‘Let’s try this again’: rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is under way – US politics live

The Guardian reports that President Trump has taken the stage in Washington for the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner, three months after the original event was cut short by gunfire. The same live coverage notes that Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal are set to visit a federal building in Minneapolis for a congressional oversight trip. It marks the site of protests earlier this year against an immigration crackdown across Minnesota, which the Guardian says led to the fatal shootings of two American citizens by federal immigration agents.

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