Chinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri talks after an interview with The Associated Press in Maryland, Wednesday, July 22, 2026 . (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Chinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri shows his photos after an interview with The Associated Press in Maryland, Wednesday, July 22, 2026 . (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Grace Jin Drexel shows the old photos of her father after an interview with The Associated Press in Maryland, Wednesday, July 22, 2026 . (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Chinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri becomes emotional during an interview with The Associated Press in Maryland, Wednesday, July 22, 2026 . (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

President Donald Trump talks with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

President Donald Trump greets U.S. Secret Service agent Victor Gonzalez at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Demonstrators protest outside of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC hotel, in Washington, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

A demonstrator holds up a sign outside the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Washington, site of the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)