UPDATE: The 2026 White House Correspondents Dinner has been canceled after a shooting tonight.
Despite posting earlier that he wanted the event to “go on,” Donald Trump has consented to the wishes of the Secret Service and has exited the Washington Hilton.
POTUS intends to deliver remarks from the White House in a press conference soon, WHCA boss and CBS News correspondent Weijia Jiang told the remaining guests at the First Amendment celebrating event.
Trump wants the WHCD rescheduled “in the next 30 days,” Jiang told the crowd to huge applause. “We will do this again.
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