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What Trump wants out of the Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

A ballroom and Jimmy Kimmel’s firing.

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here.

Welcome to The Logoff: Hi, readers. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump was the target of a third high-profile assassination attempt at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He was unharmed, as were the other attendees. One Secret Service agent was shot but not badly injured, thanks to a bulletproof vest.

We’re likely to learn more about the shooter, who was arraigned in DC today, in the coming days. But the White House is coming out........

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