Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the accused gunman who tried to breach the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is believed to have been targeting members of the Trump administration.

The New York Democrat's call for calm quickly turned into a storm of replies.

By Jacob Bogage and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's tuxedo still looked freshly pressed when he stepped to the White House podium Saturday night, barely an hour after the latest apparent attempt on his life.

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over his planned $400 million ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House.

The meetings come as Wiles and the Secret Service have been condemned for the breach, which allowed a gunman to storm through a checkpoint before the black-tie event at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night apparently intent on attacking Trump and members of his Cabinet.

Oz Pearlman says he thought they were "about to die" as he and the US president lay half-a-metre apart on the ground during the incident.

President Donald Trump is likely to face new security questions as he plans to attend a series of large, high-profile events in coming months.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was in good hands from the looks of it ― when shots were fired at the White House Correspondents Dinner the night before. “I also saw a lot of very strong, physically strong,