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Trump to headline 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the first time as president

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President Trump is attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday for the first time as commander-in-chief — after boycotting the annual event last year and each year during his first term.
The dinner will take place on Saturday, April 25, at the Washington Hilton.
«The White House Correspondents Association has asked me, very nicely, to be the Honoree at this year’s Dinner, a long and storied tradition since it began in 1924, under then President Calvin Coolidge,» Trump posted on his Truth Social last month, adding that it would be his «Honor to accept their invitation.»
TRUMP’S RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER MARKS A POLITICAL JOURNEY COMING FULL CIRCLE
President Donald Trump interacting with the media. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
The White House Correspondents’ Association’s president, Weijia Jiang said that they were «happy» with the president’s decision to attend.
«For more than 100 years, the journalists of the White House Correspondents’ Association have enjoyed an evening with the president,» Jiang said in a statement last month. «We’re happy the president has accepted our invitation and look forward to hosting him.»
DAN RATHER AMONG 200 JOURNALISTS DEMANDING TRUMP BE CALLED OUT AT WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER
The president had skipped the event in years past, saying that decision was due to the press being «extraordinarily bad» to him.
Despite the annual invitation and Trump’s acceptance, hundreds of journalists are going after the president, having signed an open letter urging the White House Correspondents’ Association to call out the president and «forcefully demonstrate opposition» to his «efforts to trample freedom of the press.»
«The dinner has long served as a symbol of the vital and irreplaceable role of a free press in American democracy and a celebration of the First Amendment and the journalists who uphold it. President Trump’s systematic, sustained, and unprecedented attacks on the free press… render his presence at such an event a profound contradiction of its purpose,» the open letter reads.

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters during a press briefing at the White House, on the one-year mark into his second term in office, in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 20, 2026. (Jessica Koscielniak/Reuters)
«The collective weight of the administration’s actions — retaliatory access bans, coercive regulatory investigations, frivolous lawsuits against the press, defunding of public broadcasting, dismantling of international broadcasting, physical restrictions on journalists, personal verbal attacks on reporters, assaults on the media in official White House press releases and social media posts, the arrest of journalists, and the pardoning of those who committed violence against the press — represent the most systematic and comprehensive assault on freedom of the press by a sitting American president.»
TRUMP ACCEPTS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS’ ASSOCIATION DINNER INVITATION FOR THE FIRST TIME AS PRESIDENT
Notable signatories on the letter are former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, former ABC News White House correspondent Sam Donaldson, former NBC News anchor Ann Curry and PBS NewsHour correspondent Stephanie Sy.
A spokesperson for the White House simply pointed to Trump’s Truth Social post announcing he was attending the dinner when previously asked about the open letter.
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Trump did attend the event as a private citizen in 2011 during the Obama administration. Then-President Barack Obama made a joke about Trump during that event saying: «Say what you will about Mr. Trump, he certainly would bring some change to the White House. Let’s see what we’ve got up there.»

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One, March 15, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
Obama then featured an image of the White House with a neon sign that said «Trump White House Hotel Casino Golf Course» with gold columns and a chandelier.
But during his second term, Trump has actually taken to remodeling the White House— with a new ballroom under construction and his addition of gold molding to the Oval Office.
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Fox News’ Joseph Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
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First on Fox: Trump admin opens new front in fraud crackdown targeting health insurers, drug middlemen

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FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is lifting the hood on federal health benefits programs that cover millions of Americans, ordering insurance carriers to tighten fraud controls as part of a broader crackdown on waste and abuse, Fox News Digital learned.
«Working alongside the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, OPM is taking additional steps to safeguard the premiums paid by federal employees and taxpayers, protect beneficiaries, and ensure health insurance companies are meeting the highest standards of accountability,» said Office of Personnel Management (OPM) director Scott Kupor to Fox News Digital.
OPM functions as the federal government’s human resources agency, overseeing civilian personnel policy and administering benefits for federal employees, retirees and their families.
OPM, partnered with the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, is sending new compliance expectations on Wednesday to insurance carriers in the Federal Employees Health Benefits and Postal Service Health Benefits programs, directing them to strengthen fraud prevention, payment reviews, pharmacy benefit oversight, subcontractor accountability, audits and reporting, Fox News Digital learned.
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FEHB cost taxpayers about $70 billion and provided more than 8.2 million federal employees, family members, and other eligible individuals in in 2024. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The push also targets pharmacy benefit managers, the drug-pricing middlemen that administer prescription drug benefits for health plans and negotiate with drugmakers and pharmacies.
The FEHB program cost the government and enrollees about $70 billion in fiscal 2024 and covered more than 8.2 million federal employees, family members and other eligible individuals, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
«OPM is a valuable partner and leader on the Task Force. The steps taken today will protect taxpayers and our federal workforce,» White House Task Force Executive Director Scott Brady told Fox News Digital.
OPM is also building a data science and audit team with the agency’s inspector general to review anonymized claims data and detect fraud, waste and overbilling more proactively.
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The White House Task Force has amped up its fraud investigations narrowing in on medical corruption. (Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)
The Government Accountability Office said in a July 2025 report that OPM should do more to manage fraud risks in the FEHB program, citing risks including benefit card sharing, improper inducements, insufficient or fraudulent documentation, kickbacks, marketing fraud, theft of personally identifiable information, provider ineligibility and self-referrals.
The announcement marks the latest crackdown in medical programs following the launch of a nationwide probe into Medicaid.
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OPM has given orders to insurance companies handling federal employee health benefits to launch investigations into payments, pharmacy benefit oversights, and subcontractors. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CMS directed all 50 states to submit plans to revalidate high-risk Medicaid providers, including providers subject to less rigorous enrollment standards or operating without a National Provider Identifier in April.
Vice President JD Vance, who is leading the task force, amplified the call in May, saying during a news conference that states could lose federal funding if they fail to aggressively pursue Medicaid fraud.
The push comes amid heightened focus on large-scale fraud cases, including Minnesota’s $250 million «Feeding Our Future» scheme, which became a national flashpoint in recent months.
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Costa Rica: Comisión de Hacendarios aprueba recorte de unos USD 86.8 millones, al presupuesto de los CEN-CINAI

