Among the outlets sending journalists to participate in the trips are The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Public Radio (NPR), CNN, Reuters, POLITICO, and more.
Reports about celebrities arriving at the event in numbers also raised questions about an earlier promise by Obama's spokesperson that it will be attended only by relatives and close friends due to the raging Delta strain of COVID-19.
Families of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks do not want President Joe Biden to use this year’s events as a photo op unless he keeps his promise to pull back the curtain hiding Saudi Arabia’s possible role in the tragedy.
The New York Post reports that an executive assistant who accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of groping her has filed a criminal complaint, leading one Sheriff to suggest it could lead to an arrest.