“President Trump and other guests were evacuated from inside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday evening,” the Washington Post reports.
“Guests said there were several loud noises heard inside the ballroom and many individuals were seen ducking under tables. Many guests subsequently evacuated the room.”
Axios: “Also evacuated along with Trump were Vice President Vance and First Lady Melania Trump. Several Cabinet secretaries were also in the room.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.