FILE - Amber Ruffin arrives at the 16th Annual AAFCA Film Awards on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, file)Associated Press – Comic Amber Ruffin is off the bill at the annual White House Correspondents Associati on dinner in Washington. Ruffin, a former talk show host at Peacock, disparaged the Trump administration during an interview last week and said she wouldn’t try to follow the association’s request to make jokes about politicians of all stripes. The president of the correspondents’ association, Eugene Daniels, made no mention of Ruffin’s comments in announcing over the weekend that no comic will appear at the April event. He said he wanted to refocus the dinner on journalistic excellence and mentoring a new generation. The last time a comedian did not perform at the dinner was in 2019. ...read more read less