JD Vance with tears in their eyes make the sad announcement😭

On the evening of April 25, 2026, what is widely known as the White House Correspondents’ Dinner-often dubbed the “Nerd Prom”-was disrupted by a major security incident that forced an emergency evacuation of President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and several senior officials gathered at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. The event had been underway for roughly twenty minutes after the formal entrance of the President and First Lady when an armed individual breached a security checkpoint and attempted to move toward the main ballroom.