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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

White House Correspondents' Dinner

Israeli journalist Barak Ravid (R) poses for a photo with US President Joe Biden (L) after winning the White House Correspondents Association's Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage, at the WHCA annual dinner gala in Washington, April 27, 2024. (Screen capture: Youtube/C-SPAN, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 29, 2024, 9:49 am
Barak Ravid receives White House correspondents’ award
Israeli journalist has warm photo op with US president at annual gala; Axios and Walla reporter honored for ‘stories that put the reader into the room as decisions made’ after Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
President Joe Biden speaks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, April 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
May 1, 2022, 10:17 am
Biden roasts Trump, GOP, himself at first post-COVID correspondents’ dinner
US president also pokes fun at Fox News; is first US leader to attend the event in six years
By Farnoush Amiri and Will Weissert
Author Ron Chernow at his home in Brooklyn, New York, on April 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)
November 19, 2018, 11:35 pm
Ditching comic, White House reporters pick historian Chernow for gala
Breaking from tradition of having a comedian at annual dinner, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of George Washington, who has fiercely opposed Trump, to lecture on free speech
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Screen capture from video of comedian Michelle Wolfe during the White House correspondents’ dinner, April 28, 2018. (YouTube)
April 29, 2018, 5:58 pm
Comedian Wolf draws laughs, gasps at White House correspondents’ dinner
Off-color jokes get a mixed response from audience; Trump skips event to attend support rally in Michigan
By AP
The Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj stands at the head table during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, April 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
April 30, 2017, 8:05 am
Journalists address ‘elephant not in room’ as Trump skips annual dinner
White House Correspondents event, absent glitter and president for first time since 1981, focuses on press freedoms
By Jack Gillum
In this Oct. 12, 2015, file photo, Hasan Minhaj poses for a portrait in New York. (Dan Hallman/Invision/AP, File)
April 11, 2017, 11:06 pm
Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj to host WHCA
Picked for White House correspondents’ dinner, comedian references Trump’s famous ‘SAD’ tagline in poking fun at him for refusing to attend
By AP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to the White House February 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
February 26, 2017, 1:29 am
Trump won’t attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Amid ongoing feud with major media outlets, US president breaks with tradition in avoiding annual gathering
By AFP
US President Barack Obama speaks at the 102nd White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, DC, April 30, 2016. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
May 1, 2016, 10:53 am
In last laugh, Obama roasts presidential candidates
At correspondents’ dinner, none spared barbs of outgoing president, who also laughs at himself in skit about life after office
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama arrives to speak at the 102nd White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
From the WebMay 1, 2016, 6:36 am
In final White House roast, Obama drops the mic
US president jokes about his age, future plans at correspondents’ dinner; closes with ‘Obama out’
By KEVIN FREKING
President Barack Obama laughs at a joke during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, April 25, 2015, in Washington (photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci)
April 26, 2015, 8:52 am
Obama skewers press on Bibi, Iran
At White House correspondents’ dinner, president reveals comic side, teasing Republicans, Hillary Clinton and even Netanyahu
By AP and JTA
President Obama plays Daniel Day-Lewis playing President Obama in Steven Spielberg's 'Obama.' (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
April 28, 2013, 12:05 pm
Obama’s next term? In Hollywood
In spoof video, the US president plays Daniel Day-Lewis… playing Obama
By Renee Ghert-Zand, ToI Staff and AP
US President Barack Obama smiles during a campaign stop in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2012 (Obama image vis Shutterstock)
April 28, 2013, 6:38 am
Obama pokes fun at Sheldon Adelson
President says Romney’s chief backer ‘would’ve been better off offering me $100 million to drop out of the race’
By ToI Staff
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