In an unusual chain of events, a White House press briefing on Monday was interrupted when Donald Trump was briefly evacuated from the room without explanation, then returned a few minutes later to continue the briefing after explaining there had been a shooting across the street from the White House.
The incident happened around 5:50 p.m. Eastern, as Trump was talking up the health of the stock market amid the otherwise broad economic downturn caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As Trump …
