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Correspondents' dinner cancels comedian Amber Ruffin's appearance](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5344487/white-house-correspondents-dinner-amber-ruffin) Pearlman, 43, has been
correspondents’ dinner will be rescheduled for 24 July after the Washington event was abruptly cancelled
correspondents’ dinner will be [rescheduled for 24 July](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/white-house-correspondents-dinner-rescheduled-trump)**. The Washington event was abruptly cancelled
Correspondents’ Association dinner](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/donald-trump-correspondents-dinner-shooting) in Washington after a gunman fired shots at his security detail, Trump said the visit involved too much travel and expense for what he considered an inadequate Iranian offer
correspondents' dinner shooting](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/25/nx-s1-5799544/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner) "First, we heard that President Trump was going to return and speak and the program was going to continue as scheduled," Dorning said. "And then by the time
Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C, on April 25, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4812x4809+983+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2Fee%2F38589a3a4ea79d7e6bf4e39c84cc%2Fgettyimages-2272595362.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5802997/fcc-abc-license-renewal-melania-trump-jimmy-kimmel) ### [Television](https://www.npr.org/sections/television/) ### [FCC orders early license renewal for ABC stations following Kimmel's first lady joke
Correspondents’ Dinner, an annual gathering of politicians and reporters, has been rescheduled to July 24, following an attack on its originally scheduled date. The event was originally meant to unfold on April
Correspondent's Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, President Trump – who was rushed out of the room by the secret service after gunshots rang out – was asked at a press conference
dinner from being canceled after an armed guest shot at a Secret Service agent at an interior checkpoint, striking the agent’s ballistic vest. Those remarks came 44 years after Hinckley – while suffering from acute
dinner did not have another comedian until 2022, during the administration of US President Joe Biden. Last year, during Trump’s first term back in office, the association abruptly cancelled a planned performance by comedian
correspondents’ dinner](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting) retained his table manners and was spotted calmly tucking into his salad course on Saturday, soon after gunfire rang out and heavily armed [Secret Service](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/secret-service) agents swarmed
Correspondents Dinner there,” he added. Gaisford noted that in some of the pictures, the gunman is almost half-naked because he’d been stripped by police to ensure he wasn’t carrying any form
Correspondents' Dinner in Washington. Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones said the government and Buckingham Palace had been in "close co-operation" with US officials before the trip, which begins on Monday. "Further
correspondents’ association dinner?** The annual event is a tradition that dates back to the 1920s, and is a fixture in the US political calendar. Most presidents have attended at least one, and often make self
correspondents dinner on his show on Thursday, Kimmel said: “Our first lady, Melania, is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.” While the joke played
Correspondents' Association and not the White House. Sunday morning, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt [posted on social media](https://x.com/presssec/status/2048411637690831288?s=46&t=mkIcj26UgQbdKCovlxkgCQ) that the dinner was "hijacked by a depraved crazy person who sought
Correspondents’ Association dinner had been successful in detaining the suspect before he could do further harm. The attacker was successfully brought to the ground, with the only injury to attendees being one law enforcement officer
cancelled a planned visit to Islamabad by his envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, dealing blows to peace prospects, while Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, left Pakistan at the weekend. There, he presented mediators with
Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening. President Trump and other administration officials were rushed out, and a suspect was arrested. **Andrew Harnik/Getty Images** Andrew Harnik/Getty Images - 🎧 **NPR's Tamara Keith
Correspondents Dinner.](https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/user-clip-stephen-colbert-at-the-2006-white-house-correspondents-dinner/5154867) ![Comedian Stephen Colbert testifies during a hearing before the Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Sept. 24, 2010 on Capitol Hill