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The White House Correspondents' Association represents the White House press corps in its dealings with the administration on coverage-related issues.

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WHCA
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Congratulations to @Yamiche Alcindor of The NewsHour/PBS, winner of the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage from the #WHCA . To see more about the winning entry – and all of 2020 award winners – go to
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WHCA statement on White House decision on credentials.
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The White House Correspondents' Association is pleased to announce that Maggie Haberman of The New York Times is the winner of the Aldo Beckman Memorial Award for her coverage of the White House. @maggieNYT
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WHCA Statement on President’s Remarks in Montana
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Comment on President Trump remarks on Twitter today about news media coverage.
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The White House Correspondents' Association is pleased to announce that @evanperez , @jimsciutto , @jaketapper and @carlbernstein of CNN are the winners of the Merriman Smith Award for broadcast reporting on the White House under deadline pressure. #whcd
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The WHCA on President Trump's decision today: “It is outrageous for the president to have left the hospital — even briefly — amid a health crisis without a protective pool present to ensure that the American people know where their president is and how he is doing. 1/2
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. @WHCA Statement On Revoked White House Access via President @OKnox
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Statement from @whca President @OKnox
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Statement on attack on journalist at president’s rally.
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WHCA Statement on video depicting President Trump murdering journalists.
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Statement on White House news briefings from WHCA President Olivier Knox.
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#WHCA President Olivier Knox on President Trump’s decision not to attend the association’s annual dinner April 27. “We’re looking forward to an enjoyable evening of celebrating the First Amendment and great journalists past, present, and future." @OKnox
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"Now more than ever, the American public deserves independent coverage of the president so they can be reliably informed about his health.” 2/2
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WHCA Statement on Removing News Organization from News Briefing Seat Rotation
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Introducing the 2020 White House Correspondents’ Dinner – With host Kenan Thompson and featured entertainer Hasan Minhaj. For more info:
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Statement from WHCA president ⁦ @tamarakeithNPR ⁩ on the online harassment of White House journalist.
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#WHCA Statement to Members on Annual Dinner
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WHCA Announces Acclaimed Author Ron Chernow as Featured Speaker for 2019 Annual Dinner. For more,
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Congratulations to @tamarakeithNPR , elected today by members of the White House press corps to represent them on the board of the #WHCA – AND to serve as president in 2022-2023. For more on the WHCA's work – or to make a tax deductible contribution – go to
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The White House Correspondents' Association is pleased to announce that Josh Dawsey is the winner of the Merriman Smith Award for print reporting at Politico on the White House under deadline pressure. @jdawsey1
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Statement on White House seating
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Response to news reports of a Trump-ordered boycott of the Correspondents' Dinner: #We ’re looking forward to an enjoyable evening of celebrating the First Amendment and great journalists past, present, and future." - Olivier Knox, President of the #WHCA
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Congratulations to @CNN , winners of the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure for Broadcast from the #WHCA . To see more about the winning entry – and all of 2020 award winners – go to
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The @WHCA is pleased to host President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden as we honor the First Amendment at our dinner on April 30.
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5 years
@realDonaldTrump ⁩ is second most accessible President to the press since Reagan, according to research by respected ⁦ @mkumar38 ⁩. Only Clinton faced questions more often.
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Statement from #WHCA President ⁦ @margarettalev ⁩ on POTUS
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"An Assault on the First Amendment" - @ZekeJMiller and #WHCA on punishment of journalist @pwidakuswara at Voice of America
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Statement from WHCA President Olivier Knox on CNN lawsuit. #whca @oknox
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7 years
Congratulations to Jonathan Karl of ABC News, elected today to be president of the White House Correspondents' Association in 2019-20. #WHCA
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3 years
A consortium of news organizations, including ProPublica, has won a legal fight against the Small Business Administration. It will now have to publicly release the names of borrowers who got government pandemic loans.
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4 years
WHCA Statement on White House Meeting with Saudi Minister
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The White House Correspondents' Association is pleased to announce that @NorahODonnell of CBS This Morning has received an honorable mention in the Edgar A. Poe Award, for reports on Sexual Assault in the Air Force Academy.
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Dispatching “reporters” to help a senate candidate and discredit the story quoting women about him.
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Breitbart has dispatched two reporters to Alabama with a mission: discredit the allegations against Roy Moore
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#WHCA Statement on Hanoi summit coverage
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Statement on President and WHCA Dinner
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Kelly O’Donnell is the new president of the White House Correspondents’ Association.
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Kelly O'Donnell
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The work of our press corps on behalf of our viewers, readers, the public and the record of history is demanding and needed for our democracy. I am honored to represent and serve our news community and beyond as @whca president for the next year.
