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- The US Secret Service is ramping up security for a rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner, to be held at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, after an April shooting at the original event at the Washington Hilton.
- The agency says threat levels are the highest in its director's 24-year career, with about 10,000 threat cases opened this year and protective-intelligence cases up roughly 40%.
- A California man, Cole Tomas Allen, has been charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump after firing a shotgun near the ballroom before agents intervened.
- Officials cite domestic volatility, Iranian threats against Trump, and drones as key concerns, though they declined to detail the new measures being put in place.
What to watch next
- Details of the enhanced security measures for the rescheduled dinner, which the Secret Service declined to disclose
- Developments in the case against Cole Tomas Allen, charged with attempting to assassinate Trump
- Whether the White House decides to make its security fencing permanent
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