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Justice Department asks court to resume ballroom construction after White House shooting
A gunman who opened fire near the White House Saturday night died after Secret Service officers shot him. The big picture: The incident, which happened while President Trump was at the White House, comes four weeks after another gunman allegedly attempted to assassinate him at the White House Corre...
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What happenedIn the aftermath of a shooting near the White House, the Trump administration has asked a court to permit construction on the new ballroom.
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftWhite House shooting: Gunman dead after firing Saturday night
Axios · Center-left · News report
CenterJustice Department asks court to resume ballroom construction after White House shooting
UPI · Center · Wire story
Right / center-rightSuspect in White House Shooting Was Known to Secret Service, Had Active Warrant from Previous Incident
White House shooting: Gunman dead after firing Saturday night
A gunman who opened fire near the White House Saturday night died after Secret Service officers shot him. The big picture: The incident, which happened while President Trump was at the Whit...
Suspect in White House Shooting Was Known to Secret Service, Had Active Warrant from Previous Incident
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The gunman who fired on Secret Service agents Saturday had a history with White House security and had been warned to stay away last July. President Donald Trump said on […]
DOJ invokes White House shooting in appeal to continue ballroom construction
The Justice Department is invoking the shooting outside the White House over the weekend as to why redevelopment of the East Wing, including construction of a planned ballroom, should go fo...
After Saturday's White House shooting incident, Blanche pushes for Trump's ballroom to go forward
Blanche wrote in a court filing on Sunday that Saturday’s incident “underscores the critical need for top level, state of the art security at the White House, including the Ballroom.”
Gunman killed after shooting at White House checkpoint
The Secret Service said in a preliminary statement posted on X that the person in the area of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue “pulled a weapon from his bag" shortly after 6 p.m. ET and...
Score hidden until the match is cleanerNeeds review confidence12 sources · 3 bias bucketsNeeds review · outlier detectedFormats: News report, Wire story
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May 23, 11:29 PM: LifeSiteNews joined the source map.
May 24, 1:07 AM: The American Conservative joined the source map.
May 24, 2:19 AM: NJ1015.com joined the source map.
May 24, 1:34 PM: Axios joined the source map.
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