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Trump Accepts WHCA Invite, Attends Press Dinner Amid Protests

4/25/2026

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President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social he will accept the White House Correspondents' Association invitation first time as president.
He will attend Saturday dinner at Washington Hilton, speaking after 10 p.m. Eastern, as association marks the 250th birthday and free press.
350 journalists urged the dinner protest Trump’s attacks on press freedom, while the administration sued media and barred the Associated Press from the White House press pool.

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President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social he will accept the White House Correspondents' Association invitation first time as president.
He will attend Saturday dinner at Washington Hilton, speaking after 10 p.m. Eastern, as association marks the 250th birthday and free press.
350 journalists urged the dinner protest Trump’s attacks on press freedom, while the administration sued media and barred the Associated Press from the White House press pool.