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Associated Press:
Gunman at Trump dinner was believed to have been targeting administration officials, Blanche says — The gunman who tried to breach the ballroom at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is believed to have been targeting members of the Trump administration, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday,.
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New York Times:
Running Gunman Was Tackled by Law Enforcement Near Security Checkpoint — The gunman did not make it inside the hotel ballroom where President Trump, top officials and hundreds of journalists had gathered for dinner. — Just minutes after the White House Correspondents' Association dinner began …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Close watch on how Trump and journalists will get along at White House correspondents' dinner — Donald Trump's expected attendance at Saturday's annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington for his first time as president will put his administration's often-contentious relationship …
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Reuters:
Trump's security again faces scrutiny after press dinner shooting — The shooting on Saturday night of a Secret Service agent at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner raises questions yet again about the protection afforded to America's political leaders at a time of increased political violence.
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Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Trump evacuated from White House correspondents' dinner after loud noises heard — President Donald Trump and other guests were evacuated from inside the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday evening. Guests said there were several loud noises heard inside the ballroom …
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New York Times:
D.C. media parties go on, despite news of gunfire. — President Trump was rushed from the stage of a dinner hosted by the White House reporters' association. Trump said a Secret Service agent was shot at but “saved” by his bulletproof vest. The F.B.I. said a suspect was in custody.
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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Trump, allies use dinner shooting to press case for White House ballroom — A White House ballroom would be far more secure than any hotel facility, Trump says — President Donald Trump said Saturday night that the shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner hours earlier highlighted …
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New York Times:
World leaders condemn violence after gunfire at the White House correspondents' dinner. — President Trump was unharmed after being rushed from the stage at the White House correspondents' dinner. A gunman exchanged fire with authorities but did not reach the ballroom, and a suspect was in custody.
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Washington Post:
Officials identify suspect in White House correspondents' dinner shooting
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David Strom / HotAir:
SHOTS FIRED: Trump and Team Evacuated from White House Correspondents' Dinner.
SHOTS FIRED: Trump and Team Evacuated from White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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Curtis Yee / Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump unharmed after shooting incident outside the White House correspondents' dinner
Live updates: Trump unharmed after shooting incident outside the White House correspondents' dinner
Politico:
Trump safe after evacuation following shooting at White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
Trump safe after evacuation following shooting at White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
Jin Yu Young / New York Times:
What We Know About the Shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
What We Know About the Shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump ousts National Science Board members — Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their positions were being terminated. — Summary — Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established …
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Zusha Elinson / Wall Street Journal:
Caltech Grad, ‘Teacher of the Month’ Named as Washington Shooting Suspect — 'I'm in shock,' says former classmate of Cole Allen, who is in custody after attack outside White House correspondents' dinner — The 31-year-old suspect in the shooting outside the White House Correspondents' Association dinner …
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Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
I Slept Next Door to the Assassin in Hilton Room 10235. This Is a Security Fiasco — NIGHT TERRORS — The Daily Beast's Executive Editor witnessed a jaw-dropping security breach. And then it got worse. — EXCLUSIVE — After the shots rang out. After someone shouted, “Get down!”
Emma Dunkley / Financial Times:
The long history of violent incidents involving Donald Trump — Gunshots fired at White House Correspondents' Dinner were just the latest in a series of threats — Donald Trump was rushed offstage at the White House Correspondents' dinner on Saturday after gunshots were fired.
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
The Trump Administration Has Changed Almost Every Aspect of Food Stamps … Ir … President Trump and his top officials have cast a sharp decrease in the number of food stamp recipients over the past year as evidence of economic progress and increasing self-sufficiency.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Gen Z isn't a monolith — and the data shows it — Gen Z isn't one generation: Research suggests it's two, split by the pandemic, and the younger half won't sit still. … Politicians and institutions treating them as a monolith risk misreading the country's young people.
Mike Brock / Notes from the Circus:
The Most Articulate Apologist — Ben Shapiro went on ' podcast this week and gave the most clarifying interview I have read in a year. Not clarifying about Donald Trump, who has been clarified for some time. Clarifying about Ben Shapiro, and about the specific kind of figure that has been keeping …
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Politico:
Talarico needs Crockett's Black voters. They aren't all convinced. … “Come and make the ask. Come and try to earn the vote,” said Alan Williams, a Crockett voter and Friendship-West congregant. “I think he thinks our vote is just a default and he doesn't have to earn it.”
Politico:
The MAHA revolt threatening the farm bill … The biggest source of conflict is over a provision that would shield pesticide makers — a powerful lobbying force with agriculture state Republicans — from lawsuits. It comes as the Trump administration has also moved to protect access …
New York Times:
AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance — A once-robust H.I.V. treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble. — Saulo Kasekela died of AIDS on March 7, in a small town called Mpongwe in the copper belt of northern Zambia.
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance is escorted out by Secret Service... Stock Footage Video — U.S. Vice President JD Vance is escorted out by Secret Service followed by agents surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump after an incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner...
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Haider Ali Hussein Mullick / New York Times:
We Will Be Paying for the Iran War for a Very Long Time — America's spending on the war in Iran will far outlast active combat. The U.S. government has already made contracts and other commitments to repair damaged bases, field counter-drone platforms, feed and shelter thousands of troops and replenish munitions.
Sophie Hurwitz / Mother Jones:
The Truth About the Trump Plan to Bring Back Execution by Firing Squad — A veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration's “brutality trip.” — The US Department of Justice announced Friday that it plans to revive the firing squad as a method of killing in federal capital cases.
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel's President, Putting Off Decision on Pardon for Netanyahu, Will Push for Plea Deal — President Isaac Herzog of Israel has decided not to issue a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption case at this time, and instead will seek mediation, officials say.
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