The Ballroom Blitz: White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Marks Escalation in Infrastructure Attacks

On April 25, 2026, shots rang out at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, with President Trump rushed off stage by Secret Service. The attack was the latest in a wave of 25+ infrastructure fires and sabotage targeting symbols of capitalism and militarism across the US and Europe, marking a dangerous escalation from economic to political targets.