US President Donald Trump avoided the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD) for the second year running.
Until last year, the sitting president attended every event for more than three decades.
Instead, Trump held a campaign rally in Michigan.
Al Jazeera's Diane Eastabrook reports from Washington, DC.
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