The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is usually a predictable affair.

Journalists and celebrities gather to reinforce their credentials as powerful insiders who should be the ones running the country.

This year’s dinner, to be held April 25 in Washington, is likely to be something quite different from previous gatherings of media elites. That’s because President Trump (and first lady Melania) say they will attend after snubbing the event since 2011.

This dinner could be unique, even unsettling, because of a letter recently signed by more than 250 journalists calling on the dinner’s organizers “to forcefully demonstrate opposition to President Trump’s efforts to trample freedom of the press.”

In part the letter says: “We believe the White House........

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