newsSaturday, July 25, 2026
President Trump's first White House Correspondents' Dinner appearance turned into a rally-style rehash, drawing widespread coverage and criticism. Meanwhile, Venezuela's earthquake recovery faces staggering costs, and the U.S. measles outbreak hits a 30-year record.
The president's hour-long, campaign-style speech at the correspondents' dinner is the day's dominant story, with multiple outlets covering his attacks on the media and controversial jokes.
Trump's first WHCA dinner appearance was a rambling, hour-long speech full of insults toward journalists and politicians, calling the room the 'largest group of Trump Derangement Syndrome people ever put together.'
Deadline's coverage emphasizes how Trump turned the traditionally lighthearted dinner into a rally-like event, deviating sharply from the usual presidential tone.
Trump drew criticism for a twerking joke referencing a shooting at the previous dinner that threatened journalists' lives, a moment that struck many as inappropriate.
Two public health stories highlight different kinds of crises: a preventable disease surges while a long-banned herbicide finally exits Australia.
Measles cases in the U.S. have hit 2,318 this year, the highest since 1991, with California seeing double the cases of last year, a generational setback in vaccination coverage.
Syngenta will stop selling the herbicide paraquat in Australia after new regulations, adding to the list of 70 countries where it's already banned due to links to Parkinson's disease.
Venezuela's twin earthquakes have left nearly 5,000 dead, and the focus is shifting to the enormous cost of rebuilding.
Three weeks after twin earthquakes hit Venezuela's coast, the official death toll is nearly 5,000 with 18,000 displaced, and early damage estimates point to an unprecedented rebuilding need.
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