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Live updates - Iran president calls on US to end blockade. Follow live updates. Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won't negotiate while the United States imposes a blockade on its ports, according to Iranian media.

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Trump calls for unity and bipartisan healing after another violent incident. But will it last? -- Trump was somberly contemplative and unusually conciliatory after confronting what he saw as a third attempt on his life in less than two years.

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Accused gunman at correspondents' dinner was believed to be targeting top officials, Blanche says -- The 31-year-old suspect is in custody and facing charges.

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Live updates - Here's how the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting unfolded - One officer was shot, but he was protected by a bulletproof vest, President Trump said at a White House press briefing.

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Globe journalists describe chaotic scenes at White House Correspondents Dinner

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Only 13 percent of young people say US on right track: Harvard poll

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Former American journalist talks about what Orbán's ouster in Hungary can tell the US

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A win for one Mike, a loss for another: Here's how a chaotic Mass GOP convention played out in Worcester - After a chaotic nominating convention in Worcester, the Massachusetts Republican party on Saturday nominated Michael Minogue as its endorsed candidate for governor.

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Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoes bill that would have paused new data centers -- Governor Janet Mills said she rejected what would have been the nation's first moratorium on data centers because it failed to exempt a project in a distressed mill town.

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Massachusetts GOP to focus on state issues, not Trump, at weekend convention -- When Massachusetts Republicans gather in Worcester this weekend for their annual nominating convention, the focus will be less on Trump, more on local issues.

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Trump says he called off dispatching envoys to Iran talks. Here's what happened.

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Watch live: Trump holds press conference after evacuation from White House Correspondents' Dinner

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See photos from inside the White House Correspondents Dinner as gunfire erupted

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In California, a voter ID proposal is set to appear on the ballot in November

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US says it's hunting for explosive mines in latest push to open the Strait of Hormuz

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US military strike on alleged drug boat kills 2 in eastern Pacific

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Trump sends envoys Witkoff and Kushner to Pakistan for talks with Iran foreign minister. Here's what happened.

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