Secret Service shoots man with gun outside White House

Law enforcement officers stand on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 20, 2016, after the White House was placed on lockdown for a shooting nearby. A U.S. Secret Service officer shot a man with a gun who approached a checkpoint outside the White House on Friday afternoon and refused to drop his weapon, the Secret Service said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Security breached: Intruder gets into White House

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A Secret Service police officer holds a weapon as he stands near an entrance to the White House complex during an evacuation minutes after President Barack Obama departed Washington for Camp David aboard Marine One on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. A Secret Service agent at the scene says someone jumped the fence surrounding the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Senate passes bill to ban discrimination against gay workers

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) (L-R), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) celebrate with supporters after a vote to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation to ban workplace discrimination against gays, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington November 7, 2013. REUTERS-Jonathan Ernst

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) (L-R), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) celebrate with supporters after a vote to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), legislation to ban workplace discrimination against gays, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington November 7, 2013. REUTERS-Jonathan Ernst

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