Man accused of assassination attempt on Trump pleads not guilty

In a federal courtroom, a man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Trump at the White House correspondents' dinner entered a plea of not guilty, setting in motion one of the most serious criminal proceedings the American legal system can host. The alleged attack unfolded at an annual gathering designed to celebrate press freedom and political discourse — a gathering that, by its very nature, draws the powerful and the public into the same room. That such an event became the stage for an alleged act of political violence speaks to the enduring tension between open democratic li