US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will attend and speak at a rescheduled White House correspondents' dinner on July 24, nearly three months after a shooting outside the original event…

June 2 (UPI) -- Officials have rescheduled the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner for July 24, several weeks after a gunman disrupted the original event.

Donald Trump said he will attend the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner on July 24 after the April event was postponed following a shooting. Organisers said the dinner will go ahead with tighter security and stand against violence and intimidation of the free press.

The White House Correspondents' Association will host another dinner to make up for the gala cut short when an armed suspect stormed the event.

The White House Correspondents’ Association announced that a second dinner will be held this summer after April’s event was halted by a shooting incident.

The White House Correspondents' Association announced Tuesday that it will hold a do-over of its annual dinner in July after the gathering in April was cut short after a gunman opened fire at the

White House Correspondents Association Plans New Dinner for July 24 With Heightened Security