Trump’s planned appearance bringing renewed scrutiny to annual correspondents’ dinner

NEW YORK (AP) — The seeming incongruity of President Donald Trump’s expected attendance at an event that honors the press has brought renewed scrutiny to the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, a fixture on Washington’s spring social calendar that is scheduled for this weekend.

Between berating individual reporters, fighting organizations like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Associated Press in court and restricting press access to the Pentagon, the administration’s...