Week Ahead in Washington: April 26

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting Saturday night is set to make his first court appearance Monday.

Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, Calif., is set to appear in federal court in Washington. He is accused of attempting to rush a security checkpoint with a shotgun, handgun and multiple knives.

Congress faces a Thursday deadline to extend a key section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on the law’s future.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act regulates how the U.S. government collects foreign intelligence. A key section of the law is set to lapse April 30 after the original expiration date was pushed back 10 days.

Some lawmakers are hoping for a clean extension, while others see this as an opportunity to implement change. Specifically, politicians on both sides are concerned with how the law handles gathering massive amounts of information without a warrant.

The first step toward any extension would come Monday, when the House Rules Committee meets.

Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to appear before the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday. He is being called to discuss the Pentagon’s annual budget request, but the hearing will also mark the first time lawmakers will be able to publicly question Hegseth since the war in Iran began.

The U.K.’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla are making their first state visit to the U.S. as monarchs. Their visit will include stops in Washington, New York City and Virginia.