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David Lightman, a national correspondent for McClatchy and president of the Gridiron Club, framed President Donald Trump attending next month’s dinner as in keeping with well-worn tradition ...
Founded in 1885, the Gridiron Club is famously bipartisan. Trump has given remarks at the dinner, and in 2019, so did Ivanka Trump, who joked that “being Donald Trump’s daughter” was the ...
Washington’s venerable Gridiron Club is at risk of losing its cachet and needs to drop some of its archaic practices such as refusing to broadcast its famed spring dinner.
No offense intended, says the Obama White House. None taken, say the esteemed leaders of the Gridiron Club. Still, in Washington, a slap does not have to be officially labeled as such for its ...
The Gridiron Club played a video at the dinner showing Mr. Trump’s appearance there in 2018, one year into his first term. It was fascinating to see how self-deprecating and game he had been ...
The Gridiron dinner, like Fight Club, has rules. Rule No. 1: "Singe, don't burn" with your roast-style jokes. Rule No. 2: No photographs, video or tweeting during the ceremony.
President Biden used his appearance at the Gridiron Club Dinner Saturday evening to rib former President Donald Trump and try to turn the tables on the age-old question haunting his reelection.
The president of the Gridiron Club, Craig Gilbert, said the 135-year-old organization asked Joseph diGenova to step down following the attorney’s comments on “The Howie Carr Show. ...
The official line from the Gridiron Club - a society of Washington reporters, columnists, and bureau chiefs - is, "We understand." But some Gridiron veterans make clear they don't understand.
Gov. Gray Davis was spoofed Saturday night as part of the Gridiron Club’s 116th annual bout of musical lampoonery. The dinner features formal attire and wry jokes, plus songs and skits performed ...
Six former high school football standouts, a retired coach and an athletic director will be inducted into the New Haven Gridiron Club Hall of Fame on Sept. 19 at the Cascade Banquet Facility in ...
By contrast, the Gridiron Club’s motto is “singe, but never burn.” But last year, it took the unusual step of asking diGenova – who was then advising Trump regarding his impeachment – to ...