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Wonky but chic: A crowd made up mostly of political journalists attended the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday.
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Wonky but chic: A crowd made up mostly of political journalists attended the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday.
The annual weekend celebrating America’s free press went forward, even as the Trump administration chips away at press freedoms.
Wonky but chic: A crowd made up mostly of political journalists attended the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday.
The move, which affects The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and Reuters, is another effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over the press corps that covers it.
A federal judge ordered the White House to restore the outlet’s access to certain White House events and agreed that it had been singled out over its editorial decisions.
The Trump administration is planning another encroachment into the day-to-day arrangements of the journalists who cover it.
The comedian Amber Ruffin had been slated to perform at the event in April. The correspondents’ association said it wanted to avoid focusing “on the politics of division.”
The administration’s changes to the pool come at a moment when the White House is chipping away at the ability of major news organizations to cover it.