Colin Jost gets emotional as he roasts Biden, the press at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner may be dubbed the inside-the-Beltway "Nerd Prom" in some circles. Still, this year's ceremony,

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which took place Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, was the hottest ticket in the nation's capital

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— perhaps in the entire country — as President Joe Biden and the first lady sat alongside Hollywood elite and

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senior government officials. Were. Actors, Rappers and Rockers.

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They all gathered to champion free speech and capitalize on the president

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and Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost taking on Donald Trump,

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the state of the media and a common theme of the night, the age of the commander-in-chief.

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