The Gridiron Club, an invitation-only organization of fewer than 70 Washington reporters and columnists founded in 1885, exists almost solely to host an annual white-tie dinner attended by Supreme Court justices, Cabinet secretaries, congressional leaders and assorted celebrities. Every U.S. president since 1885 except Grover Cleveland has attended and endured the satirical skits and speeches needling the powerful, including every leader of the free world himself.

The Gridiron evening ...

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