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Donald Trump decided on a mentalist, not a comedian, for entertainment at WHCD 2026. So Kimmel delivers the brutal roast on his own stage

Donald Trump is set to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026, but the event won’t include its usual centerpiece – a comedian roasting the president. Instead, the White House Correspondents’ Association picked mentalist Oz Pearlman as the headliner. Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t having it. On his show,…

The Mary Sue

MS NOW officially launches with this weekend show, whose hosts put the nail in Cuomo’s electoral hopes

‘Everyone else is contracting. And you know, we're standing up our own newsroom with our own reporters,’ host Jonathan Capehart said about the outlook for MS NOW.

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris appears to blame ‘people not voting’ for 2024 loss to Trump as book tour gets off to rocky start

Harris met with protester for second time on ‘107 Days’ book tour

The Independent UK

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Amber Ruffin says she feels ‘less welcome’ under Trump after being dropped from White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The comedian was disinvited from the White House event last month

The Independent UK

Journalists defend press freedom at muted White House correspondents’ dinner

Event took place with no Trump, no comedian and notably fewer politicians or Hollywood stars than in past years

The Guardian - US

The WHCA sure did teach Amber Ruffin

“I thought when people take away your rights, you're supposed to call it out," Ruffin said on Monday. "I was wrong"

Salon

The View invites Amber Ruffin to do her act on their show after she’s axed from White House dinner

‘She should come and do it here,’ co-host Ana Navarro declared while Whoopi Godberg said ‘you’ve been invited’

The Independent UK

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WHCA blasts White House’s ‘wrong-headed effort’ to take over briefing-room seating chart

‘But if a White House’s goal instead is to receive ‘favorable coverage’ through easy questions, the American people lose out,’ the WHCA board wrote on Monday

The Independent UK

Comic Amber Ruffin cut from White House correspondents' event after angering Trump team

Comic Amber Ruffin is off the bill at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington

The Independent UK

White House Correspondents’ Dinner axes comedy slot after Trump administration pressure

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich called Amber Ruffin a ‘garbage, hate-filled comedian’

The Independent UK

Trump administration says it will take control of White House press pool

White House Correspondents’ Association says move ‘tears at the independence of a free press’ in the US.

Al Jazeera

Fox News correspondent slams Trump administration for new press access rules that ‘gives power to the White House’

Leavitt announced at Tuesday’s press briefing that the White House would now choose the press pool participants going forward

The Independent UK

Trump administration bars AP reporters for third day, news agency says

AP boss Julie Pace condemns ‘deeply troubling escalation’ in spat over Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico.

Al Jazeera

Team Trump eats the press

White House press corps is now mostly "content creators" delighted to be there, who prefer gossip to news

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Al Jazeera

Fact check: Was Kamala Harris truthful in interview with Black journalists?

Harris spoke about the disadvantages Black Americans grapple with, and her opponent Donald Trump. We verify her claims.

Salon

Media: Quit coddling the toxic GOP

Between blaming Democrats for MAGA Republicans and celebrating Trump's babysitter, media keeps coddling GOP

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