White House Correspondents' Association

Arcs in the news about White House Correspondents' Association from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Organization · 32 stories · 230 articles · earliest story we hold Feb 9, 2024

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Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Jul 21.

All arcs1 named arc in 2026

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The 2026 correspondents' dinner shooting and the attempted assassination charge

11 stories · 2 about White House Correspondents' Association · gone quiet

Trump set to attend his first White House Correspondents' Dinner as president · 33 articles, Apr 23Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump in White House correspondents' dinner shooting · 56 articles, Apr 26Suspect in White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting wrote of targeting Trump administration · 71 articles, Apr 26Trump evacuated from White House Correspondents’ Dinner after shots fired · 61 articles, Apr 26Accused WH correspondents’ dinner attacker is tutor and computer programmer from California · 6 articles, Apr 26Reporters covered the correspondents’ dinner shooting in real time. Conspiracy theories still spread · 30 articles, Apr 26Man charged in White House correspondents’ dinner attack is indicted on new assault count · 7 articles, May 5White House correspondents' dinner suspect pleads not guilty · 49 articles, May 11White House correspondents' dinner rescheduled for July 24 · 47 articles, Jun 2Rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner will have tighter security, fewer guests · 19 articles, Jul 18'The show must go on,' Trump says in rambling speech at rescheduled correspondents' dinner · 150 articles, Jul 21

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

202494 articles202569 articles20261843 articles

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Aug 10, 202636342
Sep 14, 2026234130283
Sep 21, 2026468541786

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else10 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories that name White House Correspondents' Association

  1. Sep 18– 24CNN and MS NOW reporters back at White House, hours after judge ordered Trump to lift ban1115 articles · 164 independent sources
    52 left, 106 center, 50 right
  2. Aug 11– 12After Trump plane ruse, WHCA presses White House on press pool safeguards3 articles · 3 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 1 right
  3. Aug 10– 13Washington grapples with a National Guard deployment extended until 202940 articles · 27 independent sources
    3 left, 5 center, 2 right
  4. Jul 25– 28Dylan Mulvaney responds to Trump: 'I am microchipped into their minds'19 articles · 17 independent sources
    5 left, 1 center, 7 right
  5. Jul 23– 29Why Trump Does the White House Correspondents Dinner, Revealed11 articles · 8 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 5 right
  6. Jul 22– 25Secret Service has investigated 10,000 threats in 202632 articles · 20 independent sources
    3 left, 4 center, 6 right
  7. May 5– 6GOP bill would fund $1B in White House security upgrades for Trump’s ballroom21 articles · 16 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 2 right
  8. Apr 26– 27DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family - Boston News, Weather, Sports8 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  9. Apr 25– 27Trump uses the correspondents' dinner shooting to renew his White House ballroom push44 articles · 23 independent sources
    5 left, 6 center, 4 right
  10. Mar 3Trump to attend White House Correspondents' dinner23 articles · 16 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 4 right
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