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EXCLUSIVE: CBS boss George Cheeks is the latest high profile attendee of last Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner to test positive for Covid-19. After testing negative every day following the April 30 Beltway shindig, the President and CEO, CBS pulled the short straw yesterday afternoon, I hear. Having said…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for Covid and is experiencing “only mild symptoms,” the State Department announced. Blinken is the latest figure who attended last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to test positive. The State Department said that Blinken has not seen Joe…

ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl has tested positive for Covid, just days after attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, a source confirmed. With photographers focused on their every move, Karl sat next to Kim Kardashian at the event, as she and Pete Davidson were guests of…

Standing just a few feet away from the first President of the United States to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner since 2016, The Daily Show host Trevor Noah mixed the political with the pop culture to take an equal-opportunity dig at everyone tonight — including the people who pay him the big bucks. “I…

UPDATED, Thursday, April 28: President Joe Biden still plans to attend this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner even after Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid and health officials are warning that the most recent variant is especially contagious. It’s a sign of the eagerness…

When the White House Correspondents’ Association hosts its first dinner in two years on April 30, it’ll be matched by the return of another D.C. tradition: pre- and post- event receptions, dinners and brunches that have made for a weekend of socializing and schmoozing. Among the night before parties: Funny or Die and…

The White House Correspondents’ Association has officially cancelled its annual dinner for the second year in a row due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a letter to members on Wednesday, the WHCA said that “we have worked through any number of scenarios over the last several months, but to put it plainly: while improving…

Barack Obama is on a publicity blitz for his new memoir A Promised Land, and he’s already drawn headlines for his warnings about democracy in the face of rampant disinformation in the media. He does go into some detail about how he himself countered Donald Trump’s false suggestion that Obama was not born in the United…

Historian Ron Chernow's dramatic debut as keynote speaker at the actual White House Correspondents' Dinner attracted more viewers than Samantha Bee's Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. Chernow’s anticipated unveiling as the adult-in-the-hall alternative to the traditional TV comic…

Historian and Hamilton author Ron Chernow took careful aim at President Donald Trump during Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, attacking POTUS with a mix of history and humor. "The thing that worries me most is the sustained assault on truth," Chernow said of the “relentless campaign against the very…

President Donald Trump and Samantha Bee aren't the only ones counter-programming Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Dinner. Comedian Jordan Klepper is interviewing Bill and Hillary Clinton at DAR Constitution Hall in downtown Washington, D.C., as the correspondents’ annual event gets underway. This video…

Tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was set to get underway at 9:30 PM ET. President Donald Trump has not attended the dinner in the past two years, dodging the roastings of Hasan Minhaj and Michelle Wolf. This year Trump again is skipping the event, apparently fearing the remarks of a presidential historian…