White House Correspondents' Association
Organization of journalists covering the US executive branch
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| March 29 2025 | WHCA president Eugene Daniels announced the cancellation of Amber Ruffin's performance at the dinner. |
| March 29 2025 | President Eugene Daniels announced the cancellation of Amber Ruffin's performance, citing a desire to avoid 'politics of division'. |
| February 2025 | The WHCA board announced comedian Amber Ruffin would be the featured entertainment for the April 26 dinner. |
| February 2025 | The White House announced that the WHCA would no longer determine which media outlets are allowed access to the president. |
| January 2024 | Weijia Jiang from CBS News assumes role of Vice President for the 2024-25 leadership period. |
| January 2024 | Justin Sink from Bloomberg News takes on the Secretary position for the 2024-25 leadership year. |
| January 2024 | Eugene Daniels from Politico begins term as President of the White House Correspondents' Association for 2024-25 leadership year. |
| January 2024 | Sara Cook from CBS News is appointed Treasurer for the White House Correspondents' Association's 2024-25 leadership term. |
| 2022 | The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) renamed the Merriman Smith Memorial Award after determining that Smith had historically supported excluding Black and female journalists from the National Press Club and White House Correspondents' Dinner. |
| April 30 2022 | The White House Correspondents' Dinner was held in-person for the first time since the pandemic, with President Joe Biden attending - the first president to do so since Trump's presidency. |
| April 30 2022 | After the WHCA dinner, several attendees, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, test positive for COVID-19, though no serious illnesses are reported. |
| April 14 2021 | The WHCA announced the dinner would not be held due to ongoing pandemic concerns, but planned to continue scholarship and journalism awards. |
| 2020 | Introduced the Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage by Visual Journalists, a $1,000 prize recognizing outstanding video or photojournalists who uniquely cover the presidency through breaking news, scheduled events, or feature coverage. |
| 2020 | The White House Correspondents' Association debuted the Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability, a $10,000 prize recognizing journalism that reflects the professional qualities of Katharine Graham by highlighting significant national or regional news coverage. |
| June 23 2020 | The White House Correspondents' Dinner is canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a virtual presentation planned instead. |
| April 27 2019 | The WHCA chose historian Ron Chernow as the featured speaker instead of a comedian, following the previous year's controversial performance by Michelle Wolf. President Trump continued to boycott the dinner. |
| April 22 2019 | Trump ordered a boycott of the dinner, with White House Cabinet Secretary Bill McGinley directing administration members not to attend, though some attended pre- and post-dinner parties. |
| April 5 2019 | Trump announces he will not attend the WHCA dinner, calling it 'so boring, and so negative' and instead hosts a political rally in Wisconsin. |
| 2018 | Donald Trump did not attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner. |
| April 2018 | Donald Trump again does not attend the WHCA dinner. |
| April 28 2018 | Michelle Wolf delivered a controversial monologue that led to significant criticism, with some attendees walking out and The Hill newspaper deciding to no longer participate in the event. |
| April 29 2017 | President Donald Trump did not attend the dinner, marking the first time a sitting president missed the event since Ronald Reagan in 1981. |
| April 30 2016 | Larry Wilmore controversially ended his speech by calling President Obama 'my nigga' on live television, sparking media debate. |
| 2011 | The Raymond Clapper Award was ultimately discontinued under the Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards. |
| April 30 2011 | Seth Meyers mocked Donald Trump at the dinner, with some journalists believing this moment influenced Trump's decision to run for president. President Obama and Trump were both present. |
| May 1 2010 | Jay Leno hosted the White House Correspondents' Dinner for the fourth time, setting a record for the most individual hosting appearances. |
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