Top of the Ticker: The White House Correspondents’ Dinner will take place this Saturday, and for the first time in his presidency, President Donald Trump will attend the gala.
The president’s presence at the annual dinner will be heavily scrutinized due to his treatment of the press. The cable news nets will be offering live coverage of this year’s “Nerd Prom,” and this is how they are covering it:
- C-SPAN will provide live, uninterrupted coverage beginning with red carpet arrivals at 6 p.m. ET.
- CNN will have John Berman and Laura Coates anchoring from the network’s Washington bureau beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Sara Sidner will host red carpet coverage, and Berman and Coates will be joined by Van Jones, Scott Jennings, SE Cupp, and Van Lathan.
- Fox News will have Jimmy Failla hosting a special edition of Fox News Saturday Night live from D.C., beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
- MS NOW will have The Weekend: Primetime’s Ayman Mohyeldin, Catherine Rampell, and Elise Jordan on hand with live coverage beginning at 8 p.m. ET, with reporter Julia Jester live from the blue carpet.
- NewsNation’s WHCD coverage will be helmed by Natasha Zouves beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
Prez chats: NBC News Today co-host Jenna Bush Hager recently exclusively interviewed four former U.S. presidents individually, Bill Clinton, her father George Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, at a private event in Philadelphia hosted by the History Channel. The presidents spoke with Hager Bush, sharing what inspired them to run for the nation’s highest office, among other topics. The interviews, which aired on Tuesday’s edition of Today, are part of America’s 250th celebration in July.
Former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are sharing a message of optimism with Americans as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 21, 2026
Podcast deals: Eight podcast series from Fox News Media and Red Seat Ventures will be added to the Fox One streaming service, starting April 20. Hang Out with Sean Hannity, Ruthless, The Riley Gaines Show, Planet Tyrus, Will Cain Country, The Brett Cooper Show, Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels, and The President’s Daily Brief with Mike Baker are joining the streaming service with these additions, according to Reagan Feeney, svp, content strategy and planning, Fox One, offering subscribers “even more compelling voices and perspectives, all in one place.”
Meanwhile, ABC News announced that it is launching two new audio channels on SiriusXM. ABC News Live, a simulcast of ABC News’ live-streaming service, debuted this past Monday on Channel 796, while 20/20 True Crime will soon launch on Channel 794. In addition, two ABC News programs, This Week with George Stephanopoulos and the Start Here Weekend newscast, will soon be available on SiriusXM’s P.O.T.U.S., available on Channel 124.
