Gunfire shattered the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at 8:36 p.m. on Saturday. The Secret Service immediately evacuated U.S. President Donald Trump. Alongside images of the chaos that briefly overtook the ballroom of the Washington Hilton — the hotel that each year hosts this gathering of power, press, and celebrities — came the resurfacing of the darkest ghosts of America’s political violence, a country where four presidents have been assassinated while in office. It was also the third attack Trump has survived, another sign of the increasingly tense atmosphere in the United States.

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President Donald Trump was evacuated Saturday night from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner following an assassination attempt. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and the other Cabinet members present were escorted out amid chaos at Washington’s Hilton Hotel, where the event was being held. A man had entered the lobby and opened fire at the security checkpoint, according to the Secret Service, which later reported that the suspect was in custody.

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