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On Thursday evening, more than 1,000 flacks, hacks, and titans of industry gathered for a gala in the glass-ceilinged courtyard of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The black-tie-optional celebration was hosted by Semafor, capping off a week of events for the World Economy Summit, the newsletter company’s attempt to create the “Davos of D.C.” Heading into the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday — which was marked this year by the absence of the president — the atmosphere was notably Trump free in ways both refreshing and telling. “You should have seen the entreaties we made to people in the administration,” one political reporter said about the dinner. “Couldn’t even get random governors to sit at our table.”
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