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The White House Correspondents’ Association held its annual dinner Friday evening, months after the event was pushed back due to a shooting that took place on April 25.<\/p>

The postponed gathering finally went ahead under increased security precautions, marking the return of one of Washington’s most well-known press traditions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner finally took place Friday night after being postponed earlier this year. The event was rescheduled following a shooting that occurred on April 25. Heightened security measures were in place for the rescheduled gathering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":101048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784980850198.png?fit=1%2C1&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-qhP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100963,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/trump-delivers-hour-long-speech-at-rescheduled-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/","url_meta":{"origin":101049,"position":0},"title":"Trump Delivers Hour-Long Speech at Rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner","author":"Admin","date":"July 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"President Donald Trump made an appearance Friday night at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, which had been rescheduled following a shooting three months ago. 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