- A shooting incident occurred at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, prompting the evacuation of President Donald Trump and members of his administration.
- FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, denied a New York Times report that she was seen holding another man's hand after the shooting inside a private room.
- “I was only ever holding Kash's hand; anything to suggest otherwise is false. It is sick for the New York Times to have used this time after a perceived active shooting as a political tool. They will stop at nothing to push a narrative out that's damaging to people they've determined they dislike,” Wilkins told the Daily Mail.
- The New York Times defended its reporting, stating its journalist accurately observed Wilkins holding a security officer's hand while sheltering during the incident.
- The FBI had previously investigated an NYT reporter for “aggressive reporting techniques” after she wrote about Patel allegedly using bureau personnel for Wilkins' security, an action the NYT condemned as a First Amendment violation.
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