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Alumni of the Real Housewives of New York City<\/em> and cast members of the upcoming E! series The Golden Life <\/em>are slated to attend a White House Correspondents’ Dinner after-party hosted by MS NOW on Saturday, April 25<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The network is hosting its \u201cDemocracy After Hours \u2014 The Underground After Party\u201d in a subterranean former trolley car station in Washington\u2019s Dupont Circle neighborhood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The reality TV stars’ trip to Washington makes them among only a handful of celebrities who plan to attend this weekend’s WHCA events<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Alumni of the Real Housewives of New York City<\/em> are headed to the capital for one of Washington\u2019s biggest weekends.<\/p>\n Luann de Lesseps<\/a>, Dorinda Medley<\/a>, Kelly Bensimon<\/a> and Sonja Morgan<\/a> are set to make an appearance at a White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner after-party hosted by MS NOW on Saturday, April 25, multiple Washington sources tell PEOPLE.<\/p>\n The network is hosting its buzzy new after-party, \u201cDemocracy After Hours \u2014 The Underground After Party,\u201d in a once-abandoned subterranean trolley car station in Washington\u2019s Dupont Circle neighborhood. The WHCA event is MS NOW\u2019s first since splitting from NBCUniversal<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n Sources tell PEOPLE that construction crews have been working since Tuesday to build out the 15,000-square-foot event space.<\/p>\n Luann, Dorinda, Kelly and Sonja, all longtime fixtures of Bravo\u2019s Real Housewives<\/em> franchise, joined the cast of E!\u2019s upcoming docuseries, The Golden Life<\/em><\/a>, earlier this year. The RHONY<\/em> spinoff set in Palm Beach, Fla., is currently in production and slated to premiere later this year.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Their trip to Washington makes them among only a handful of celebrities to attend WHCA events this weekend. Hollywood is largely steering clear of the nation\u2019s capital this year, multiple sources tell PEOPLE, though rapper Nicki Minaj<\/a> will attend the dinner on Saturday as a guest of Fox News.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump<\/a> will also attend the dinner for the first time as president<\/a>, after a nearly decade-long boycott. Trump was the first sitting president in more than 30 years to skip the event<\/a> when he declined an invitation in 2017, his first year in office.<\/p>\n