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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will return to the stage Friday to deliver remarks at the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner, nearly three months after an armed suspect stormed the event in an alleged assassination attempt against him.
The White House exclusively confirmed to Fox News Digital the lineup of administration officials expected to attend the dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C.
While much of Trump’s Cabinet will attend, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not be there. A White House spokesperson told Fox News Digital their absences are due to prior commitments.
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Security rapidly escort Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. out during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) (Tom Brenner/AP)
Here’s the lineup:
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche
- FBI Director Kash Patel
- Education Secretary Linda McMahon
- Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler
- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum
- Energy Secretary Chris Wright
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling
- NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
- U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer
- Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll
- Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 25: White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino jumps over a chair after an incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The banquet will be held at the Waldorf Astoria while the annual dinner has historically been held at the Washington Hilton. Chaos, however, broke out at this year’s banquet when an armed suspect stormed the event in what authorities say was an attempt to assassinate the president.
Weijia Jiang, President of The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), said the event will be a “more intimate gathering” when the new date was announced in June.
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President Donald Trump salutes during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Jiang announced the rescheduled date was decided by the White House Correspondents’ Association board in an email to association members, sharing the rescheduled event will be a more “intimate gathering.”
“This dinner will not only be an opportunity to carry out our program. It will be a statement that violence has no place in American life and a free press will not be intimidated into silence. As you have all demonstrated, courage and community can and should rise above,” Jiang added.