La Comisión de Asuntos Hacendarios de la Asamblea Legislativa aprobó este martes un recorte de ₡40,000 millones (USD 86.8 millones) al presupuesto asignado para 2026 a la Dirección Nacional de Centros de Educación y Nutrición y de Centros Infantiles de Atención Integral (CEN-CINAI). La decisión, que contó con el respaldo de ocho diputados, forma parte del primer presupuesto extraordinario de la República para el presente año y se justifica por la necesidad de cubrir el déficit presupuestario de las pensiones del Régimen No Contributivo (RNC) de la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS).
La iniciativa fue impulsada por la fracción oficialista del Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO), mientras que los legisladores del Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) se opusieron a la medida. La bancada liberacionista argumentó que el recorte tendrá consecuencias negativas sobre los sectores más vulnerables, particularmente la niñez que depende de los servicios de los CEN-CINAI.
El órgano legislativo también aprobó una moción adicional que reduce en ₡30,000 millones (USD 65,1 millones) los recursos que el Banco Hipotecario de la Vivienda (Banhvi) gira al Fondo de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares (Fodesaf), lo que afecta directamente la financiación de programas de vivienda social y apoyo familiar.
La diputada Ángela Aguilar, vocera del PLN en la Comisión, advirtió que la rebaja de fondos representa el 28,7% del presupuesto 2026 destinado a los CEN-CINAI. “Me preocupa porque los CEN-CINAI enfrentan situaciones relacionadas con órdenes sanitarias y otras necesidades. Además, brindan atención y cuido a niños y niñas”, señaló Aguilar durante la sesión. La legisladora insistió en que el impacto de este recorte podría traducirse en una disminución de cobertura y calidad en la atención que reciben miles de menores en condición de vulnerabilidad en todo el país.

Por su parte, el presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Hacendarios, Nogui Acosta (PPSO), defendió la decisión y sostuvo que no se deben reducir los recursos destinados a los pensionados del RNC, subrayando que la propuesta cumple con la legalidad vigente. Acosta explicó que el Estado enfrenta una presión fiscal significativa y que, ante la urgencia de financiar las pensiones del régimen no contributivo, se recurrió a la redistribución de partidas presupuestarias. El diputado oficialista enfatizó que se trata de una medida responsable y que el gobierno mantiene el compromiso de atender las necesidades de la población en situación de pobreza extrema.
La fracción del Partido Liberación Nacional consideró que la moción aprobada evidencia una deficiente planificación presupuestaria y cuestionó el procedimiento seguido en la Comisión, al señalar que la aprobación no se ajusta a lo establecido en el Reglamento Legislativo. Además, los opositores recalcaron que la decisión afectará de manera directa a los programas de nutrición, educación y cuido infantil, así como a las familias beneficiarias de proyectos de vivienda social.
El recorte a los CEN-CINAI generó preocupación en organizaciones sociales y defensoras de los derechos de la infancia, que advierten sobre el riesgo de retrocesos en la atención integral a la niñez y la reducción de oportunidades para familias en comunidades vulnerables. Los CEN-CINAI ofrecen servicios fundamentales como alimentación, educación y cuidado a miles de niños y niñas en todo el territorio nacional, especialmente en zonas rurales y urbanas de alta exclusión social.
Hasta el momento, las autoridades de la Dirección Nacional de CEN-CINAI no han emitido un pronunciamiento oficial sobre el impacto que tendrá esta disminución presupuestaria. Diversos sectores sociales y políticos han solicitado una revisión de la medida y la búsqueda de alternativas que no impliquen recortes en programas sociales esenciales para el bienestar infantil y el acceso a la vivienda.
El debate legislativo en torno a la distribución de recursos públicos continúa en un contexto de restricciones fiscales, donde la prioridad del Ejecutivo se centra en asegurar el pago de pensiones y cumplir con las obligaciones del Estado en materia de seguridad social. La discusión sobre el financiamiento de los programas sociales y la protección de los sectores más vulnerables se mantendrá en la agenda parlamentaria durante las próximas semanas.
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