President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted the annual Halloween celebration at the White House on Thursday evening, welcoming trick-or-treaters, according to The Hill's live video coverage of the event.
The Hill reported that the White House event came just hours after Trump returned from South Carolina, where, according to the outlet, he rallied support for Republicans ahead of next week's midterm elections. The Hill's summary said the first couple was expected to hand out candy, but the summary ends mid-sentence and provides no further detail on the handout.
PBS NewsHour, in a report credited to the Associated Press, said Trump and first lady Melania Trump handed out candy to "hundreds of costumed kids" outside the White House residence at Thursday's annual Halloween celebration. The PBS NewsHour video report covers the event.
The two accounts differ in tense. The Hill's summary described the candy handout as expected, while PBS NewsHour described it as already having taken place. Neither The Hill's summary nor the PBS NewsHour summary gives a time for the handout, and the only count of children is PBS NewsHour's description of hundreds.
Both outlets identify the event as the annual Halloween celebration, and both refer to the first couple by name, with The Hill and PBS NewsHour each naming President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. Neither summary reports any remarks by the president or the first lady at the event.
Sources: The Hill: Watch live: Trump, first lady host Halloween event at White House; PBS NewsHour: WATCH: Trumps host Halloween celebration at the White House.