Source: International Business Times
(L/R) CNN reporters Phil Rucker, Wolf Blitzer, Pamela Brown, Dana Bash, Kaitlan Collins and Jeff Zeleny attend the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2025 AFP The White House Correspondents' Association staged its annual gala on Saturday in a muted celebration amid mounting concerns about press freedom under President Donald Trump. The dinner, while still as packed as previous years, took on a more somber, understated atmosphere with no president cracking self-deprecating jokes and no comedian. The event has been shunned by the Republican tycoon, who has sought to neuter the traditional media since his return to power in a number of moves that critics say are unconstitutional.
