The gala comes amid a surge of Covid cases in Washington, with many journalists skipping the would-be super spreader
It is a sign that political life in Washington is getting back to something like normal. It is the return of “nerd prom”.
On Saturday the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) will host its annual dinner for the first time since 2019 after a coronavirus-enforced hiatus, and Joe Biden will become the first US president to address the gala since Barack Obama in 2016 following a boycott by Donald Trump, who made little secret of his contempt of the media.