Assassination attempt underscores U.S. history of political violence

Do assassinations really change the course of history? Intuition says yes, but historical experience says probably not.
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LONDON, U.K.—Almost everybody who feels obliged to comment about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump last weekend is currently insisting that "violence has no place in American politics," but of course it does. Four United States presidents have been assassinated w...

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