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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.»
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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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Marine Le Pen afrontará la próxima semana un veredicto clave para el futuro de su partido de cara a las elecciones en Francia
La posibilidad de que Marine Le Pen quede fuera de las elecciones presidenciales de Francia en 2027 se resolverá en cuestión de días, cuando el tribunal de apelaciones emita su veredicto definitivo. Si el fallo que se conocerá el próximo martes 7 de julio confirma la condena previa, la dirigente de Agrupación Nacional (RN) no podrá competir por el puesto que ha buscado durante más de una década.
En caso de confirmarse la inhabilitación, Le Pen se vería impedida de presentarse a la primera vuelta prevista para el 18 de abril del próximo año. Además, la imposición de un arresto domiciliario complicaría aún más su participación, pues restringiría de manera significativa su capacidad de campaña.
Durante el juicio de apelación, Le Pen sostuvo ante la corte que su formación actuó “de completa buena fe” y rechazó que existiera un sistema deliberado para desviar fondos del Parlamento Europeo. Sin embargo, la fiscalía defendió que la líder ultraderechista “profesionalizó” una práctica introducida por su padre, Jean-Marie Le Pen, al asumir el control del partido en 2011.
La dirigente política fue condenada en primera instancia a cuatro años de cárcel, con dos en suspenso, y a una inhabilitación de cinco años para ejercer cargos públicos, tras ser hallada culpable de emplear fondos europeos en beneficio de personal del partido en Francia entre 2004 y 2016. La acusación sostiene que el monto malversado asciende a varios millones de euros.
Le Pen declaró públicamente que solo decidirá si se presenta a las presidenciales después de conocer el resultado del tribunal. “No tengo miedo”, aseguró esta semana antes del fallo, y remarcó: “Si puedo presentarme, lo haré, siempre y cuando pueda hacer campaña”.
En caso de quedar fuera, la líder de RN sugirió que Jordan Bardella, actual presidente del partido y figura en ascenso con 30 años, podría asumir la candidatura. “Cuando eres candidato a la presidencia, necesitas tener total libertad de movimiento”, expresó Le Pen en una entrevista con el canal LCI y sumó que no puede depender de un magistrado para asistir a actos públicos.
El proceso judicial implica también a 24 ex diputados europeos, asistentes y contables, además del propio partido RN, acusados de operar un esquema para desviar recursos comunitarios. El tribunal dictaminó en primera instancia que existió una “estafa de empleos falsos” durante más de una década.
Le Pen calificó la investigación como una “caza de brujas” y denunció que algunos de sus seguidores enviaron amenazas de muerte a los jueces. Tanto ella como el partido y otras 11 personas presentaron una apelación. La fiscalía solicitó mantener la prohibición de cinco años y propuso una condena de cuatro años de prisión, con tres en suspenso, por el desvío de fondos.
Las encuestas recientes indican que la ultraderecha francesa lideraría la primera vuelta de los comicios de 2027, aunque existe incertidumbre respecto al desenlace en la segunda vuelta. Un sondeo de Harris Interactive Toluna realizado en mayo a más de 1.700 votantes mostró que Le Pen podría imponerse tanto a Jean-Luc Mélenchon, líder de la izquierda radical, como a los ex primeros ministros Gabriel Attal y Édouard Philippe.
La resolución del tribunal no solo definirá el futuro inmediato de la figura más relevante de la extrema derecha francesa, sino que también podría reconfigurar el escenario político de cara a las próximas elecciones presidenciales.
(Con información de AFP)
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Louisiana attorney general accused of threatening local officials in criminal indictment
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A New Orleans grand jury on Thursday indicted Republican Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on charges including intimidation and malfeasance, accusing the state’s top law enforcement officer of threatening local officials during a high-profile political dispute over the Orleans Parish criminal court clerk’s office.
The 16-count indictment accuses Louisiana’s first female attorney general of threatening local officials with removal from office if they proceeded with actions she believed violated state law.
Assistant District Attorney Laurie White, who is prosecuting the case, said Thursday she expects it to be «very simple» and «very open and shut.»
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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill leaves the U.S. Supreme Court after justices heard arguments in an appeal by President Joe Biden’s administration of restrictions imposed by lower courts on its ability to encourage social media companies to remove content deemed misinformation, in Washington, U.S., March 18, 2024. REUTERS/Bonnie Cash (REUTERS/Bonnie Cash)
Murrill responded in a post on X, calling the indictment «retaliatory, meritless, and unconstitutional» and saying she would immediately appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
«I will not back down,» Murrill wrote. «I will continue enforcing the law, fighting corruption, and doing the job the people of Louisiana elected me to do.»
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry also defended Murrill, saying he would pardon her «as fast as the law allows.»
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry defended Attorney General Liz Murrill following her indictment and pledged to pardon her «as fast as the law allows.» (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)
Landry said Murrill «will not have to worry about having her reputation tarnished by this kangaroo grand jury or the Orleans Kangaroo court.»
«The criminal justice system is a circus at its finest in Orleans and we will not have any of that!» he added.
In a follow-up post, Landry called for an investigation into the grand jury proceedings.
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Louisiana Attorney Liz Murrill is surrounded by law enforcement leaders during a Dec. 18, 2025 press conference in Ruston. (Greg Hilburn/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
«Based on the information contained in the motion by @AGLizMurrill, I am ordering the State Police to immediately begin investigating the alleged improprieties of this grand jury and those who ran it!»
The indictment stems from a months-long dispute between state leaders and New Orleans officials over the Orleans Parish criminal court clerk’s office.
At Landry’s urging, Louisiana lawmakers approved a Republican-backed overhaul that eliminated the elected Orleans Parish criminal court clerk position after Calvin Duncan, a man who spent nearly three decades in prison before his conviction was overturned, won the office. The law transferred the position’s duties to the parish’s civil court clerk, preventing Duncan from taking office.
After New Orleans officials sought to install Duncan or create a path for him to assume the office, Murrill warned they could face removal under Louisiana’s «usurper» laws, which prohibit support for an unauthorized officeholder. Prosecutors allege those warnings formed the basis of the criminal charges against her.
«We’re very interested in elected officials in New Orleans not being intimidated or threatened by letter or any other way,» White told reporters after the indictment was unsealed.
Bond for Murrill was set at $400,000 on Thursday, according to court records.
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Special prosecutor Laurie White announces the indictment of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill outside the Orleans Criminal District Court building in New Orleans, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Fox News Digital has reached out to Murrill’s office for additional comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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