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Boston Globe - Politics

Sound of gunfire carries eerie echoes of Reagan's shooting outside the same Washington hotel -- The sound of gunfire at the Washington Hilton Hotel carried echoes of President Ronald Reagan's shooting outside the same hotel more than four decades ago

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Accused White House Correspondents' Dinner attacker is tutor and computer programmer from California -- The suspect, 31, earned a bachelor's degree in 2017 in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

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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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Here's how the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting unfolded

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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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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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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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Armed man storms hotel hosting White House Correspondents Dinner, prompting evacuation of Trump and top US officials

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Here's what we know about security measures at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner

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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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