White House Correspondents Dinner

WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedians are making their return to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after last year’s hiatus.

Olivier Knox, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, decried President Donald Trump’s criticism of the establishment media in his remarks at the annual event and recalled an episode in which his worried son asked if the president will imprison him. 

Trump ridiculed CNN’s low ratings on Saturday, after skipping the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC. “Fake news. They’re fake! They are fake. They are fakers!” he said.

Trump’s supporters gave Sarah Sanders a rock star welcome at his rally in Wisconsin.”Last year this night I was at a slightly different event. Not quite the best welcome,” Sanders said, as the crowd booed.

“The president and members of his administration will not attend the White House Correspondents Dinner this year,” the White House said in a statement released to reporters.

Comedian Michelle Wolf, who made headlines last year for mocking White House press secretary Sarah Sanders’ looks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD), declared that President Donald Trump won’t go to the dinner because he’s afraid.

President Donald Trump confirmed that he would again skip the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in favor of a political rally.

President Donald Trump praised the White House Correspondents’ Association on Tuesday for their decision to welcome an author to be the guest speaker at their annual dinner instead of a comedian, even hinting that he might attend.

Controversial comedienne Michelle Wolf is at it again, attacking White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on the inaugural episode of her new Netflix show The Break.

The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) has long-cited its scholarships for aspiring journalists to justify the tax-exempt charitable status of its blow-out, televised annual dinner, but only a small fraction of the IRS-designated 501(c)(3) organization’s fundraising is awarded to students.

President Donald Trump continued his criticism of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD) on Twitter, suggesting the event on Saturday night proved the media are biased.

President Donald Trump delivered his review of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Sunday morning. Sad!

“By the way, is this better than that phony Washington phony White House Correspondents dinner?” Trump asked the audience, who roared with approval. “Isn’t this more fun?”
“By the way, is this better than that phony Washington phony White House Correspondents dinner?” Trump asked the audience, who roared with approval. “Isn’t this more fun?”

“The White House has informed us that the president does not plan to participate in this year’s dinner but that he will actively encourage members of the executive branch to attend and join us as we celebrate the First Amendment,” White House Correspondents’ President Margaret Talev said in a statement to members.

Comedian Kathy Griffin announced Friday that she plans to attend this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, nearly a year after her posing for a photo holding a bloody replica of President Donald Trump’s severed head spurred a two month Secret Service investigation.

A couple thousand of the most esteemed and rarified reporters gather deep in the bowels of the Washington Hilton for this year’s convening of the mutual admiration society and one of the “grandfathers — perhaps great-grandfathers — of American journalism” uses his position of high authority on national television to promote stock in the company owned by his boss.

Vice President of Business and Culture at the Media Research Center, Dan Gainor, joined Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Monday to discuss various topics in the news, including the recent competing events on the night of the traditional White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

The president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, Jeff Mason, claimed tonight that the media was not “Fake News.”

Liberal comedian Samantha Bee roasted the news media, past presidents, and President Donald Trump during a taped mock White House Correspondent’s Dinner Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C.

Only a day before journalists are set to meet at their annual self-congratulatory dinner, a new poll finds that their intended customers, the American people, don’t trust them. Indeed, the poll finds Americans trust the Trump White House to tell the truth more than they do the media.

President Trump announced Saturday afternoon that he will be holding a rally that happens to be the same night as the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

No White House staff members will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in “solidarity” with President Trump, according to a statement from the White House Correspondents’ Association.

A huge crowd turned out at Legislative Plaza on Saturday to attend the Spirit of America rally in support of President Trump’s policies.

Dan Gainor of the Media Research Center joined Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Monday to discuss both President Trump’s decision not to attend the upcoming White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD) and Sunday night’s Oscars.

Dan Gainor of the Media Research Center joined Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Monday to discuss both President Trump’s decision not to attend the upcoming White House Correspondents’ Dinner and Sunday night’s Oscars.

Emma Watson is the latest celebrity to be exposed in the Panama Papers leaks. Apparently she keeps chunks of her estimated $70 million fortune stashed away in an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands. Personally, I am more than

Guests at the White House Correspondents Dinner witnessed a brawl between Fox News’ Jesse Watters and the Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama said in his remarks at Saturday’s White House Correspondents Dinner that Republican Donald Trump ran for president to promote his hotel business.

During Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Obama told the media they have a “responsibility to dig, and to question,” and “It has been an honor and a privilege to work side-by-side with you to strengthen our democracy.” Obama told

In the lead-up to Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, CNN Senior Media Correspondent Brian Stelter discussed the Obama administration, calling it “In many ways…the least transparent administration ever,” when it comes to media access. Stelter stated, “[T]he reality of this

During MSNBC’s coverage of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, “CBS Sunday Morning” Contributor Nancy Giles expressed some unease with host Larry Wilmore using two racial slurs during his speech, but stated, “it was said by a man of

While mocking the media on Saturday, White House Correspondents’ Dinner host Larry Wilmore pointed out that CNN’s Don Lemon was in the crowd. He then called Lemon “Alleged journalist Don Lemon,” sparking Lemon to laugh and raise his hand before

White House Correspondents’ Dinner host Larry Wilmore closed his speech on Saturday by telling President Obama, “Yo Barry, you did it, my n*gga.” Earlier in the speech, Wilmore said that former President Andrew Jackson reacted to Dr. Ben Carson’s defense

Saturday Night Live star Cecily Strong hosted the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night, cracking jokes at the expense of the 2016 presidential contenders, the Clinton Foundation, attendant members of the mainstream media, and of course, President Obama.