Press dinner shooting suspect expected to be arraigned in court today

Show all
This photo of the suspect in the incident at the White House Correspondents Dinner incident was posted to President Donald Trump's Truth Social account on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
• Live Updates
Donald Trump/Truth Social
• Live Updates
Live Updates a min ago The White House will discuss security protocol this week as investigators examine a note the suspect’s family sent to officials
• CNN Investigates
CNN Investigates Authorities review writings of teacher suspected of press dinner shooting
Shooting incident raises questions over press dinner’s security protocol
The suspected gunman who charged past a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has renewed questions about Secret Service protocol.
Melania Trump implies Kimmel should lose his job over ‘expectant widow’ joke
First lady Melania Trump on Monday implied that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel should lose his job due to jokes he made during a mock White House Correspondents’ Dinner skit on his show Thursday night.

More top stories

fossil fuel industry

US forces conduct maritime interdiction of MT Tifani in the Indian Ocean on April 21.
Department of Defense
The lawless floating gas station where Iranian oil changes hands

king charles in the us

photography

Photographer Ejatu Shaw uses self-portraiture as a means of exploration of identity... it can also be seen as a performance, she says. Here Shaw uses a handheld air release cable to take a self-portrait with one of her film cameras.
Ejatu Shaw
Her family wanted her to be a doctor. She chose a different path

timekeeping in style

More US politics

Business & Tech

Africa in focus

Crime & Courts

Sports

Climate & Extreme weather

Art & style

HEALTH

CNN Shorts

African Voices

Show all

More from CNN

Former Venezuelan intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal (center) appears at the Manhattan Federal Court for a hearing after his extradition from Spain in 2023. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Jane Rosenberg/Reuters
He was Venezuela’s spy chief. Will he become a star witness in the Maduro trial?
The ex-spy chief’s letter to Donald Trump may signal that he wants to become something other than a defendant