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The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was an embarrassment

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Newest development Jul 27, 2026 · 2 reportsThe White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was an embarrassment

The White House Correspondents’ Association held its rescheduled dinner Friday night and, unfortunately, it went about how you would expect. No president in the history of this country has devoted […]

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  1. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner Has Spent Decades Mocking Conservatives

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    The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was an embarrassment

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  1. Poynter

    Is the White House Correspondents’ dinner headed for another mess? (opens Poynter)

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    Friday’s rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has all the makings of a complete clown show. I was going to say it has all the makings of a complete disaster, […]

  2. The Righting

    The White House Correspondents’ Dinner Has Spent Decades Mocking Conservatives (opens The Righting)

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    Since the dinner began airing on C-SPAN in 1993, there have been nine comedy routines during a Republican […]

  3. NewsBusters

    The White House Correspondents' Dinner: Decades of Mocking Conservatives (opens NewsBusters)

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    The White House Correspondents' Dinner: Decades of Mocking Conservatives Before the originally scheduled 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner was postponed after a failed assassination attempt against President Trump, there was opposition from liberal circles that the usual tradition of having a …

  4. The Daily Wire

    White House Promises ‘Unifying Yet Vicious’ Trump Speech At Rescheduled WHCD (opens The Daily Wire)

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    WASHINGTON — The rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner will take place Friday evening in Washington, D.C., months after an assassin tried to barge into the event and target the president and top conservatives.

  5. RedState

  6. BizPac Review

    Trump explains what Barack Obama got right when he hosted WHCD (opens BizPac Review)

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    President Donald Trump took some time to compliment former President Barack Obama during his WHCD dinner remarks. The rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner went off without […]

  7. The Hill

    5 standout moments from Trump's fiery WHCA dinner speech (opens The Hill)

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    President Trump was given a second chance Friday evening to deliver a speech before the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner — his first time addressing the crowd as president. Three months after the first event was derailed by an assassination attempt, Trump took to the podium at t…

  8. Poynter

    The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was an embarrassment (opens Poynter)

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    The White House Correspondents’ Association held its rescheduled dinner Friday night and, unfortunately, it went about how you would expect. No president in the history of this country has devoted […]

  9. BizPac Review

    Trump may have finally broken the White House correspondents’ dinner (opens BizPac Review)

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    Hurt feelings devolved to fearmongering as a reporter known for anti-Trump coverage invoked the First Amendment in a push to “rethink” the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. […]

  10. NewsBusters

    NewsBusters Podcast: Did Trump Ruin the Media's Self-Adoring Dinner? (opens NewsBusters)

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    NewsBusters Podcast: Did Trump Ruin the Media's Self-Adoring Dinner? President Trump finally served up his long-planned speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and they hated it so much the reporters started kvetching about how they need to "rethink" this event, since Trump was not "advanc…

  11. Breitbart News

    Why Trump Does the White House Correspondents Dinner, Revealed (opens Breitbart News)

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    Monday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the Correspondents’ Dinner. Marlow said, “He’s better off talking to them and having them giving him a chance to explain himself, get his points across. And this is his

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