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Presidents use state visits to show off all that is appealing about American culture. But the shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner has cast a shadow over the visit.
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The pageantry begins today amid heightened security concerns and a growing rift over the Iran war. The U.K. hopes the president's love of pomp and the king's "poker face" can help heal their alliance.
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The state visit of King Charles III comes at a moment of tension over the war in Iran between President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Writer Jeff Sharlet responds to the shooting event at White House correspondents' dinner this weekend. We discuss the motivations of Cole Allen, the man accused of breaching security in an attempt to assassinate members of the Trump administration, as well as gun access in the United States and the growing violence across the political spectrum of what Sharlet calls a "slow civil war."
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As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.
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