Correspondents’ dinner lacked highest security level despite presence of top officials

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/26/white-house-correspondents-dinner-security-status/

The Trump administration provided a lower level of security for the White House correspondents’ dinner than it has for other gatherings of high-ranking officials, even though the president and many Cabinet members were in attendance, according to officials familiar with the plan.

When so many officials gather in one place for official functions such as an inauguration or State of the Union address, the secretary of homeland security typically puts the Secret Service in charge of coordinating all security through a formal designation known as a “National Special Security Event.”