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Many annual dinners have been cancelled or downsized due to deaths or political crises. The dinner was cancelled in 1930 due to the death of former president [[William Howard Taft]]; in 1942, following the United States' entry into World War II; and in 1951, over what President [[Harry S. Truman]] called the "uncertainty of the world situation."<ref name="nationaljournal.com">[http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house-correspondents-dinner-25-memorable-moments-20110427 "White House Correspondents Dinner: 25 Memorable Moments,"] ''National Journal'', by Julia Edwards, April 27, 2011</ref> In 1981, [[Ronald Reagan]] did not attend because he was recuperating after the [[Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan|attempted assassination]] the previous month, but he did phone in and told a joke about the shooting.<ref name="npr.org">{{cite news |title=Trump Will Be First President In 36 Years To Skip White House Correspondents Dinner |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/02/25/517257273/trump-will-be-first-president-in-36-years-to-skip-white-house-correspondents-din |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=February 25, 2017}}</ref>
During his presidency, [[Donald Trump]] did not attend the dinners in 2017, 2018, and 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/trump-to-skip-white-house-correspondents-dinner-again-this-year |title=Trump to Skip White House Correspondents' Dinner Again This Year |date=April 6, 2018 |work=Bloomberg.com |access-date=April 6, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Trump indicated that he might attend in 2019 since this dinner did not feature a comedian as the featured speaker.<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Writer |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/11/20/trump-says-might-attend-white-house-correspondents-dinner/ZuJbzvTqKwLCLRQDDPcVxN/story.html |title=Trump says he might attend White House Correspondents' Dinner |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=2018-11-21 |access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref> However, on April 5, 2019, he announced that he again would not attend, calling the dinner "so boring, and so negative," instead hosting a political rally that evening in Wisconsin.<ref name=Lucey>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestate.com/entertainment/celebrities/article228877874.html |title=No-go zone: Trump to skip 'boring' White House press dinner |last=Lucey |first=Catherine |date=April 5, 2019 |newspaper=[[The State (newspaper)|The State]] |agency=[[The Associated Press]] |access-date=April 5, 2019 |archive-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406003445/https://www.thestate.com/entertainment/celebrities/article228877874.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Verhovek>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-heads-wisconsin-counter-rally-white-house-correspondents/story?id=62627290 |last=Verhovek |first=John |website=[[ABCNews.com]] |date=April 28, 2019 |title=At counter-WHCD rally in Wisconsin, Trump rips Democrats' 'collusion delusion,' takes aim at 2020 presidential field |access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref> On April 22, Trump ordered a boycott of the dinner, with [[White House Cabinet Secretary]] [[Bill McGinley]] assembling the agencies' [[chiefs of staff]] to issue a directive that members of the administration not attend.<ref name=Fabian>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/440229-trump-tells-officials-not-to-attend-white-house-correspondents-dinner/ |last=Fabian |first=Jordan |title=Trump tells officials not to attend White House Correspondents' Dinner |date=April 23, 2019 |access-date=April 23, 2019 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref><ref name=Johnson>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/23/trump-orders-boycott-of-white-house-correspondents-dinner-1287871 |last=Johnson |first=Eliana |title=Furious Trump orders first-ever boycott of White House Correspondents' Dinner |website=[[Politico]] |date=April 23, 2019 |access-date=April 23, 2019}}</ref> However, some members of the administration attended pre- and post-dinner parties.<ref name=Heil>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/04/28/no-president-no-celebs-no-problem-white-house-correspondents-dinner-crowd-parties |title=No president, no celebs, no problem: The White House correspondents' dinner crowd parties on |last1=Heil |first1=Emily |last2=Andrews-Dyer |first2=Helena |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 28, 2019}}</ref>
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|April 29, 2017 || [[Hasan Minhaj]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Brian Stelter |url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/04/11/media/hasan-minhaj-white-house-correspondents-dinner/ |title='Daily Show' comic tapped for White House Correspondents' Dinner |publisher=cnn.com |date=April 11, 2017 |access-date=April 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7oG74nHSTQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/Z7oG74nHSTQ |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live |title=Hasan Minhaj COMPLETE REMARKS at 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner (C-SPAN) |last=C-SPAN |date=April 29, 2017 |access-date=April 30, 2017 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || President [[Donald Trump]] did not attend the dinner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner-235397 |title=Trump bails on White House Correspondents' Dinner |first=Tara |last=Palmeri |work=[[Politico]] |date=February 25, 2017 |access-date=March 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name=Time /> The last time a sitting president did not attend in person was [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1981, who was recovering from an [[Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan|assassination attempt]].<ref name="npr.org"/>{{pb}}''[[The Washington Post]]'' journalists [[Bob Woodward]] and [[Carl Bernstein]] presented awards and spoke about the importance of the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]].<ref name=Time>{{cite magazine |date=April 30, 2017 |magazine=Time Magazine |url=http://time.com/4760743/white-house-correspondents-dinner-woodward-bernstein-speech-2017/ |author=Jennifer Calfas |title=Read the Advice Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Gave at the White House Correspondents' Dinner}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2017/04/06/this-years-white-house-correspondents-dinner-might-be-low-on-glitz-but-woodward-and-bernstein-are-speaking/ |title=This year's White House correspondents' dinner might be low on glitz. But Woodward and Bernstein are speaking. |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 6, 2017 |access-date=April 7, 2017}}</ref>
