Correspondents' Dinner
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Correspondents' Dinner looms as Josh's joke target—high-wire satire platform where Speaker prenup barbs were to land under media glare—but FLOTUS no-show risks inferno, curbing humor and spotlighting her Manchester retreat amid MS-fueled familial discord.
Via speech material and anticipated attendance optics.
Institutional spotlight challenging White House image control.
Exposes executive family strains to public scrutiny.
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