US EditionTrump unlikely to attend White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday
- President Donald Trump is not expected to attend the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 26, which coincides with Pope Francis's funeral plans.
- Trump has not attended this event during his presidency, breaking a long-standing tradition of presidential participation.
- His strained relationship with the media includes lawsuits and public criticism of their coverage.
- Eugene Daniels, WHCA President, expressed indifference regarding Trump's absence and described the dinner as a celebration of the First Amendment.
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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…
Washington Parties On Without Trump
New York Times: “For those taking part in the Washington social whirl leading up to the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, it is helpful to know a few basic facts: There will be ample canapés and cocktails, and the occasional broken glass, at the parties before the big night; there will be plenty of television anchors, reporters and talking heads holding forth on current events; and, inevitably, you will run into Bill Nye, th…
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