36 Unreal Photos From The 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner Chaos
Some truly incredible work from photographers there.
Matt Stopera
BuzzFeed
1. As you probably know by now, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was abruptly interrupted last night when a shooter attempted to rush the event. While the suspect is now in custody, the images coming out of the Washington Hilton are absolutely wild.
2. Shout-out to the photographers for capturing the intensity of the night. This shot from Nathan Howard shows guests in formal wear immediately taking cover.
3. People on social media are obsessed with Getty Images photographer Andrew Harnik. He managed to keep snapping pictures without letting go of what appeared to be bourbon.
4. Abandoned wine glasses and half-eaten dinners left behind as the ballroom was cleared.
5. Workers and attendees run following reports of the shooting.
6. Secret service agents pulling their guns shortly after the incident.
7. Another agent standing guard backstage.
8. Stephen Miller and his wife evacuating the ballroom.
9. Armed agents jumping over chairs immediately following the shooting.
10. Another picture of secret service jumping on tables.
11. Total chaos in the lobby.
12. Security personnel draw their guns responding to the shots.
13. Another photo of an agent drawing his gun.
14. Dr. Oz being shuffled out.
15. Kash Patel on his phone.
16. A guest running for the exit with her heels in her hand.
17. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin taking cover under a table.
18. RFK Jr. being taken out of the ballroom.
19. Getty Images photographer Andrew Harnik continues to take pictures while an agent draws a gun in the background.
20. Jeanine Pirro being escorted out of the hotel.
21. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino jumping over a row of chairs.
22. Another armed man in a suit.
23. Wolf Blitzer reporting live for CNN via phone immediately after the evacuation.
24. SWAT teams moving in as a guest takes cover under a table.
25. Law enforcement officers surrounding RFK Jr. and his wife, Cheryl Hines, in the lobby.
26. Another photo of people taking cover after the incident.
27. And another:
28. Attendees embracing inside the ballroom shortly after the incident.
29. A plainclothes officer draws a gun.
30. Back at the White House, members of the press gathered in their formal wear for a press briefing.
31. A White House correspondent runs toward the West Wing to cover Trump’s briefing.
32. JD Vance at the press hearing in the White House.
33. Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Karoline Leavitt, and Melania Trump listen as Trump speaks.
34. CNN news anchor Kaitlan Collins reporting live from the White House press conference.
35. Trump taking questions from the press corps in formal wear.
36. And finally, this guest who managed to leave the chaos with the ultimate party favor: WINE.
