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| March 29 2025 | President Eugene Daniels announced the cancellation of Amber Ruffin's performance, citing a desire to avoid 'politics of division'. |
| March 27 2025 | The second Donald Trump administration continued the Iftar dinner tradition. |
| March 9 2025 | The Secret Service engaged Andrew Dawson in a shootout near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building after spotting him armed and suicidal. A BB gun, cellphone-shaped gun, .22 caliber rifle, and ammunition were found. He was arrested on multiple firearms charges. |
| February 2025 | The White House announced that the WHCA would no longer determine which media outlets are allowed access to the president. |
| February 2025 | The WHCA board announced comedian Amber Ruffin would be the featured entertainment for the April 26 dinner. |
| January 20 2025 | Colonel James Jones, PhD, PA-C, assumed duties as the 11th Director of the White House Medical Unit, serving as the Physician Associate Consultant to The Surgeon General. |
| 2024 | President Joe Biden held a quiet, dramatically downsized iftar gathering amid protests and declining attendance from Muslim American community leaders over the administration's handling of the Gaza war. |
| 2024 | Justin Sink from Bloomberg News was selected as Secretary of the White House Correspondents' Association for the 2024-25 term. |
| 2024 | Weijia Jiang from CBS News was elected Vice President of the White House Correspondents' Association for the 2024-25 term. |
| 2024 | Sara Cook from CBS News was appointed Treasurer of the White House Correspondents' Association for the 2024-25 term. |
| 2024 | Eugene Daniels from Politico becomes President of the White House Correspondents' Association for the 2024-25 leadership term. |
| July 2024 | Cristeta Comerford retired after nearly 3 decades of working in the White House kitchen. |
| January 2024 | The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General issued an investigation report revealing improper prescription drug record-keeping, medication disposal issues, and patient eligibility problems in the White House Medical Unit between 2017 and 2019. |
| May 22 2023 | Sai Varshith Kandula, a 19-year-old from Missouri, drove a U-Haul truck into a White House security fence. After arrest, he allegedly said he wanted to kill the president and praised Adolf Hitler. A Nazi flag was recovered from his vehicle. |
| 2022 | The WHCA renamed the Merriman Smith Memorial Award after determining that Smith had historically supported excluding Black and female journalists from membership in the National Press Club and the White House Correspondents' Dinner. |
| April 30 2022 | The dinner is held in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, with President Joe Biden attending, breaking Trump's boycott. |
| April 30 2022 | WHCD held, resulting in several attendees, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, testing positive for COVID-19, though no serious illnesses were reported. |
| 2021 | The garden continued into the Biden administration, with First Lady Jill Biden sending vegetables from it to Michelle Obama. |
| 2021 | The historical prohibition on married White House social aides was officially lifted, removing the previous restriction that prevented married individuals from serving in this role. |
| December 1 2021 | Robert B. Downing becomes Chief Usher during the Biden administration. |
| 2020 | A tennis court pavilion was built during Donald Trump's administration, with Melania Trump breaking ground on the project. The 1,200 square foot pavilion was funded by private donations and designed in a neo-classical style inspired by the White House. |
| 2020 | During the coronavirus pandemic, the White House Medical Unit managed temperature checks for journalists and others during briefings with limited seating. |
| 2020 | During the George Floyd protests and 2020 elections, a new temporary fence was installed, with concrete barriers to prevent vehicle ramming. The new fence was twice the height of the previous one. |
| 2020 | The White House Correspondents' Dinner was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with only virtual scholarship and award recognition activities taking place. |
| 2020 | The White House Correspondents' Association debuted the Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage by Visual Journalists, a $1,000 prize recognizing video or photojournalists who uniquely cover the presidency through breaking news, scheduled events, or feature coverage. |
| 2020 | The White House Correspondents' Association launched the Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability, a $10,000 prize recognizing journalism that reflects the professional qualities of Katharine Graham, former publisher of The Washington Post. |
| September 20 2020 | Actress Maria Bakalova, portraying her character Tutar during Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, gained White House access by shadowing OAN journalist Chanel Rion, attending a Trump speech and speaking with Donald Trump Jr. |
| August 10 2020 | Myron Berryman was shot by a Secret Service officer near the White House after claiming to be armed and running towards the officer with his hand in his pocket. He was unarmed and arrested. |
| 2019 | White House Medical Unit staff significantly grew to 60 medical personnel. |
| 2019 | The POW/MIA flag was added to be flown alongside the U.S. flag at the White House, honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action. |
| 2019 | The Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award was discontinued and replaced by the Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability and the Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage by Visual Journalists. |
| November 26 2019 | A small aircraft intruded on White House restricted airspace, triggering a 30-minute lockdown. Fighter jets were scrambled but ultimately determined the aircraft was not hostile. |
| November 16 2019 | President Trump screened Joker shortly after its release, reportedly finding the film intriguing. |
| May 13 2019 | The White House held an Iftar dinner during Ramadan. |
| May 13 2019 | White House held the Iftar dinner during Donald Trump's presidency. |
| April 27 2019 | The WHCA chooses historian Ron Chernow as the featured speaker instead of a comedian, following the previous year's controversial performance. |
| April 5 2019 | Trump announced he would not attend the WHCA dinner, calling it 'so boring, and so negative', and instead hosted a political rally in Wisconsin. |
| 2018 | Melania Trump used vegetables from the White House garden for her first state dinner. |
| April 2018 | President Donald Trump continued his absence from the WHCA dinner. |
| April 28 2018 | Michelle Wolf delivers a controversial monologue, leading to significant backlash and The Hill newspaper announcing it would no longer participate in the event. |
| 2017 | First Lady Melania Trump continued the garden's legacy, personally working on it with members of the Boys and Girls Club. |
| July 2017 | Travis Reinking was arrested by Secret Service for being in a 'restricted area' near the White House, attempting to set up a meeting with the president. |
| June 23 2017 | Timothy Harleth becomes Chief Usher during the Trump administration. |
| April 29 2017 | President Donald Trump does not attend the dinner, marking the first time since Ronald Reagan in 1981 that a sitting president was absent. |
| March 18 2017 | An unidentified man jumped over a bicycle rack on Pennsylvania Avenue and was subsequently arrested. |
| March 10 2017 | Jonathan Tuan Tran, a 26-year-old from Milpitas, California, was arrested after jumping the White House fence and coming within steps of the mansion. He was carrying two cans of mace and was charged with entering restricted grounds while carrying a dangerous weapon. |
| 2016 | After Donald Trump's election, Barack Obama expressed concern about the potential dismantling of Michelle's vegetable garden. |
| May 20 2016 | Jesse Olivieri attacked the White House security checkpoint and was shot and arrested by Secret Service agents, resulting in a 45-minute closure of the White House and nearby streets. |
| April 30 2016 | Larry Wilmore delivers a controversial speech, concluding with a contentious remark calling President Obama 'my nigga' on live television. |
| November 26 2015 | Joseph Anthony Caputo, a 22-year-old from Stamford, Connecticut, was arrested by Secret Service agents after jumping over the White House fence while the first family was inside celebrating Thanksgiving. He had left a suicide note and will. He pleaded guilty to illegal entry and was sentenced to three years' probation. |
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