An election-year roast of President Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday butted up against growing public discord over the Israel-Hamas war, with protests outside the event condemning both Mr. Biden's handling of the conflict and the Western news' media coverage of it.
Internally displaced people from Myanmar take aid supplies from Thailand across the border in Mae Sot, Thailand, April 24, 2024. (Tommy Walker/VOA) Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara visits the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot, Thailand, on April 23, 2024. (Tommy Walker/VOA) Members of the Thai military monitor the border in Mae Sot, Thailand, on April 24, 2024, after fighting erupted in nearby Myawaddy, Myanmar. (Tommy Walker/VOA) The halls of Mae Tao clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand, overflow with patients who have been injured from the conflict in Myanmar, April 26, 2024. (Tommy Walker/VOA)
President Joe Biden is set to deliver an election-year roast before a large crowd of journalists, celebrities and politicians.