The White House Correspondents' Dinner is tonight. No Trump roast on the menu.

The White House Correspondent's Dinner, known for mocking presidents and poking amusive astatine their policies, volition commence April 26.

But astatine the dinner, dubbed "nerd prom" by Washington insiders, nary Trump roast volition beryllium served.

As journalists covering his 2nd word stitchery for the glitzy fête astatine the Washington Hilton hotel, President Donald Trump volition apt skip the event. Trump skipped 3 times during his past presidency (the 2020 matter was cancelled owed to the coronavirus pandemic).

He did be successful 2015, the twelvemonth earlier helium was elected president. Trump is not expected to be this year's dinner. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said antecedently that she besides would not attend.

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The yearly meal raises funds to enactment the White House Correspondents Association's First Amendment scholarships and programs to beforehand its work. The meal features a star-studded assemblage with A-list guests from media and amusement industries. C-SPAN volition transportation sum of this year's WHCA meal with reddish carpet arrivals opening astatine 6 p.m. ET earlier the meal starts astatine 8 p.m.

Typically, a comedian roasts the president, aft the president presents a drama acceptable oregon speech. Hasan Minhaj headlined the 2017 edition. After Michelle Wolf's arguable monologue successful 2018 received mixed reviews from critics, the WHCA chose historiographer Ron Chernow to contiguous a code the pursuing year.

For this year's installment of the biggest nighttime successful the nation's capital, determination volition again beryllium nary comedian. After "Saturday Night Live" standout and "Weekend Update" big Colin Jost headlined the 2024 affair, the WHCA shelved near leaning Amber Ruffin arsenic marquee comic amid disapproval from Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich connected X.

The WHCA president Eugene Daniels, the erstwhile Politico prima and incoming MSNBC anchor, announced the alteration successful a March enactment to property colleagues first shared by CNN's main media expert Brian Stelter.

"As the day nears, I volition stock much details of the plans successful spot to grant journalistic excellence and a robust, autarkic media covering the astir almighty bureau successful the world. As a archetypal step, I wanted to stock that the WHCA committee has unanimously decided we are nary longer featuring a comedic show this year," Daniels wrote astatine the time.

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WHCA dropping comedian comes arsenic Trump medication makes property changes

The determination to shelve endowment was made arsenic the 2nd Trump medication ramped up its unit connected the press.

In February, the White House announced that that it would determine which quality outlets person entree to President Donald Trump, ripping powerfulness distant from the WHCA, an autarkic relation of journalists who person traditionally determined which publications are portion of the property pool.

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt announced the changes astatine a property briefing pursuing a judge's preliminary ruling successful a escaped code lawsuit filed by the Associated Press, a salient quality ligament service.

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"Moving forward, the White House property excavation volition beryllium determined by the White House property team," Leavitt announced. "Legacy media outlets who person been present for years volition inactive enactment successful the pool, but caller voices are going to beryllium welcomed successful arsenic well."

The AP sued the White House aft the medication repeatedly barred AP reporters from attending events with property availability implicit a quality involving the president's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The AP refused to update its guidance to bespeak the president's chosen sanction for the assemblage of water.

The correspondents' relation is simply a nonprofit enactment that represents those outlets and vets imaginable caller members of the property pool. It is comprised of a nine-member committee of White House correspondents who are elected to service by their peers.

Leavitt has invited much nontraditional media outlets to enactment successful property briefings since the determination was made including blimpish influencers.

Some speculate that WHCD sparked Donald Trump's governmental ambitions

The meal erstwhile made headlines of its own. In 2022, fans keeping up with world TV prima Kim Kardashian and her "Saturday Night Live" alum fellow Pete Davidson were delighted erstwhile the brace made their red-carpet debut astatine the dinner.

A decennary earlier, successful 2011, then-President Barack Obama mocked Trump, who was successful the assemblage with now-first woman Melania Trump, telling the assemblage his eventual successor lacked the "experience" indispensable to beryllium president. Some judge the incidental sparked Trump's governmental ambitions and led him to question the U.S. presidency successful 2015.

"I cognize that he's taken immoderate flack lately," Obama said, successful notation to Trump's birtherism claims astir him. "But nary 1 is happier, nary 1 is prouder to enactment this commencement certificate substance to remainder than The Donald."

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He added: "And that's due to the fact that helium tin yet get backmost to focusing connected the issues that matter, similar — did we fake the satellite landing? What truly happened successful Roswell? And wherever are Biggie and Tupac?"

"Say what you volition astir Mr. Trump. He would surely bring immoderate alteration to the White House," Obama quipped. "All kidding aside. Obviously we each cognize astir your credentials and breadth of experience."

Now, Trump is president for a 2nd term, nary longer a meal impermanent oregon laughing matter. For a 4th time, helium has declined to beryllium a butt of the gag erstwhile again.

Contributing: Franchesca Chambers, James Powel; USA TODAY

This nonfiction primitively appeared connected USA TODAY: Why is Trump not astatine White House Correspondents' Dinner?