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April 25, 2026

Trump decides to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
for the first time, Trump has tried to silence the press during
his second term, Trump and the First Lady were rushed out of the
event after word that an armed man was outside the event, No one
at the event was harmed, The right to freedom of the press is
enshrined in the Constitution, While the press was openly
partisan in the early days of the republic, by the 1880s the
country began to push back and the number of independent
newspapers took off, Reporters looking for stories began to
station themselves at the White House, White House reporters
organized the WHCA in 1914, The WHCA ensured that journalists who
covered the White House would have access to press passes, After
Trump’s re-election, the administration would no longer recognize
the role of the WHCA in managing the White House press
pool.

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