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The White House Correspondents' Association is pleased to announce that @ddiamond and @rachanadixit of Politico have received an honorable mention in the Edgar A. Poe Award, for their reporting on Tom Price’s private jet travel
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The WHCA board is protesting strongly against how today's gaggle is being handled by the White House. We ...
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#WHCA statement on restoration of press pass
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First things first. Before the tables are even set up for tonight’s #WHCA dinner, the First Amendment banner is up. #journalism .
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4 years
The White House Correspondents’ Association regrets to announce that it is unable to go ahead with its 2020 dinner on April 25. We will get back to you soon with our alternative date. Thanks for your support. -The WHCA
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The Trump administration says the President has unbridled authority to pick for any reason those journalists who might cover him. A #WHCA amicus brief highlights the danger to all journalists and to public, if that claim stands. See our brief here
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No White House news briefing today.
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Tonight's dinner will honor the work of journalists covering the White House & recognize 23 outstanding scholarship winners #whcd #whcd2017
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On @ReliableSources , @tarapalmeri says White House "threatened to try to remove me from the #WHCA , which they don't have the power to do."
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On @ReliableSources , @jeffmason1 says White House wanted #WHCA to issue statement criticizing @tarapalmeri for an article. He refused.
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WHCA President ⁦ @tamarakeithNPR ⁩: Online harassment of White House journalist ⁦ @SabrinaSiddiqui ⁩ is “unacceptable.”
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Setting up for tonight. First #WHCA Dinner in three years.
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When President Trump decided to leave the hospital to see supporters, he did without the pool of journalists that for decades has been there so the world can also watch when the president ventures out in public.
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WHCA statement on State Department action against NPR
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Just announced by @whca President @margarettalev : Our new website is live at . Learn more about our mission here:
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WHCA Statement in Ruling Restoring White House Press Pass. #whca
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Before POTUS speech at Davos, screen on stage "played a video that included clips of the Women's March and related to climate change. At one point, the narrator talked about the importance of "not building walls" and working together." From press pool report.
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Congratulations to @philiprucker , cited by the judges for an honorable mention in the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage from the #WHCA . To see more – or to donate to support our work - go to:
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“Stay and report.”
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The White House Correspondents' Association looks forward to having its annual dinner on April 29. The WHCA ...
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Moments ago, the 2018 @whca scholars were greeted by @POTUS and @VP at the White House
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Wasn't it the media that revealed the Clinton emails? Didn't that lead to a federal investigation?
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Donald J. Trump
7 years
Why aren't the same standards placed on the Democrats. Look what Hillary Clinton may have gotten away with. Disgraceful!
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Congratulations to @stevenportnoy , elected today by fellow White House journalists to serve as president of the #WHCA in 2021-2022.
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Moore campaign spox thinks law mandates that office holders be sworn in on a Christian bible.
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Yashar Ali 🐘
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A Moore campaign spokesman is left speechless when @jaketapper informs him that the law does not require elected officials to be sworn-in using a Christian bible.
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Statement on suspension of White House press pass.
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Why is the pool always there? In part, to make sure the public knows IF something happens.
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No White House news briefing today.
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No White House news briefing on schedule for tomorrow.
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No White House news briefing on the schedule for Wednesday.
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White House spokesman refuses to answer questions on the record from reporters
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“we are witnessing purposeful, calculated attacks meant to discredit the very integrity of journalism ...conducted by people who would prefer to wield power free from accountability and out of the public eye.
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We remember.
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The people who lived through November 22, 1963 remember the moment - where they were, what they were doing - when the news of President Kennedy's death came. The nation and world stopped and came together to mourn the president. 📷:
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"The Saudi authorities must immediately give a full and credible accounting of what happened to Khashoggi ... The country has stepped up its repression of critical journalists in the past year at home. We hope this has not now spread abroad."
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RIP Connie Lawn. From WHCA prez @margarettalev : "Connie Lawn, an independent journalist who reported on the White House for the past half century, died today at her home in Virginia after her long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 73."
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Congratulations to @DougMillsNYT of the New York Times, winner of the inaugural Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage by Visual Journalists from the #WHCA . To see more about the winning entry – and all of 2020 award winners – go to
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Biden administration is about to release a long-sought U.S. intelligence report concluding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from St. John's church near White House
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Capitol riots: Trump supporters threatened, attacked reporters - The Washington Post
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We know. We were there. This on tonight’s ⁦ @Jeopardy
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A free and independent press actually is critical to democracy.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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With all of its phony unnamed sources & highly slanted & even fraudulent reporting, #Fake News is DISTORTING DEMOCRACY in our country!
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#WHCA announces 2019 awards, to journalists from @TheAtlantic , @FoxNews , @thomsonreuters and @washingtonpost . Honorable mentions to journalists at @CNN @weatherchannel and @telemundo Details here:
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