The White House correspondents’ dinner, Take 2

Happy Friday! This is the stretch when Senate staffers longingly stare out their windows at the empty House that has already left for recess.  

(Editor’s note: LeBron James to Philly! How great would a Knicks-Sixers Eastern Conference finals be? Still taking the Thunder or Spurs to win it all next year…)

Trump to speak at WHCA dinner re-do 

Trump to speak at WHCA dinner re-do 

Pentagon removed 4 military members from Iran death toll 

Pentagon removed 4 military members from Iran death toll 

How Trump chose Darline Graham 

How Trump chose Darline Graham 

CDC expands cyclospora outbreak to 4 more states 

CDC expands cyclospora outbreak to 4 more states 

Musk says he ‘got carried away’ during stint in politics 

Musk says he ‘got carried away’ during stint in politics 

Bon Jovi abruptly ends NYC concert 

Bon Jovi abruptly ends NYC concert 

Let’s try that again:

Illustration / Samantha Wong; and Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Associated Press

The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) is hosting a do-over of its annual dinner tonight after a gunman tried to storm the event in April.  

This time, the dinner will be held at the Waldorf Astoria, inside the Old Post Office Tower that was previously called the Trump International Hotel. 

President Trump is scheduled to speak — and security will undoubtedly be much stricter this time. 

💻 Watch the dinner live, starting at 8 p.m. 

What to expect: The WHCA will honor a Secret Service agent who was pivotal in stopping the gunman who tried to assassinate Trump. 

🗺️ Street closures and parking restrictions 

Giving out tariffs like Oprah gives out free cars: 

President Trump will impose new tariffs on 60 countries over their forced labor violations. 

This will cover 99.4 percent of all imports coming into the U.S. and will apply to the U.S.’s top trading partners. 

How steep are these tariffs?: They range from 10 percent to 12.5 percent. 

Oh, and this doesn’t include the 50 percent tariff on Canadian goods that Trump announced earlier this week. 

How do the U.S.’s trading partners feel about this?: Exactly how you’d think. China, Japan and Australia ripped the new tariffs as “completely........

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