politics
White House Correspondents' Dinner rescheduled for July 24 after shooting disrupted initial event
Updated on: June 2, 2026 / 2:03 PM EDT / CBS News
TL;DR
- The White House Correspondents' Dinner has been rescheduled to July 24.
- The initial event on April 25 was disrupted by a gunman charging a security checkpoint.
- President Trump accepted an invitation to speak at the rescheduled dinner.
- The rescheduled dinner will be a more intimate gathering with enhanced safety measures.
- The suspect, Cole Allen, was charged with attempting to assassinate the president and other offenses.
- A Secret Service officer was injured but not seriously.