White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting stories

Nov 13, 2026

WHCA dinner shooting suspect charged with terrorism

A federal grand jury added an attempted terrorism charge against Cole Tomas Allen, accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in April in an alleged assassination attempt on President Trump. The charge could carry a life sentence.

Nov 13, 20266 sources

Top claims

▪Following the April 25, 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, President Donald Trump held an impromptu press briefing and later held a make-up dinner in July at a different Washington, D.C. hotel
▪A federal grand jury added a local D.C. attempted terrorism charge against 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, bringing the total charges he faces to five
▪During an impromptu press briefing on April 25, 2026, President Donald Trump promised reporters that he would attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner again

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Donald Trump

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Criminal justice1 Donald Trump1 Gun violence1 Judiciary1 Kash Patel1 Political violence1 Terrorism1 Washington D.C.1

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