A California man accused of storming a gala dinner attended by President Donald Trump was to appear in court Monday over a shooting that marked the latest spasm of political violence in deeply divided America.
Administration officials said the suspect in Saturday night's attack aimed to kill Trump and senior officials at the media dinner in a Washington hotel, in the third attempt on the president's life in two years.
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