Trump's security again faces scrutiny after press dinner shooting

Source: Reuters

April 26, 2026 3:28 AM EDT Updated 1 hour ago


WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - The shooting on Saturday night of a Secret Service agent ​at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner raises questions yet again about the protection afforded to America's political leaders at a ‌time of increased political violence.

Hundreds of agents from several law enforcement agencies were tasked with protecting the annual bash, which President Donald Trump headlined this year.

Yet a suspect with a shotgun and other weapons managed to get just a floor above the Washington ballroom where an extraordinary concentration of cabinet members, high-ranking lawmakers and celebrities were dining.

In addition to Trump, ​Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Todd Blanche, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Interior ​Secretary Doug Burgum and various other government officials were in attendance, many with their own security details.

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