Both President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are calling on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night comic joked last week that the first lady had “the glow of an expectant widow.” Kimmel made the joke while delivering a mock comic routine for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner — two nights before that event was cut short when a man tried to rush the ballroom where the Trumps and other leaders were. The president said Kimmel's words were “beyond the pale.” Kimmel described the joke during his Monday night monologue as a light roast about the first couple’s age difference.
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The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives has been charged with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump. Saturday's chaotic encounter resulted in shots being fired, Trump being rushed off the stage and guests ducking underneath their tables. Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, was taken into custody after the shooting. Allen was charged Monday in federal court in Washington and did not enter a plea. A lawyer with the federal defender’s office who is representing Allen notes he has no criminal record and is presumed innocent. Authorities say an officer wearing a bullet-resistant vest was shot in the vest but is expected to recover.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Correspondents' Association dinner is one of Washington's enduring, if somewhat awkward, rituals.
FILE - President Ronald Reagan winces and raises his left arm as he was shot by an assailant as he left a Washington hotel, Monday, March 30, 1981. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
Officials say the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting was believed to be a hotel guest. This allowed him to bypass initial security but he was stopped by additional measures. Washington's interim police chief, Jeffery Carroll, explained that the security plan, developed by the Secret Service, was effective. The Washington Hilton had a security perimeter set up for the dinner, requiring guests to pass through metal detectors. Once President Donald Trump was seated, no additional attendees were allowed in. The hotel has a history of presidential events, including the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Security measures have been enhanced since then.
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