The United States is taking stock of a shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC, where President Donald Trump was rushed from the scene.A gunman charged a security checkpoint outside the ballroom for the annual media gala on Saturday night, before being taken down by US Secret Service agents as shots were fired.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listCBS News reported the alleged attacker told authorities he was targeting officials in the Trump administration.Here’s how leaders in the US and around the world are responding to the news:United States:Figures across the political aisle condemned the attack at the event, which was also attended by First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and many other senior government officials, along with hundreds of journalists and celebrities.House Speaker Mike Johnson, who attended the event with his wife Kelly, said both were “praying for our country tonight”.House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York said: “The violence and chaos in America must end.”Washington, DC Mayor, Muriel Bowser, said she is “so very thankful to members of law enforcement who did their jobs … and made sure all guests were safe”. She said there was no immediate reason to believe anyone apart from the gunman was involved in the attack.Weijia Jiang, the senior White House correspondent at CBS News and president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, who was sitting next to Trump as the incident unfolded, emphasised the public service role of journalism …