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|April 28, 2018 || [[Michelle Wolf]]<ref>{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.latimes.com/ct-michelle-wolf-white-house-correspondents-dinner-20180222-story.html |title=Michelle Wolf to headline White House correspondents' dinner |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 23, 2018 |date=February 22, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105153224/https://www.latimes.com/ct-michelle-wolf-white-house-correspondents-dinner-20180222-story.html |archive-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDbx1uArVOM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/DDbx1uArVOM |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live |title=Michelle Wolf COMPLETE REMARKS at 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner (C-SPAN) |last=C-SPAN |date=April 28, 2018 |access-date=April 29, 2018 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || President Trump did not attend the dinner for the second consecutive year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Eileen |author-link1=Eileen Sullivan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/us/politics/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner.html |title=Trump Will Once Again Skip the White House Correspondents Dinner |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 14, 2018 |date=April 6, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105153224/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/us/politics/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner.html |archive-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref> Instead, he sent his press secretary [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Forgey |first=Quint |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/06/trump-plans-to-again-skip-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-505507 |title=Trump to skip White House Correspondents' Dinner again |work=Politico |access-date=April 14, 2018 |date=April 6, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105153224/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/06/trump-plans-to-again-skip-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner-505507 |archive-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref>{{pb}}Several attendees walked out in reaction to Wolf's "brutal" comments.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/white-house-correspondents-dinner-michelle-wolf-sarah-huckabee-sanders-trump-conservatives-walk-out-latest-a8327871.html |title=White House Correspondents' Dinner: Conservatives walk out as Michelle Wolf brutally ridicules Trump and aides |first1=Colin |last1=Drury |first2=Andrew |last2=Buncombe |work=Independent UK |date=April 29, 2018}}</ref>{{pb}}Wolf received both praise and criticism for her monologue. The association released a rare statement regarding the monologue.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://twitter.com/whca/status/990773612226412545 |title=WHCA on Twitter |work=Twitter |access-date=2018-04-30 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/29/politics/white-house-correspondents-association-michelle-wolf-statement/index.html |title=Trump assails White House Correspondents' Association amid Michelle Wolf controversy |first=Brian |last=Stelter |work=CNN |access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/comedian-michelle-wolf-sparks-fury-debate-roast-correspondents-dinner-n869931 |title=Correspondents group criticizes comedian Michelle Wolf for remarks at correspondents' dinner |work=NBC News |access-date=2018-04-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> After the dinner, newspaper ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' informed the WHCA that it would no longer participate in the event, saying, "In short, there's simply no reason for us to participate in something that casts our profession in a poor light. Major changes are needed to the annual event."<ref>Concha, Joe, "[
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|April 27, 2019 || [[Ron Chernow]]<ref name="grynbaum">{{cite web |first=Michael M. |last=Grynbaum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/business/media/ron-chernow-white-house-correspondents-dinner.html |title=No More Laughs as White House Correspondents' Dinner Turns to a Historian |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 20, 2018 |date=November 19, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105153224/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/business/media/ron-chernow-white-house-correspondents-dinner.html |archive-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXllzwrh_Dc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/AXllzwrh_Dc |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live |title=Ron Chernow COMPLETE REMARKS at 2019 White House Correspondents' Dinner (C-SPAN) |last=C-SPAN |date=April 27, 2019 |access-date=April 27, 2019 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || President Trump did not attend the dinner for the third consecutive year.