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Trump unharmed after shooting incident at White House correspondents’ dinner

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside a high-profile journalists’ dinner attended by President Donald Trump and multiple senior U.S. leaders on Saturday night, rushing toward the ballroom before Secret Service agents swarmed him and took him into custody. The president was uninjured and was hustled away. Guests went diving under tables as the scene unfolded and some reported hearing shots outside the vast subterranean ballroom in the Washington Hilton where the event was being held. One law enforcement official said a gunman had opened fire. A law enforcement officer was shot in

Republicans retool midterm strategy: Trump’s policies, but less Trump

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) – With U.S. gas prices up, President Donald Trump’s approval ratings down and the Iran war dragging on, Republicans are recalibrating their blueprint ahead of November’s midterm elections. The strategy? Seek to tap Trump’s ​turnout power without making the races a referendum on an increasingly unpopular president. In a closed-door meeting this week with top conservative campaign officials, Trump’s political advisers – including White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, ‌political chief James Blair and longtime pollster Tony Fabrizio – outlined a plan for candidates to promote Republicans’ tax cuts and inflation-fighting policies, according to four people familiar with

Iran’s foreign minister arrives in Pakistan, Trump expects offer satisfying US demands

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday to discuss proposals ​for restarting peace talks with the U.S., offering some hope for an end to the eight-week war that has killed thousands and sown turmoil in global markets. U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday that Iran ‌plans to make an offer aimed at satisfying U.S. demands, but said he did not yet know what the offer entailed. When asked who the U.S. was negotiating with, Trump said: “I don’t want to say that, but we’re dealing with the people that are in

Iran war leaves seafarers stranded in the Gulf

NEW DELHI, April 24 (Reuters) – Ankit Yadav, a seafarer from India, has been stuck on a boat at an ​inland Iranian port for about 2-1/2 weeks, surviving with his three fellow mariners on limited rations of tomatoes ‌and potatoes. He is one among thousands of seafarers from India and other nations who are stranded in and around the Strait of Hormuz, as the war in Iran disrupts trade along one of the world’s busiest ship routes. Ankit, who is in his early 30s, was on a small vessel carrying steel ​and plying between Iran, Kuwait and Oman. He said

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