8 politicians who have attended the Met Gala — and what they wore

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Hillary Clinton and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Met Gala.
Hillary Clinton and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are among the politicians who have attended the Met Gala.

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Tim Cook's tariff refund strategy shows why he's called the Trump whisperer

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Donald Trump, Tim Cook, and JD Vance talk in the Oval Office
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been a regular sight in President Donald Trump's Washington.

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Read the email the accused shooter sent to his family before the alleged Trump assassination attempt

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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night.

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Donald Trump owns his own social media platform. But Melania Trump used X to go after Jimmy Kimmel.

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Melania and Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' dinner, April 2026
Melania Trump went after Jimmy Kimmel using Truth Social, the platform her husband owns. But she made sure to post on Elon Musk's X, too.

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Trump calls for Jimmy Kimmel's immediate firing

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Trump speaking to reporters at the White House in June 2025.

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Trump reckons with his third assassination attempt

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First Lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump attend the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. The president is making his first appearance at the event which he has shunned in the past.
President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.

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Business leaders, including Elon Musk and Dana White, react to the shooting at the DC press dinner

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President Donald Trump appears at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner after gunshots rang out.

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Lloyd Blankfein finds the bright side in shooting at press dinner: 'No one was killed, and ended early'

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Lloyd Blankfein was at the White House Correspondents' Dinner when shots rang out.

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Trump seizes on press dinner shooting to push his stalled White House ballroom: 'It has every highest level security feature'

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A rendering of the new White House ballroom.
A rendering of President Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom, which is now stalled by legal challenges.

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What we know about the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect

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Suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting
The suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting was detained at the scene.

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