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What Time Does The Dinner Start?<\/h2>\n

The dinner will start at 8 p.m. EDT on Friday, with a livestream<\/u> of the event and red carpet arrivals beginning earlier at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Surprising Fact<\/h2>\n

Friday\u2019s dinner will be the first time the dinner hasn\u2019t been held at the Hilton since 1972, the Associated Press notes<\/u>.<\/p>\n

What Security Measures Will Be In Place?<\/h2>\n

Secret Service officials told reporters ahead of Friday\u2019s event that it will feature heightened security as compared with April\u2019s dinner. There will be fewer access points for event attendees, CNN reports<\/u>, and Politico reports<\/u> people attending the event will each receive a unique QR code to grant access, rather than printed tickets. According to Fox News<\/u>, streets around the Waldorf Astoria will also be restricted Friday, and people will enter the event through an entrance that\u2019s separate from the main hotel entrance and lobby. Though it\u2019s ramping up security measures this time around, Secret Service officials defended the original event\u2019s security to reporters, saying the fact the suspect was intercepted before he could enter the ballroom was proof the security measures worked. \u201cThe system worked,\u201d Secret Service Director Sean Curran said at a press conference Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Ceremony Will Honor Some Journalists Trump Has Attacked<\/h2>\n

Pager is one of several reporters who will receive awards Friday, as he was chosen to win an award from the Center for Integrity in News Reporting, which is awarded for \u201cfair, impartial, objective news reporting\u201d by a member of the WHCA \u201cthat has the courage to not fear and the discipline to not favor.\u201d Among the other journalists set to be honored Friday include CNN\u2019s Kaitlan Collins, whom Trump called<\/u> a \u201ccorrupt reporter\u201d in June, and journalists from The Wall Street Journal who reported on Trump\u2019s alleged \u201cbirthday book\u201d letter to Jeffrey Epstein. The president sued the Journal over the reporting, alleging it\u2019s defamatory, though the case was later dismissed<\/u>. Two Associated Press journalists will also receive an award for excellence in presidential news coverage under deadline pressure, after the Trump administration revoked the outlet\u2019s press access over its refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the \u201cGulf of America.\u201d Beyond journalists, the event is also set to honor Secret Service Police Officer Victor Gonzales, the law enforcement officer shot by the gunman during the April event, with the President\u2019s Award for Exceptional Service to the WHCA.<\/p>\n

What Will Trump Say In His Speech?<\/h2>\n

It remains to be seen what exactly Trump will say Friday, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Politico<\/u> the president\u2019s speech will be largely similar to the one he had planned to deliver in April, though he\u2019ll also address the events of the last dinner. \u201cThe President\u2019s speech will be a combination of unifying yet vicious, and serious yet hilarious, all at the same time, if you can imagine that,\u201d Leavitt said in a statement<\/u> quoted by Fox News. \u201cOne thing I can assure you, it will be entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Who Will Attend Friday\u2019s Dinner?<\/h2>\n

First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance will not attend Friday\u2019s dinner due to scheduling conflicts, the White House told CNN, after previously attending the event in April. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also be absent. The event is expected to include a number of Trump administration officials besides the president, however, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, CNN reports<\/u>.<\/p>\n

Key Background<\/h2>\n

Trump has long had a contentious relationship with the media, and his appearance at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner in April and on Friday comes after the president has snubbed the event in the past. Alleged gunman Cole Allen disrupted the initial correspondents\u2019 dinner in April as he stormed the Hilton and tried to breach event security in what\u2019s believed to be an assassination attempt. Allen was apprehended before ever entering the ballroom or posing a threat to the president, but the disruption from the gunshots from both law enforcement and the suspect abruptly ended the event, with attendees being briefly locked down in the ballroom amid the chaos. Allen has pleaded<\/u> not guilty to the charges against him, which include attempted assassination, transporting firearms interstate, assaulting law enforcement and discharge of a firearm during an act of violence.<\/p>\n

Further Reading<\/h2>\n

Trump Says He\u2019ll Speak At Rescheduled White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner After Shooting Incident<\/u> (Forbes)<\/p>\n

Secret Service Reports 40% Jump In Threat Cases This Year<\/u> (Forbes)<\/p>\n

Suspect Reportedly Mocked Security Measures Before White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner Shooting<\/u> (Forbes)<\/p>\n

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