President Donald Trump and the first lady were whisked out of the annual White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday after shots were fired at the event.
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.
In a press briefing from the White House later Saturday evening, Trump describing the shooter as a “lone wolf” and the hotel where the event was being held as “not a particularly secure building”.
Here are the key stories at a glance.
Person in custody after Trump evacuated in shooting incident at White House correspondents’ dinner
Donald and Melania Trump were evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening after the event was interrupted by loud gunshots.
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.
Trump cancels his envoys’ Pakistan trip for Iran ceasefire negotiations
Donald Trump said he has told US envoys not to go to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, shortly after Tehran’s top diplomat left Islamabad late on Saturday.
Trump added to Fox News: “They can call us anytime they want.” The White House on Friday said Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would travel to Pakistan’s capital to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiations.
Egyptian family of six taken back into ICE custody days after being released
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.
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.
ICE planning facility for children and families on Pfas-contaminated site
Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a detention facility for children and their families on one the nation’s most Pfas-contaminated sites, which also serves as a hub for the president’s deportation program.
Staff decry ‘constant turbulence’ under Trump’s labor secretary, as she blames ‘deep state’ in resignation
The secretary of the Department of Labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, resigned 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 “constant turbulence”.
What else happened today:
Conspiracy theory over UFOs and missing scientists spreads from web to White House, read more from the Guardian’s Edward Helmore here.
Sam Levine has a deep dive on Todd Blanche, and his bid to be attorney general.
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