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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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David Smith in Washington

Violence and instability have become a feature, not a bug, of US political life

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Donald Trump makes a campaign stop at the Las Vegas Police Protective Association in Nevada on Saturday. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

It has happened again. Another serene and sunny weekend. Another lone suspect wielding a rifle. Another apparent bid to assassinate Donald Trump. And a nation hurtling into uncharted territory 50 days from a presidential election.

On Sunday, Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a man with a rifle near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club in Florida while the Republican candidate was playing. The suspect fled in an SUV and was later apprehended by local law enforcement.

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