<ref>{{cite news |first=Eliana |last=Johnson |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/23/trump-orders-boycott-of-white-house-correspondents-dinner-1287871 |title=President Trump Will Skip the White House Correspondents Dinner Again |work=Politico |access-date=April 24, 2019 |date=April 23, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105153224/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/23/trump-orders-boycott-of-white-house-correspondents-dinner-1287871 |archive-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref> Additionally, Trump ordered some of his staff and administration members to boycott the dinner.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Smith |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/23/trump-orders-staff-and-administration-to-boycott-correspondents-dinner |title=Trump orders staff and administration to boycott correspondents' dinner |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=April 24, 2019 |date=April 23, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105153224/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/23/trump-orders-staff-and-administration-to-boycott-correspondents-dinner |archive-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref>
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The WHCA chose historian Ron Chernow as the featured speaker instead of a comedian after Wolf's controversial set.<ref name="grynbaum"/>
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|2020 || {{N/A}} || The dinner was originally scheduled for April 25, 2020, with comedian [[Kenan Thompson]] hosting and political entertainer and former WHCD host [[Hasan Minhaj]] as the featured entertainment.<ref name=Chalfant2020 /><ref name=Quint>{{cite web |first=Quint |last=Forgey |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/18/kenan-thompson-hasan-minhaj-white-house-correspondents-dinner-115744 |title=Comedians Kenan Thompson, Hasan Minhaj to headline WHCD |work=Politico |access-date=February 18, 2020 |date=February 19, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105153224/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/18/kenan-thompson-hasan-minhaj-white-house-correspondents-dinner-115744 |archive-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref> On March 22 the dinner was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], without naming a substitute date.<ref name=Variety2020>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2020/politics/news/white-house-correspondents-dinner-postponed-kenan-thompson-hasan-minhaj-1203541907/ |title=2020 White House Correspondents' Dinner Postponed |newspaper=[[Variety (newspaper)|Variety]] |date=March 22, 2020 |access-date=June 23, 2020}}</ref> On April 13 a new date of August 29 was announced.<ref name=Oprysko>{{Cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/13/white-house-correspondents-dinner-august-183892 |title=White House Correspondents' Dinner rescheduled for August |last=Oprysko |first=Caitlin |website=Politico |date=April 13, 2020 |language=en |access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref>{{pb}}On June 23 WHCA President [[Jonathan Karl]] announced that the dinner itself would be canceled, but that the WHCA was working on a virtual presentation format to honor award winners and scholarship recipients.<ref name=Zafar>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/06/23/white-house-correspondents-diner-canceled/ |title=White House correspondents' dinner canceled over coronavirus concerns |last=Zafar |first=Nina |date=June 23, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=December 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Chalfant2020>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/504166-white-house-correspondents-association-cancels-dinner-over/ |title=White House Correspondents' Association cancels dinner over coronavirus |last=Chalfant |first=Morgan |date=June 23, 2020 |access-date=June 23, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref> On August 14 Hasan Minhaj spoke privately via [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]] with the WHCA 2020 scholarship recipients, who also attended a private online [[panel discussion]] by three veteran Washington [[political reporter]]s that day.<ref name=WHCAMinhaj2020>{{cite tweet |author=White House Correspondents' Association |user=WHCA |number=1294298595508854784 |date=August 14, 2020 |title=@hasanminhaj meeting with #WHCA 2020 Scholarship Winners today via Zoom. He would have met with them at our annual dinner, then graciously offered to do this. |access-date=December 27, 2020 |link= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227090038/https://twitter.com/whca/status/1294298595508854784 |archive-date=December 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name=WHCAPanel2020>{{cite tweet |author=White House Correspondents' Association |user=WHCA |number=1294301160254439427 |date=August 14, 2020 |title=How different is it covering this campaign from other campaigns? So, we had a terrific panel today of veteran journalists @jpaceDC ,@AshleyRParker, and @finnygo talking with our scholarship winners about that and a lot more. Thanks. |access-date=December 27, 2020 |link= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227091819/https://twitter.com/whca/status/1294301160254439427 |archive-date=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
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|2021 || {{N/A}} || On April 14, 2021, WHCA executive director Steven Thomma announced that improvements in the pandemic situation had not been sufficient to allow the association to proceed with a large indoor event, and that no dinner would be held in 2021.<ref name=Din>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/14/white-house-correspondents-dinner-cancelled-481502 |date=April 14, 2021 |last=Din |first=Benjamin |title=White House Correspondents' Association cancels 2021 dinner |website=[[Politico]] |access-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref> However, the association still intended to select recipients for its annual journalism awards and student scholarships, and announced that it planned to go ahead with the dinner the following year, on April 30, 2022.<ref name=Din />
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