WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump will return to the White House Correspondents' Dinner amid heightened security on Friday, three months after an alleged assassination attempt forced his chaotic evacuation from the event. This time the US Secret Service is taking no chances, shutting down a swathe of Washington and throwing up a huge security cordon to ensure the White House dinner 2.0 passes off safely. "In April, President Trump promised to finish the job and plan another WHCA Dinner, and today, he will deliver on that promise," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement to AFP. As well as Trump's speech, the rescheduled dinner will keep to a similar program that includes a performance by mentalist Oz Pearlman. The head of the Secret Service said it was ready for the rescheduled dinner, despite facing criticism over the original incident.