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Trump abruptly escorted from briefing after shooting near WH

by Associated Press
| August 11, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon. He returned minutes later, saying there had been a “shooting” outside the White House that was “under control.”

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