The State of This Year's WHCD Parties

A series of events in the lead-up to this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend, starting with, well, the 2016 election as well as the decision by The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, followed by others, to exit the party circuit this year, continuing with the decision by President Trump to stay away from the dinner, the first president to do so in 36 years, and a decision by many organizations to invite students instead of celebs guaranteed that this year’s WHCD would look very different from years past.