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Garland Shooting Suspect Elton Simpson's Father: ‘My Son Made a Bad Choice’ … The father of one of the suspected gunman in the Garland, Texas shooting told ABC News today that his son “made a bad choice.” — “We are Americans and we believe in America,” Dunston Simpson said.
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New York Times:
Two Gunmen Killed at Anti-Islam Exhibit Are Identified — GARLAND, Tex. — Law enforcement officials on Monday identified two men who were killed Sunday after they opened fire at an event where people were invited to present cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
ABC News:
Official: One of Texas Shooting Suspects ID's … One of the suspects in the shooting in Garland, Texas, late Sunday has been identified as Elton Simpson, an Arizona man who was previously the subject of a terror investigation, according to a senior FBI official.
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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Outside Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, 2 gunmen are killed and guard is shot — Two gunmen were killed and a security guard wounded in an attack Sunday outside a controversial Dallas-area event where organizers were holding a contest for cartoons featuring the Muslim prophet Muhammad, police said.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker knocks Hillary Clinton over Texas shooting — Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) criticized Hillary Clinton for her recent comments on criminal justice reform in light of the Sunday night shooting at a Texas event holding a contest to draw the Prophet Mohammed.
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Daily Mail:
Pamela Geller, co-founder and President of Stop Islamization of America, also spoke just before …
Pamela Geller, co-founder and President of Stop Islamization of America, also spoke just before …
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Two gunmen killed at site of Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas
Two gunmen killed at site of Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas
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Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
The Definitive H&H Carly Fiorina Scouting Report — What she's got: High-level executive and management experience from her tenure as head honcho of Hewlett-Packard; private-sector bona fides bolstering her economic message; compelling secretary-to-CEO professional biography …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Carly Fiorina Announces Presidential Campaign With a Jab at Hillary Clinton: “She clearly is not trustworthy,
Carly Fiorina Announces Presidential Campaign With a Jab at Hillary Clinton: “She clearly is not trustworthy,
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David Lerman / Bloomberg Business:
State Department Says No Evidence Donations Influenced Hillary Clinton
State Department Says No Evidence Donations Influenced Hillary Clinton
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Yahoo Politics:
A look back at Carly Fiorina: 2016 Republican presidential candidate
A look back at Carly Fiorina: 2016 Republican presidential candidate
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Carly Fiorina: ‘Yes, I am running for president’
Carly Fiorina: ‘Yes, I am running for president’
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Carly Fiorina announces presidential bid
Carly Fiorina announces presidential bid
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Pamela Geller Battles CNN Host over Garland Shooting: Why Is Media ‘Targeting’ Us? — Hours after a shooting at a Muhammad cartoon event Garland, Texas that left the two gunmen dead, the event's sponsor and American Freedom Defense Initiative president Pamela Geller battled CNN's Alisyn Camerota …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
A Fox News Contributor On Being Gay, The GOP, And Religious Liberty — WASHINGTON — Guy Benson — the baby-faced, fast-talking Fox News contributor who is the political editor at Townhall.com — has something to say. — “Guy here,” he writes in his forthcoming book. “So, I'm gay.”
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Cynthia McFadden / NBC News:
Bill Clinton Defends His Foundation's Foreign Money — Bill Clinton says he has no regrets about taking millions in foreign cash for his foundation — even though the donations have caused a political headache for Hillary Clinton as she tries to follow him into the Oval Office.
Yahoo Politics:
The Ben Carson Campaign Website: A Review — Late Sunday evening, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson went on a local Ohio television station to let the world know that he's seeking the Republican nomination for president. Whether the world was listening is a whole different story.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa toe dips leave everyone poised to dive into race
Iowa toe dips leave everyone poised to dive into race
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New York Times:
Dean Skelos, New York Senate Leader, and Son Are Arrested on Corruption Charges — Dean G. Skelos, the leader of the New York State Senate, and his son were arrested on Monday morning by federal authorities on corruption charges, officials said. — Mr. Skelos, 67, and his son, Adam B. Skelos …
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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
New York Senate leader Skelos, son charged with corruption
Annie Leibovitz / Vanity Fair:
Star Wars Cover: J.J. Abrams Reveals His Idea to Kill Jar Jar Binks — Go behind the scenes of the year's most anticipated movie with Vanity Fair contributing editor Bruce Handy. — For some Star Wars fans, there's no May the Fourth news finer than this: director J. J. Abrams revealed …
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Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Romney Hits Back At Hillary: 'We Don't Have Mass Incarceration In America' — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — Days after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton laid out proposals for criminal justice reform at Columbia University, former Republican candidate …
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Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
City Life — Somewhere between the ball game played to an empty stadium and the arrest of six police officers on charges including manslaughter and murder, somewhere around the time that a leaked document suggested that a man who suffered a catastrophic spinal injury while in police custody …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Split Along Racial Lines on Backlash Against Police, Poll Finds
U.S. Split Along Racial Lines on Backlash Against Police, Poll Finds
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Jeff Clements / The Hill:
Citizens United: The view from the ivory tower has a blind spot — Millions of Americans across the political spectrum are working for a Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and end the corruption of overwhelming, unlimited money of an elite few in our elections.
Stephanie Armour / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Emergency-Room Visits Keep Climbing — People on Medicaid turn to hospital care when doctor access is limited, new survey suggests — Emergency-room visits continued to climb in the second year of the Affordable Care Act, contradicting the law's supporters who had predicted a decline …
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Vindu Goel / New York Times:
Dave Goldberg, Silicon Valley Executive, Said to Have Died After Exercising — SAN FRANCISCO — The death of Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and husband of Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, occurred Friday night after he collapsed at the gym at a private resort in Mexico, a person close to the family said on Monday.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Race, Class and Neglect — Every time you're tempted to say that America is moving forward on race — that prejudice is no longer as important as it used to be — along comes an atrocity to puncture your complacency. Almost everyone realizes, I hope, that the Freddie Gray affair …
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