Trump Evacuated from Correspondents Dinner After Shots Fired

President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night after shots rang out at the Washington Hilton, halting the black-tie event moments before he was set to deliver his first speech there as president.

Secret Service agents rushed Trump off the stage following two or three loud bangs from a rifle fired by Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old tutor from Torrance, California. Videos showed mentalist Oz Pearlman performing a trick for Trump and first lady Melania Trump at the time. Allen allegedly ran past a security checkpoint and was quickly apprehended. No injuries were reported, and authorities confirmed no ongoing threat.

Trump, who had tweaked his speech aboard Air Force One that morning, later described wanting to "fight like hell" to continue the evening despite the incident. "I hated a sick, bad person changing the course of our country," he told Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich on Sunday. Protocol required evacuation once doors were opened, he said, breaking the room's security seal. Instead, Trump returned to the White House for a briefing alongside Vice President JD Vance and Cabinet officials, where he praised White House Correspondents...