Laura Ingraham Coverage: Gunshots Interrupt White House Dinner

laura ingraham was among the names tied to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 26, 2026, after gunshots interrupted the Washington Hilton event. Attendees ducked under tables as security moved guests out. Katie Miller, who is pregnant with the fourth Miller child, was seen leading the way when guards collected her and Stephen Miller.

Katie Miller and Stephen Miller

Stephen Miller was at the dinner with Katie Miller, and security guards came to collect them after the gunshots were heard. Miller let Katie lead the way as they were moved out. Online commenters said she looked like his human shield, and Katie Miller called those claims “absurd” and “malicious.”

Cheryl Hines and RFK Jr.

Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. scrambled off on his own, while Cheryl Hines trailed behind him in videos from the event. On Instagram, Hines called it a “crazy moment” and said security had to lift her over chairs because she was in heels and a gown. She said, “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. They took us through all of the back ways, and we got in the car and left.”

Kerry Kennedy and Melania Trump

Kerry Kennedy was at the dinner as a guest of the Boston Globe and was speaking with Rep. Jamie Raskin when the gunshots rang out. Kennedy said Raskin protected her and whispered, “You’re ok, you’re ok, you’re ok.” She also wrote, “A loud bang of gun shots, then “Get down, get down, get down!”” Melania Trump reacted with a shocked face before ducking for cover.

The immediate effect was a rapid exit for guests in the room, with security guiding several named figures through the back ways. The interruption left the dinner’s public moments centered on who moved first, who stayed together, and who got separated as the gunshots rang out.