President Donald Trump said he will attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on July 24 after the April event was canceled following an armed security breach. Association president Weijia Jiang said the rescheduled gathering will show that violence will not silence a free press.
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The White House Correspondents’ Association will reschedule its annual dinner for July 24 after gunfire disrupted the April 25 event. President Trump says he will attend and speak at the smaller gathering, which organizers say will have enhanced security.
The Defense Department has barred journalists from entering the Pentagon press office after redesignating it as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. Press freedom groups criticized the move as part of broader restrictions on media access to the U.S. military.
Shots were fired near the White House Correspondents' Dinner, leading to the evacuation of President Trump and others. The suspect is in custody and hospitalized, while a Secret Service agent was injured but is expected to recover.