It seems there were two standup comedians at the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Sunday: Saturday Night Live writer Colin Jost and President Biden. Since 1921, the dinner celebrating freedom of the press brings together journalists and politicians for a night of friendly jabs and to raise money for scholarships. Roughly 2,600 people […]
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Trump gets roasted at White House correspondents’ dinner, as pro-Palestinian protesters take aim at Biden, guests. Here’s what to know.
It seems there were two standup comedians at the 2024 White House correspondents’ dinner on Sunday: “Weekend Update” host and SNL writer Colin Jost and President Joe Biden. Since 1921, the White House Correspondents Association has held the dinner celebrating the free press by bringing together journalists and politicians for a night of friendly jabs […]
Biden keeps up his attack on ‘sleepy Don’ with a slew of jokes aimed at Trump at the White House Correspondents’ dinner
Joe Biden used his speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to mock Donald Trump. “Yes, age is an issue. I’m a grown man, running against a six-year-old,” Biden said. Biden has been using humorous and sarcastic jabs to ramp up his attacks on Trump. Often referred to as Washington’s “nerd prom,” hundreds of […]
White House Correspondents’ Dinner host Colin Jost jokes about Biden’s age, Trump’s legal woes
“Saturday Night Live” cast member Colin Jost headlined the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, and like some of the comedians before him, he delivered some jokes that were perhaps slightly too edgy for the crowd in Washington, D.C. “We’re all here tonight at nerd prom. Well, Matt Gaetz is at regular prom,” Jost […]
Biden jabs Trump in election-year roast at correspondents’ dinner
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden delivered an election-year roast on Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as protesters outside criticized his support for Israel’s war against Hamas. Biden used the annual black-tie event to chide his Republican rival Donald Trump for immaturity, poke fun at his own […]
Biden will give election-year roast at annual correspondents’ dinner as protests await over Gaza war
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to deliver an election-year roast Saturday night before a large crowd of journalists, celebrities and politicians against the backdrop of growing protests over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. In previous years, Biden, like most of his predecessors, has used the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner […]
White House Correspondents’ Dinner gives Biden a chance to flex his funny bone
President Joe Biden on Saturday night will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, giving the president a stage and primetime slot to needle the media and his rival former President Donald Trump. Biden will speak to a crowd of nearly 3,000 journalists, celebrities and politicians, continuing a tradition dating back to Calvin Coolidge of presidents […]
Your guide to 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner week parties and events
The annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is both a poignant celebration of the journalists who hold our nation’s most powerful leaders accountable — and the focal point of a weeklong celebration across the nation’s capital. The Playbook crew has you covered as you make your plans for the biggest week on Washington’s social calendar. […]
Foreign correspondents in the Philippines condemn China over claims of video manipulation
MANILA (Reuters) – Foreign correspondents in Manila rejected on Wednesday a claim made by China that the Philippines had journalists manipulate videos taken during resupply missions in the South China Sea to make it look like a “victim”. The Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) “takes deep offence at the insinuation that the press […]
Colin Jost to Headline 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner
Colin Jost is getting a solo anchoring job. The co-lead of “Saturday Night Live‘s” long-running “Weekend Update” will headline the 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner, the journalism organization announced Friday. The annual dinner and roast is slated to take place on April 27. Saturday, April 27 in Washington, D.C. “Colin Jost knows how to make […]
Israel Kills Fifth Member Of Al Jazeera Correspondent’s Family In Gaza
An Israeli strike hit a vehicle in Gaza on Sunday that killed two journalists, including the eldest son of a veteran Al Jazeera correspondent who already lost much of his family in earlier bombings. Journalists Hamza Dahdouh, Mustafa Thuraya and Hazem Rajab were driving to an assignment in southwest Gaza ― an area that was supposedly […]