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By Will Weissert WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Federal law enforcement officials are evaluating how to proceed with some high-profile public events featuring President Donald Trump after the attack at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. It\u2019s the third time in less than two years that a gunman has come uncomfortably close to Trump, renewing the central tension over how to accommodate the public-facing demands of the president’s office while minimizing the risk of an attack. Saturday\u2019s episode, in which a man armed with guns and knives tried to storm the Washington hotel ballroomwhere the president was set to address the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association, comes ahead of Trump\u2019s expected participation in a stretch of large, high-profile events indoors and outdoors in the months ahead. Among them, he\u2019s set to mark the nation\u2019s… <\/p>\n

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By Will Weissert WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Federal law enforcement officials are evaluating how to proceed with some high-profile public events featuring President Donald Trump after the attack at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner. It\u2019s the third time in less than two years that a gunman has come uncomfortably close to Trump, renewing the central tension over how to accommodate the public-facing demands of the president’s office while minimizing the risk of an attack. Saturday\u2019s episode, in which a man armed with guns and knives tried to storm the Washington hotel ballroomwhere the president was set to address the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association, comes ahead of Trump\u2019s expected participation in a stretch of large, high-profile events indoors and outdoors in the months ahead. Among them, he\u2019s set to mark the nation\u2019s... <\/p>\n

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