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Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. “Since the Israel-Gaza war began, journalists have been paying the highest price — their lives — to defend our right to the truth. Each time a journalist dies or is injured, we lose a fragment of that truth,” committee Program Director Carlos Martínez de la Serna said in a statement. The president made a sober speech about what he believes is at stake this election, saying that another Trump administration would be even more harmful to America than his first. With hundreds of protesters rallying outside and concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the perils for journalists covering the conflict, the war hung over this year’s event. But speakers inside made only passing mention of it despite the gantlet of demonstrators.
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The Versus venue Heist hosts an event along with political strategist Rina Shah. Pharrell Williams, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) will be honored at the annual event which caps two days of advocacy on Capitol Hill. The benefit at Hamilton Live raises funds for the Grammy Museum. Also following the dinner, CBS News is hosting an event at the French Ambassador’s residence, while Comcast and NBCUniversal News Group are hosting an after-party at the Organization of American States. And just two days ago, my administration announced the first sanctions under this new authority, punishing individuals and security services in Russia and Iran who’ve been part of the wrongful defen- — detention of Americans. And there are other Americans being unjustly held in Iran, Venezuela, China, and elsewhere.
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We also keep the faith for Austin — Austin Tice. (Applause.) She knows from our several conversations — the conversations with me and my senior staff — we are not giving up. In 2022, Biden became the first sitting president to attend since Barack Obama in 2016. Former President Trump boycotted the event during his presidency, and it was canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with the president and First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglass Emhoff, will attend. Numerous celebrities are expected as well, including singer John Legend and model Chrissy Teigen, per Deadline.
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Winners of the WHCA's annual awards for excellence in journalism are celebrated at the event, which dates to 1921. Founded in 1914, the WHCA promotes "excellence in journalism as well as journalism education," working "to ensure robust news coverage of the president and the presidency," according to the organization. "It's an honor to be a part of a long-running tradition of celebrating those members of the media, who work so hard to uncover the truth, and hold our government accountable," Wood Jr. said in a statement.
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The association did not respond to a request for comment. The annual dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel provided a break to journalists and government officials from their normal jousting for a night of glitz and gossip in celebration of the free press. Mr. Biden, who has held fewer news conferences than his predecessors, extended his roast to the journalists gathered for the dinner. “His sharp insights perfectly meet this remarkable time of divided politics, and a presidential campaign careening toward a rematch,” she added. “His smart brand of comedy and keen observation will turn up the heat on the national news media and across the political spectrum. The annual evening is held in support of the White House press corps, scholarships for the next generation of aspiring journalists and awards that highlight significant work in political journalism.
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This year's dinner will be hosted by Wood Jr., a correspondent of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. My colleagues Faith Pinho and Gina Ferazzi went inside an Arizona abortion clinic last week, giving us this excellent insight into the pressures, trauma and hope of a state (and nation) at a crossroads of women’s rights. The reality is that in places like Los Angeles, it doesn’t really matter what the justices decide. No one is going to start arresting and incarcerating people for simply needing a place to sleep because that doesn’t fix anything, and would likely not be politically popular anyway.
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The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) hosts the black-tie event that has traditionally featured presidents and popular comedians mocking U.S. politics, current events and politicians. The dinner will air online on C-SPAN's website beginning at 8 p.m. On Saturday and can also be viewed on C-SPAN's YouTube channel as well C-SPAN's TV channel. One organizer complained that the White House Correspondents’ Assn. — which represents the hundreds of journalists who cover the president — largely has been silent since the first weeks of the war about the killings of Palestinian journalists.
But they also came as Mr. Biden has ramped up his attacks on Mr. Trump, sharpening the split-screen between a president on the campaign trail and a former president spending his days in a courtroom. Minho Kim spoke to protesters outside the event, and Zach Montague reported from the dinner. Journalists and politicians schmoozed over filet mignon at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner as pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside. Coverage of the red carpet arrivals starts at 6 p.m. ET and can be streamed live online at C-SPAN.org and the C-SPAN Now App.
"This dinner is one of the two great traditions in Washington. The other one is underestimating me and Kamala," he joked, referencing Vice President Harris. "But the truth is, we really have a record to be proud of. Vaccinated the nation, transformed the economy, urged historic victories and mid-term results. But the job isn't finished. I mean... it is finished for Tucker Carlson." Criticism of the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s six-month-old military offensive in Gaza has spread through American college campuses, with students pitching encampments in an effort to force their universities to divest from Israel.
President Joe Biden didn't hold back at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner on Saturday, roasting everyone from Don Lemon, Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk to politicians like Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ron DeSantis. According to a preliminary investigation released Friday by the Committee to Protect Journalists, nearly 100 journalists have been killed covering the war in Gaza. Israel has defended its actions, saying it has been targeting militants. More than two dozen journalists in Gaza wrote a letter last week calling on their colleagues in Washington to boycott the dinner altogether. Protest organizers said they wanted to bring attention to the high numbers of Palestinian and other Arab journalists killed by Israel’s military since the war began in October. The president made a grim speech about what he believes is at stake this election, saying that another Trump administration would be even more harmful to America than his first term.
Biden’s speech, which lasted about 10 minutes, made no mention of the war or the growing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Just minutes into his speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, Mr. Biden launched into the issues dominating the 2024 election, including his age and former President Donald J. Trump’s hush-money trial in New York. I’m a grown man running against a six-year-old. I had a great stretch since the State of the Union. “Since the Israel-Gaza war began, journalists have been paying the highest price— their lives—to defend our right to the truth. Each time a journalist dies or is injured, we lose a fragment of that truth,” CPJ Program Director Carlos Martínez de la Serna said in a statement.
With hundreds of protesters rallying against the war in Gaza outside the event and concerns over the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the perils for journalists covering the conflict, the war hung over this year’s event. But speakers inside made only passing mention of the conflict despite some having to run a gauntlet of demonstrators. Biden’s speech, which lasted around 10 minutes, made no mention of the ongoing war or the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The ABC News event, held in one of the below-ground meeting spaces of the hotel, briefly came to a standstill in the crush of Disney CEO Bob Iger, daytime host Kelly Ripa and actor Ke Huy Quan, Oscar winner for Everything, Everywhere All At Once.
We'll be in touch with the latest information on how President Biden and his administration are working for the American people, as well as ways you can get involved and help our country build back better. At this inflection point in history, let us commit that we’ll be a nation that will embrace light over darkness, truth over lies, and finally, finally, finally restore the soul of the nation. Gwen understood that the louder the noise, the more it’s on all of us to cut through the noise to the truth. During Black History Month this year, I hosted the screening of the movie “Till.” (Applause.) The story of Emmett Till and his mother is a story of a family’s promise and loss and a nation’s reckoning with hate, violence, and the abuse of power.
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