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Shots rang out, pandemonium erupted: how the White House press dinner shooting unfolded
- Smiles turned to shock and fear, Trump dived to the ground and guests ducked under tables after loud bangs were heard D onald and Melania Trump appeared in good spirits as they settled in on the high table at the White House correspondents' dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night, despite the event already being steeped in controversy over the US president being invited when he frequently makes aggressive verbal ...

Source: theguardian.com
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Tillis says he's ready to move ahead with confirming Warsh as Trump's pick as Fed chair
- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican senator who had effectively blocked confirmation of President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve said Sunday he was dropping his opposition after the Department of Justice ended its investigation of the current central bank chair . The announcement by Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina removes a big hurdle to Trump's effort to install Kevin Warsh , a former ...

Source: apnews.com
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Palestinian authorities call local elections in a Gaza community and the West Bank a success
- – Palestinian authorities said Sunday that in a single community and the The Palestinian Authority, which administers semiautonomous areas of the West Bank but is left out of the for Gaza, has described Saturday's local election in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah as a largely symbolic pilot while the authority seeks to politically link the territories. It was the first election in part of Hamas-run Gaza in more ...

Source: news4jax.com
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Trump Calls for Unity and Bipartisan Healing After Another Violent Incident. But Will it Last?
- WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was somberly contemplative and unusually conciliatory after confronting what he saw as a third attempt on his life in less than two years. He suggested that his personal politics had made him a repeated target, but he also called for unity and bipartisan healing in an increasingly violent world. "It's always shocking when something like this happens. Happened to me, a ...

Source: military.com