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Trump news at a glance: Law enforcement reportedly reassessing security arrangements after press dinner shooting

Members of the US Secret Service block off a street outside of the Washington Hilton after the White House Correspondents Association Dinner was postponed.
Members of the US Secret Service block off a street outside of the Washington Hilton after the White House Correspondents Association Dinner was postponed. Photograph: Al Drago/Getty Images

US law enforcement officials are reportedly reassessing security arrangements after a gunman opened fire near the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, raising questions about how he was able to get so close to an event attended by president Donald Trump, cabinet members and lawmakers.

Former Secret Service agents and senior US officials told the Reuters news agency that federal agents appeared to carry out their plan to protect the president effectively on Saturday night, stopping the alleged gunman before he reached the basement level of the Washington Hilton, where Trump was set to speak.

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