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White House Correspondents’ Association cancels plans to have a comedian headline annual dinner

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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The White House Correspondents’ Association is reversing course and canceling its plans to have comedian Amber Ruffin headline this year’s annual fundraising dinner in Washington, DC.

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9 articles, oldest first.

  1. Deadline

    White House Correspondents’ Association Scraps Plans For Comedian Amber Ruffin At Upcoming Dinner (opens Deadline)

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    The White House Correspondents' Association has dropped plans to feature a comedian at its April 26 dinner.

  2. The Hollywood Reporter

    White House Correspondents’ Association Cancels Amber Ruffin Performance at Annual Gala Dinner (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    White House Correspondents Dinner cancels Amber Ruffin performance at gala.

  3. Washington Examiner

    White House Correspondents’ association cancels comedian’s performance after White House criticism (opens Washington Examiner)

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    White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich slammed the association for its choice of Amber Ruffin on Friday, which it announced in early February.

  4. Delaware Public Media

    White House Correspondents' dinner cancels comedian Amber Ruffin's appearance (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    Amber Ruffin had been scheduled to perform at the prestigious gathering of political journalists on April 26 in Washington, D.C.

  5. KTVZ Bend

    White House Correspondents’ Association cancels plans to have a comedian headline annual dinner (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The White House Correspondents’ Association is reversing course and canceling its plans to have comedian Amber Ruffin headline this year’s annual fundraising dinner in Washington, DC.

  6. The Guardian

    White House correspondents’ dinner cancels anti-Trump comedian’s appearance (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

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

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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