Buckingham Palace has confirmed that King Charles III’s state visit to the United States will proceed as planned, following a shooting at a Washington media gala on Saturday.

The palace said the King was “greatly relieved” that President Trump, First Lady Melania, and other guests were unharmed. Charles will become the first British monarch to address Congress since Queen Elizabeth II in 1991. The four-day visit includes stops in Washington and New York.

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Charles and Queen Camilla will have tea with the Trumps and attend a state dinner.
Security teams from Britain and the US are working closely on arrangements.
The visit marks America’s 250th anniversary of independence.
Trump has repeatedly criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over Iran’s war policy.
The King and Queen privately reached out to the Trumps after the shooting.

The state visit will proceed despite transatlantic tensions and the recent security scare.

Sources: Channels TV, Vanguard

Cheryl Hines is detailing the terrifying moment she and husband, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., were rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after apparent gunshots were heard.

“Okay so I just got back from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. That was a crazy moment in time,” Hines said, via her Instagram Stories.

“So we were there, and we heard shots, everybody got under the tables, nobody knew what was going on, and then Bobby’s security detail surrounded us, and took us, had to lift me over chairs, because I’m in heels, and a gown,” she added. “They took us through all of the back ways, and we got in the car and left.”..TAP TO CONTINUE FULL READING.

Cheryl Hines says her security team had to lift her over chairs while evacuating the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Shortly after, Hines gave another update on social media.

“Thank you for everyone reaching out asking if we’re okay, and we are okay. I’m in my pajamas now watching the news break just like you guys, but everybody stay safe.”

Chaos broke out at the event Saturday night when suspected gunman Cole Allen reportedly stormed a security checkpoint and opened fire.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being escorted by security at the White House Correspondents Dinner

Security rapidly escorts Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. out during the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington on April 25, 2026.

President Donald Trump was immediately rushed from the ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Video from inside the event showed attendees taking cover under tables as panic spread through the room.

The moment carried additional weight for several attendees whose lives had already been shaped by political violence, including Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and TPUSA CEO Erika Kirk.

“The people that make the biggest impact, they’re the ones that [shooters] go after,” Trump said late on Saturday evening from a press conference at the White House. “They don’t go after the ones that don’t do much because they like it that way.”

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, was swiftly escorted out of the room on Saturday, an HHS official told Fox News Digital. His family history is closely tied to two tragic assassinations.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cheryl Hines standing together at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cheryl Hines attend the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026.

Trump hailed law enforcement during his press conference from the White House late on Saturday, saying the situation was “incredibly acted upon by Secret Service and law enforcement.”

“[The suspect] had a long way to go. That was really a first line of defense. And they got him. And they really, you know, they acted incredibly,” he continued.

A former United States mayor, Mike Arnold, has told the US Congress that Nigeria is at a crossroads, contrasting the treatment of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu with an Islamic cleric who placed a N1 million bounty on a pastor’s head.

Arnold pointed to the silence of Nigerian authorities after the Imam doubled the bounty to N2 million, daring the DSS to arrest him. He urged the US Congress to demand Kanu’s release and offer asylum protection.

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Arnold described Nigeria’s rising Islamic insurgency as an “Islamic conquest.”
He dismissed the “farmer-herder” narrative framing the violence.
Kanu was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in November 2025.
The Imam doubled his bounty to N2 million in a viral video.
Arnold accused the Sultan of Sokoto of supporting Sharia expansion into southern states.

Arnold warned Nigeria could become either America’s greatest African ally or a “sharia-exporting giant.”

Sources: Daily Post Nigeria