Shooting at White House Dinner Prompts Trump Evacuation

A gunman fired shots outside the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday evening, prompting a chaotic evacuation of President Donald Trump and other attendees, in what authorities described as the third apparent assassination attempt against the president in two years. The incident occurred in Washington, D.C., where the annual event draws journalists, politicians and administration officials.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat and the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, was among those present and later addressed the shooting and broader questions of political rhetoric during an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday. Raskin, who arrived minutes before the gunfire erupted, recounted speaking with Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, when loud booms and crashing sounds filled the room. "I had just come in the room a few minutes before," Raskin said. "Suddenly there's loud booms, crashing sounds, plates, silverware, everything flying all over the place." He immediately considered Kennedy's family history, noting the assassinations of her father and uncle, President John F. Kennedy.

Secret Service agents swiftly evacuated...