US press dinner shooting casts fresh spotlight on Trump’s security

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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.Hundreds of agents from several law enforcement agencies were tasked with protecting the annual bash, which US President Donald Trump headlined this year.Yet a suspect with a shotgun and other weapons ‌managed to get just a floor above the Washington...