US EditionTrump unlikely to attend White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday
- The White House Correspondents' Association hosts its annual gala Saturday night in Washington.
- President Donald Trump is unlikely to attend this year, and organizers removed the traditional comedian host.
- Trump skipped the event three times during his first term, though all presidents attend at least one gala.
- WHCA President Eugene Daniels said, "I want to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division."
- This decision led to a more somber atmosphere focusing on honoring journalistic work and presenting awards.
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White House journalists use annual press dinner to celebrate First Amendment
There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner on Saturday night were the journalists and the First Amendment.The stripped-down festivities were a reflection of the somber tone in Washington at the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, in which he has battled with the press on multiple fronts and wrested from the correspondents' association the power to dec…
The Washington Hilton’s decades-long history with D.C. politics
Washington — Inside the kitchen at the Washington Hilton ahead of Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner are frenetic dinner preparations for about 2,600 people. “So, if it’s a three-course, you multiply that by three, we could walk away doing almost 10,000 plates in the kitchen as a whole,” Daniel Bennett, the hotel’s executive chef, tells CBS News. The correspondents’ dinner has been an annual tradition since 1921, bringing toge…
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