White House Correspondents' Dinner returns with president in attendance

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The White House Correspondents' Dinner made its grand return Saturday night, two years after the pandemic shut it down and six years since the last time a commander-in-chief attended the event.

President Joe Biden became the first sitting president to attend the charity dinner in six years after the event was sidelined by COVID and snubbed by former President Donald Trump.The White House Correspondents' Dinner made its grand return Saturday night, two years after the pandemic shut it down and six years since the last time a commander-in-chief attended the event.

Biden referenced his predecessor during his speech and said,"We had a horrible plague followed by two years of COVID." The event is held by the White House Correspondents' Association, which represents White House reporters, and has been a tradition since 1921. The dinner seeks to raise awareness of the First Amendment, raises money for journalism programs and includes jokes at the expense of the president, the Washington, D.C., community and other news topics.The president typically has a speech where he provides his own jokes.

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