Amber Ruffin is an author and American Comedian who was born in Omaha, Nebraska. The White House annual dinner is well-known for featuring entertainment from comedians like Jay Leno, Bob Hope, Ed Sullivan Jon Stewart,

The White House Correspondents Association canceled comedian Amber Ruffin from performing at its annual dinner because it wants to refocus the event on journalistic excellence. The association's announcement over the weekend made no mention of Ruffin's appearance on a podcast by the Daily Beast last week in which she referred to the Trump administration as “kind of a bunch of murderers.

The White House correspondents’ dinner axed its traditional comedy act this year, canceling comedian Amber Ruffin as host a day after a Trump administration official called her “hate-filled”