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The White House Correspondents' Association represents the White House press corps in its dealings with the administration on coverage-related issues.

Washington, DC Katılım Şubat 2009
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Statement on President Trump’s Decision to Attend WHCA Dinner
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Bravo to WHCA. this is a great great great choice. This dude is amazing.
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RonaldReaganLibrary@Reagan_Library·
Happy Birthday, #PresidentReagan! During a Joint Session of Congress held at the United States Capitol, the House Chamber celebrated President Reagan's birthday by singing to him and presenting him with a card.
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Our friends at the Asian American Journalists Association @AAJA are offering information to help laid-off journalists. aaja.org/2026/02/04/aaj…
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Sharing: The Center for Integrity in News Reporting (CFINR) is now accepting entries for its annual journalism awards honoring objective and impartial news reporting published in 2025. The awards include six $25,000 cash prizes, including a new Investigative Reporting category, with no entry fees, and journalists and editors may enter directly. Learn more and submit entries: cfinr.org/award-entry
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LBJ Library
LBJ Library@LBJLibrary·
#OnThisDay: Fifty-three years ago today, #LyndonBJohnson passed away at the #LBJRanch. He was 64 years old. 📷 Frank Wolfe | 03/12/1969 | Federal Building Roof - Austin, TX
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Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
📽️ On This Day: January 8, 1919 — A Nation Bids Farewell On a cold winter morning in Oyster Bay, New York, the 26th President of the United States was laid to rest. Theodore Roosevelt’s funeral was as humble as the man himself. No state funeral. No great parade. Just a quiet procession through the small town he loved, witnessed by mourners who lined the streets with heavy hearts. 🎞️ This rare film captures solemn moments at Christ Episcopal Church, where Rev. George E. Talmadge led the simple service, followed by Roosevelt’s casket carried up the steep path to Youngs Memorial Cemetery. Among the pallbearers and mourners: 🇺🇸 Vice President Thomas R. Marshall 🎖️ Gen. Peyton C. March, Army Chief of Staff ⚓ Rear Admiral Cameron Winslow 👔 Oscar Straus, Roosevelt’s former cabinet member 👨‍👦 His son Archie Roosevelt, in uniform 🪖 Major General Leonard Wood, his Rough Rider comrade No other U.S. president had lived such a life of action—and no other would be laid to rest so simply. On that day in 1919, the world said goodbye to more than a president. It said goodbye to a symbol of courage, conservation, and conviction. 🎥 Watch the footage and remember the man who always chose to get in the arena. #OnThisDay #TheodoreRoosevelt #TRPL #TRLegacy #PresidentialHistory #OysterBay #StrenuousLife #AmericanHistory #GetInTheArena #CraftedToEndure
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President Theodore Roosevelt died on this date, 1919.
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🕯️ On This Day: January 6, 1919 “Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.” — Vice President Thomas R. Marshall At approximately 4:15 a.m. on January 6, 1919, Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep at Sagamore Hill, his beloved home in Oyster Bay, New York. He was 60 years old, his life ended by a coronary embolism—but his legacy had already taken root in the American landscape, in both spirit and soil. In the months leading up to his death, Roosevelt’s health had sharply declined. He was still recovering from a severe leg infection and ongoing complications from a 1914 expedition to the Amazon River’s “River of Doubt”—a harrowing journey that had left him forever changed, both physically and emotionally. Yet, even in his final weeks, Roosevelt remained as vigorous in mind as ever. He was writing, corresponding with global leaders, preparing to testify before Congress, and shaping what he hoped would be a new political realignment in post-war America. He had also just submitted an editorial opposing the League of Nations as then conceived. Theodore Roosevelt’s passing marked the end of a life lived in relentless pursuit of purpose: as a rancher in the Badlands, a reformer in New York politics, a Rough Rider, a trust-buster, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and the youngest President in U.S. history. He redefined the presidency—not just as an office, but as a bully pulpit for moral leadership, civic courage, and environmental stewardship. 🌲 He preserved over 230 million acres of public lands. 📜 He gave Americans a modern vision of the federal government as a force for fairness. 💬 And he taught generations to embrace “the strenuous life.” Roosevelt’s death sent shockwaves through the nation. Flags flew at half-staff. Newspapers declared a day of mourning. Yet his story—like the Library being built in his honor—was never meant to be a monument to the past. At the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, we remember January 6 not just as the day Roosevelt died—but as the day his legacy became our responsibility to carry forward. 🎖️ Live courageously. Conserve fiercely. Enter the arena. #OnThisDay #TRPL #TheodoreRoosevelt #SagamoreHill #PresidentialHistory #LegacyOfLeadership #GetInTheArena #TheStrenuousLife #AmericanHistory #ConservationPresident #CraftedToEndure

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Mount Vernon@MountVernon·
#OnThisDay in 1775, the U.S. Marine Corps was formed. 🇺🇸 🫡
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Flag at half staff in honor of the late Vice President Dick Cheney. North Lawn of the White House.
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White House History
White House History@WhiteHouseHstry·
#OTD: 225 years ago today, the White House opened its doors for the first time, welcoming President John Adams and, a few weeks later, First Lady Abigail Adams. Though George Washington chose the site and the architect, he never lived there himself. Read more in @USATodayOpinion from @WHHistoryPres. usatoday.com/story/opinion/… 📸: WHHA
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Statement on New Restriction on Journalists at White House.
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Christopher Miller
Christopher Miller@ChristopherJM·
NEWS: President Trump plans to welcome President Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday, three people familiar with the plans tell me. This comes after two phone calls between the presidents over last weekend during which they discussed Tomahawk missile sales and how to end Russia's war, and as a Ukrainian delegation begins a week of discussions with US counterparts in Washington. @FT
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