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DARK SECRETS: Whca - The Real Truth

Someone leaked Trump’s WHCA dinner plan. He’s showing up to roast reporters, but there’s a reason he won’t stay past a certain point

He’s not coming for laughs.

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Ann Curry, Sam Donaldson and Dan Rather Among 250 Journalists Urging Action Over 'Unprecedented Attacks on the Free Press' at the White House Correspondents Dinner

More than 250 journalists and press organizations have urged the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) to confront President Donald Trump at this weekend's annual dinner, warning that his record toward the media makes his participation incompatible with the event's purpose.

Latin Times

What's happening during White House Correspondents' Dinner weekend 2026

This year's event will be attended by President Trump for the first time as a sitting commander in chief.

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LGBTQ Dating App Grindr to Host First White House Correspondent Weekend Party: Is Trump Attending?

Grindr is set to host its first White House Correspondents' Weekend party in Washington, as attention also turns to Donald Trump's plan to attend the main dinner.

International Business Times UK

Trump to break bread with journalists at annual dinner amid threats to jail them

Trump to attend correspondents’ dinner for first time as president, while some newsrooms ‘wrestle’ with whether to go

The Guardian - US

Kimmel Asks Trump to Let Him Host Correspondents' Dinner, White House Calls Him 'Talentless Hack'

Jimmy Kimmel asked Trump to let him host the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The White House called the late-night host a 'talentless hack.'

International Business Times UK

Donald Trump agrees to attend the correspondents’ dinner after hearing journalists call him ‘the GOAT’ — except, they didn’t

He’ll be back for the first time after the 2011 Obama roast.

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Trump says he'll end White House Correspondents' Dinner boycott and attend this year

Trump never attended the event as president.

Axios

How Maga cheerleaders have infiltrated the White House press corps

Trump administration has transformed tone and tenor of media interactions by centering rightwing voices and reporter sycophancy

The Guardian - US

White House Restricts WSJ Access To Trump Over Epstein Story

The White House on Monday barred The Wall Street Journal from traveling with US President Donald Trump during his upcoming visit to Scotland, after the newspaper reported that he wrote a bawdy birthday message to his former friend, alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

International Business Times

Journalists defend press freedom at muted White House correspondents’ dinner

Event took place with no Trump, no comedian and notably fewer politicians or Hollywood stars than in past years

The Guardian - US

Maligned By Trump, White House Reporters Hold Subdued Annual Gala

The White House Correspondents' Association staged its annual gala on Saturday in a muted celebration amid mounting concerns about press freedom under President Donald Trump.

International Business Times

No time for "nerd prom." Ditch the WHCD

If the press can't stand in solidarity for global reporting rights, then there is no need to gather

Salon

‘Everyone’s scared’: little appetite for mirth before White House correspondents’ dinner

Annual event likely to prove gloomy affair amid Trump attacks on press and rise of Maga media ecosystem

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The Independent UK

White House removes wire services from press pool rather than restore AP’s access

The Associated Press filed a court motion stating that the press policy is “a clear violation of the court's injunction order,” urging a federal judge to enforce his ruling against the White House.

The Independent UK

White House is refusing to distribute press pool reports that contain ‘inconvenient’ info

‘Now, it appears the White House is withholding reports it doesn’t like—choosing not to distribute pool reports that contain information it finds inconvenient or unflattering,’ Oliver Darcy reported on the censorship

Salon

The WHCA sure did teach Amber Ruffin

“I thought when people take away your rights, you're supposed to call it out," Ruffin said on Monday. "I was wrong"

The Guardian - US

Comedian dropped by White House correspondents hits back: ‘I would have been so terrifically mean’

Amber Ruffin skewers journalists who canceled her skit, mocking their subservience to Trump

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The Independent UK

The View invites Amber Ruffin to do her act on their show after she’s axed from White House dinner

‘She should come and do it here,’ co-host Ana Navarro declared while Whoopi Godberg said ‘you’ve been invited’

The Independent UK

WHCA blasts White House’s ‘wrong-headed effort’ to take over briefing-room seating chart

‘But if a White House’s goal instead is to receive ‘favorable coverage’ through easy questions, the American people lose out,’ the WHCA board wrote on Monday

The Guardian - AU

Trump news at a glance: ‘I’m not joking’ – Trump says he could seek third term

Trump also says in interview he was ‘very angry’ with Putin and threatened to bomb Iran – key US politics stories from 30 March 2025

The Independent UK

White House Correspondents’ Dinner axes comedy slot after Trump administration pressure

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich called Amber Ruffin a ‘garbage, hate-filled comedian’

The Guardian - US

White House correspondents’ dinner cancels anti-Trump comedian’s appearance

WHCA says it was dropping Amber Ruffin’s performance so the event’s ‘focus is not on the politics of division’

International Business Times

Judge Hears Associated Press Suit Over White House Denial Of Access

Lawyers for the Associated Press (AP) urged a federal judge on Thursday to restore the news agency's reporters access to the White House press pool that covers US President Donald Trump's events.

The Independent UK

Hot mic catches Trump urging Fox News reporter to say Cabinet meeting was ‘unbelievable’

‘Lawrence, say we did a great job, please. Okay? Say it was unbelievable,’ the president asked Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones at the end of the meeting.

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