Trump To Attend First White House Correspondents’ Dinner As President Amid Ongoing Feud With Press: Live Updates

No laughing matter: Trump calls disconnected Kushner's travel for Iran warfare negotiations

The president whitethorn beryllium successful for a lighthearted evening of mind tricks and speeches astatine today’s Correspondents’ Dinner, but he still has plentifulness of superior issues connected his plate, namely nan Iran war.

President Trump conscionable told Fox News he has canceled a planned travel successful which his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and nan president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were group to caput to Pakistan for Iran warfare negotiations.

"I've told my group a small while agone they were getting fresh to leave, and I said, 'Nope, you're not making an 18 hr formation to spell there,’” he told Fox’s Aishah Hasnie. “‘We person each nan cards. They tin telephone america anytime they want, but you're not going to beryllium making immoderate much 18 hr flights to beryllium astir talking astir nothing'."

Josh Marcus25 April 2026 17:22

Ahead of WHCD, Trump schmoozes pinch Paramount execs seeking merger approval

As nan Washington media headed into Correspondents’ Dinner weekend, nan president sewage nan statement started early.

Paramount Skydance executives reportedly hosted President Donald Trump and different apical management officials for a backstage meal successful nan nation’s superior connected Thursday — arsenic nan corp awaits national support connected a woody to get Warner Bros. Discovery.

Trump said to guests for almost an hour, arsenic business titans and national brass mingled astatine mixed tables wrong nan U.S. Institute of Peace, The New York Times reported, citing group informed of nan exclusive gathering.

Among those successful attendance were: Paramount CEO David Ellison, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

The antitrust section wrong Blanche’s Justice Department is group to scrutinize nan projected $111 cardinal acquisition of Warner Bros., which would manus CNN and different outlets to Ellison — who already controls CBS News. Warner Bros. shareholders signed disconnected connected nan deal earlier this week, but it won’t beryllium finalized until nan authorities approves.

Brendan Rascius has nan details.

Josh Marcus25 April 2026 16:56

ICYMI: Why is Trump coming to nan White House Correspondents’ Dinner?

This is what should beryllium nan astir nosy play successful Washington: nan White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

And of course, each eyes will beryllium connected Donald Trump, who is making his first quality astatine nan meal arsenic president of nan United States. Much has been made complete Trump returning for nan first clip since he past attended, successful 2011, erstwhile President Barack Obama and big Seth Meyers ruthlessly mocked him–and perchance spurred him to tally for president.

Read Eric Garcia’s full story.

Josh Marcus25 April 2026 16:41

Trump's melodramatic return to nan White House Correspondents' Dinner

Hello and invited to The Independent’s live sum of tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

After years of battling pinch nan press, and a drawstring of lawsuits against awesome outlets whose sum he does not like, Donald Trump is group to return to nan meal for nan first clip arsenic president.

He collapsed statesmanlike contented by skipping past iterations, and nan arena was canceled aggregate times during nan tallness of nan Covid pandemic.

We’ll beryllium pursuing each nan biggest lines from nan D.C. media’s biggest night. Stay tuned.

Josh Marcus25 April 2026 16:40