It's that time of year again: the 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner returns tonight, April 27, where several thousand journalists, celebrities and politicians —including POTUS himself Joe Biden—will congregate at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.
The annual WHCA dinner has been a tradition dating back to Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s; the event raises money to support journalists who cover the president, hold events and programs to educate the public about the value of a free press, and funds scholarships for the next generation of journalists. Every American president has attended at least one WHCA dinner, save for former President Donald Trump, though he previously attended the dinner in 2011 as a private citizen.
