President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted a White House state dinner honouring Chinese President Xi Jinping, attended by prominent technology, media and business figures. The gathering highlighted the close relationship between political power and corporate leadership, while CNN journalists were reportedly denied access despite a judge reinstating their White House press passes.

The guest list included Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Apple’s Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison also attended shortly after his company reached a settlement linked to its proposed Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, amid reports he might seek Musk’s investment; Fox News hosts Jesse Watters, Laura Ingraham and Bret Baier were also present.