Summary

The White House Correspondents’ Association canceled comedian Amber Ruffin’s headlining appearance at its annual fundraising dinner.

The decision follows concerns over Ruffin’s anti-Trump comments and growing tensions with the Trump White House, which has restricted press access and pool assignments.

The association’s board voted unanimously for the change, seeking to avoid political division.

This shift mirrors its 2019 approach, when historian Ron Chernow spoke instead of a comedian amid similar Trump-era scrutiny.

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    4 days ago

    I would say the centrists are the Republicans who left the party over Trump, and the right-leqning Democrats. They exist. And they’re not fascists.

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      4 days ago

      the centrists are the Republicans who left the party over Trump, and the right-leqning Democrats

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        3 days ago

        They’re centrists! They’re bang in the middle between pretty far right and very far right!