But the mood in much of the Washington press is more sad trombones than rim shots these days, and the annual soiree given by the White House Correspondents’ Association, happening Saturday, is ...

President Donald Trump will once again skip the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2025. Trump, whose bitter history with the event goes way back, is the only modern president who has never ...

A White House correspondents’ dinner that lacks the traditional comedy act doesn’t necessarily translate to a more somber-than-usual evening. In 2019, the historian Ron Chernow gave a lecture ...

There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner were the journalists and the First Amendment.

President of the White House Correspondents' Association Eugene Daniels poses for photographers as he arrives at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday ...

Eugene Daniels and Amy Klobuchar at the NBC News & Telemundo White House Correspondents' Dinner After Party at the French Ambassador’s Residence, Washington D.C. on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

Should the White House correspondents’ dinner be funny? Humor may be “in the DNA” of the annual Washington media soirée, but the relationship between the political press and the presidency ...

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI. There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner were the journalists and the First Amendment.