A suspected gunman targeted the White House Correspondents' Dinner, identified as Cole Allen, a 31-year-old teacher and engineer from California; President Trump praised law enforcement but blamed Democrats for political violence, while Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in
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