended early after a gunman disrupted proceedings attended by President Trump.
abcnews.go.comThe White House Correspondents’ Association will hold its annual dinner on July 24, 2026. The date replaces the April 25 event that ended early after a gunman disrupted proceedings attended by President Trump. White House Correspondents Association President Weijia Jiang contacted members on Monday to inform them of the new date.
"The rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner will take place on July 24, 2026," Jiang stated in June 2026. The association described the July date as a do-over of the spring gathering. Prosecutors have accused a man of attempting to assassinate the president during the April 25 dinner.
President Trump posted on his Truth Social account that the dinner will take place at the same venue. Multiple outlets reported the same timeline and date without contradiction.
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