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Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents’ dinner. Trump unharmed

President Donald Trump was reported uninjured and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after an unspecified threat.

U.S. Secret Service agents respond near President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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U.S. Secret Service agents respond near President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Tim Benyo, seen here in July 2020, has stepped down from his position as chief clerk for the Lehigh County Board of Elections. (Rick Kintzel / The Morning Call)

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Southern Lehigh High School held its prom Friday, April 24, 2026, at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. Students and their guests arrive to the big night. (Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call)

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Pen Argyl Area High School held its prom Friday, April 24, 2026, at Woodstone Country Club in Danielsville. Students and their guests arrive at the high school ahead of the big night. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

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Mel Sterner throws out a first pitch Saturday, April 25, 2026, during a ceremony at Allen High School’s gym in Allentown to honor her husband Ed Stinner by naming the school’s softball field after him. Stinner, the legendary softball coach who coached Allen to the 1990 state championship, died last year after a battle with cancer. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

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Southern troops led by Rick Eisenhart, of Hellertown, as Friends of Camp Geiger hold the 8th annual Lehigh Valley Civil War Days at the Whitehall Parkway Recreational Area to commemorate the waning of the Civil War and the 150th anniversary of the battles at Fort Stedman and Appomattox, which took place in spring 1965. -//// MICHAEL KUBEL / The Morning Call —- Sunday June 14, 2015

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Southern Lehigh High School Prom | PHOTOS

Check out photos from the Southern Lehigh High School prom as students dress up for the big night.
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FILE – In this April 24, 2018 file photo, Bill Cosby departs after his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. On Thursday, April 26, 2018, Cosby was convicted of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular late-life downfall of a comedian who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom as America’s Dad. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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