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The United States has recorded a number of high-profile killings of elected and appointed officials since 2000, with varying motives and classifications.
Across U.S. history the most certain, consistently reported figures are that four sitting U.S. presidents have been assassinated while in office and — separately — 14 members of the U.S. Congress have...
A line of —from 19th‑century presidents to civil‑rights leaders to recent high‑profile murders—has often yielded a named, legally identified perpetrator; those actors variously cited personal grievanc...