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Trump condemns violence, slams press at White House Correspondents' Dinner
President Trump addressed the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, condemning political violence that led to its postponement and criticizing the press and prominent Democrats. He made jokes about journalists wearing bulletproof vests and attacked reporters like CNN's Kaitlin Collins and Jake Tapper, while referencing a shooting incident that injured a Secret Service agent and prompted the event's initial cancellation.
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