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

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I was in the room when chaos erupted at DC's annual press dinner. Here's what I thought about the security.

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  • Senior Editor Tim Röhn was among the attendees at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
  • He described the fear and panic in the room after hearing someone shout, "Shots fired."
  • He was struck by how "lax" security was at the event throughout the evening.

Just after 8:30 p.m. on a Saturday night, chaos erupts in the ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in Washington, and a wave of fear sweeps through the room. I am seated at one of roughly 200 tables when I suddenly hear dull, thudding sounds cutting through the loud music.

Biden keeps up his attack on 'sleepy Don' with a slew of jokes aimed at Trump at the White House Correspondents' dinner

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Joe Biden gives a speech at the 2024 White House Correspondents' Association dinner

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