Sign up HERE to our DC Insider newsletter – your guide to what's rocking Washington, rattling the White House and setting tongues wagging on the Hill See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy NICK ALLEN, US NEWS EDITOR (POLITICS) Published: 00:57 BST, 2 July 2026 | Updated: 00:58 BST, 2 July 2026

It's eight years since Stormy Daniels became a household name, going on to give evidence at President Trump's hush money trial.Now, the former porn queen has re-emerged in Washington DC with a surprising new job – as a stand-up comedienne.Daniels, 47, performed her routine less than a mile from the White House.Five minutes before curtain up, a motorcade of SUVs with blacked-out windows and motorcycle outriders blared past the front door of the venue.Had President Trump come to heckle, the audience wondered? Sadly, no. But did Stormy bring the house down?To see her now and for a review of the wild show, sign up to our free weekly DC Insider newsletter.DC Insider is your sharp, witty and well-connected guide to the people, plots and power plays shaping the capital.Delivered to your inbox every Thursday afternoon, it's packed full of exclusive reporting, insider gossip, behind-the-scenes color and the stories everyone in politics is really talking about.Want more of the Daily Mail's unrivaled US political journalism straight from our very best Washington correspondents and investigative writers? SIGN UP HERE. Stormy Daniels' comedy tour brought her to a venue close to the White House