{"id":208900,"date":"2026-04-26T09:44:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-white-house-press-dinner-thrown-into-disarray-by-lone-wolf-attack-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:44:37","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-white-house-press-dinner-thrown-into-disarray-by-lone-wolf-attack-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-white-house-press-dinner-thrown-into-disarray-by-lone-wolf-attack-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: White House press dinner thrown into disarray by \u2018lone wolf\u2019 attack &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President uninjured as he and other top White House officials evacuated from annual correspondents\u2019 dinner \u2013 key US politics stories from Saturday 25 April at a glance<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/apr\/26\/donald-trump-evacuated-from-white-house-correspondents-dinner-after-loud-bangs-heard-live\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">White House correspondents\u2019 dinner shooting &#8211; follow live<\/a><br \/>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Donald Trump<\/a> and the first lady were whisked out of the annual White House correspondents\u2019 dinner on Saturday after shots were fired at the event.<br \/>Journalists and other attendees sought cover under tables as security forces rushed to evacuate the president and other senior cabinet members. Soon after, authorities said the shooter had been detained after the incident, but asked attendees to leave. White House Correspondents Association Chair Weijia Jiang later returned to the stage to announce the dinner would be rescheduled.<br \/>In a press briefing from the White House later Saturday evening, Trump describing the shooter as a \u201clone wolf\u201d and the hotel where the event was being held as \u201cnot a particularly secure building\u201d.<br \/>Here are the key stories at a glance.<br \/>Donald and Melania Trump were evacuated from the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner on Saturday evening after the event was interrupted by loud gunshots.<br \/>A suspect was in custody, the FBI said, after the annual black tie dinner honoring the White House press corps in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton was suddenly interrupted by confusion and chaos. Journalists ducked under tables as authorities rushed the president and members of his cabinet out of the room.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/apr\/25\/todd-blanche-attorney-general\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> said he has told US envoys not to go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/pakistan\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Pakistan<\/a> for more talks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Iran<\/a>, shortly after Tehran\u2019s top diplomat left Islamabad late on Saturday.<br \/>Trump added to Fox News: \u201cThey can call us anytime they want.\u201d The White House on Friday said Steve Witkoff and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/jared-kushner\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Jared Kushner<\/a> would travel to Pakistan\u2019s capital to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiations.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/25\/trump-cancels-envoys-pakistan-trip-iran-talks\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>An Egyptian family of six has been taken back into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, days after they were released from a detention facility in Texas on Thursday, according to their attorney Eric Lee.<br \/>Lee said Saturday morning that Hayam El Gamal and her five children were on a private jet in Denver bound for Egypt because of a court order violation.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/25\/egyptian-family-ice-custody\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/14\/trump-migrant-detention-louisiana\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">planning a detention facility<\/a> for children and their families on one the nation\u2019s most Pfas-contaminated sites, which also serves as a hub for the president\u2019s deportation program.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/25\/pfas-chemicals-ice-family-detention\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The secretary of the Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/20\/trump-labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">resigned<\/a> this week after several controversies surrounding her brief tenure at the helm of the agency. But labor officials say even though her troubled reign is over, the US labor authority remains in a state of \u201cconstant turbulence\u201d.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/25\/lori-chavez-deremer-resign-trump-labor-secretary-staff\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/><strong>Conspiracy theory over UFOs and missing scientists spreads from web to White House, read more from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/25\/conspiracy-theory-ufo-scientists-white-house\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Guardian\u2019s Edward Helmore here<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Sam Levine<\/strong> has a deep dive on Todd Blanche, and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/apr\/25\/todd-blanche-attorney-general\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">bid to be attorney general<\/a>.<br \/>Catching up?<em> Here\u2019s what happened on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/24\/trump-news-at-a-glance-latest-updates-today\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Friday 24 April<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxNQUJoeXRHRmpsOHBuZEpZdjVEangyT3AzaTJaOHptT2tvczJTQ3JYUUViOHN0VFlMR19kRnlOV0tBbTBObmE5MVZjZXAtYVk5c3JDbkdYa0hpX1ZHaHBaS2Ywb3dTZkZURXpNdzNpR1prYkI3cHJReWpLaUpPdGJVeHpQQUdKYVhjem5YaF9SSjlZTHhmUlhpNFFwQ3lCYkFfVkR6SlpheVozd3FpMndDaS1CZUl6eXNxY3JpLXJqYXVtcklJeWMzMzUxQUUzd0podlE?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President uninjured as he and other top White House officials evacuated from annual correspondents\u2019 dinner \u2013 key US politics stories from Saturday 25 April at a glanceWhite House correspondents\u2019 dinner shooting &#8211; follow livePresident Donald Trump and the first lady were whisked out of the annual White House correspondents\u2019 dinner on Saturday after shots were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-208900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}