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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
3 American friends tackle and hogtie gunman aboard European train — BRUSSELS - A gunman opened fire on a packed high-speed train running from Amsterdam to Paris on Friday before being tackled and tied up by three Americans, according to family members and French officials, who said their quick work had foiled a major tragedy.
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
A Shot, a Glimpse of an AK-47, and U.S. Servicemen Pounced on Gunman on Train — PARIS — It was 5:45 p.m., a normal Friday afternoon on the sleek high-speed train that takes high-level European diplomats, businesspeople, tourists and ordinary citizens between Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris.
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Isabelle Fraser / Telegraph:
France train attack: Americans hailed as heroes, gunman ‘had ties to Isil’
France train attack: Americans hailed as heroes, gunman ‘had ties to Isil’
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
2 American Service Members Foil Gunman in Train Attack
2 American Service Members Foil Gunman in Train Attack
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CNN:
First on CNN: Biden meets with Warren in Washington — The meeting between Biden and Warren is the biggest indication yet that he is feeling out influential Democrats about a possible 2016 run — Biden is the leading figure Democrats believe they could turn to if they needed to find an alternative to Hillary Clinton
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Donald Trump, Alabama and the ghost of George Wallace — The South rises for Trump, but only 20,000 of them. — MOBILE, Ala. — It was immigration, not segregation, that brought some 20,000 southerners — far fewer than predicted — out for Donald Trump on Friday night, but the ghost of George Wallace loomed large.
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CNN:
30,000 turn out for Trump's Alabama pep rally — Mobile, Alabama (CNN)Donald Trump brought 30,000 supporters from deep red Alabama to a Friday night pep rally in a football stadium, the latest sign that the Republican front-runner has broad, nationwide strength.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Deez Nuts endorses Sanders in Dem primary — A joke presidential candidate with national buzz is backing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. — Independent presidential candidate Deez Nuts announced he is supporting Sanders' bid for the Democratic nomination.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Clinton team on alert for undercover sting — Hillary Clinton's campaign is on high alert for a possible undercover sting, after several women reportedly tried to bait volunteers into breaking federal election law, according to Time. — One woman apparently asked how she could funnel additional donations …
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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Clinton Campaign On Alert For Undercover Conservative Sting
Clinton Campaign On Alert For Undercover Conservative Sting
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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
The War That Congress Won't Declare — “To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle,” George Orwell wrote in 1946. Here's a corollary: The real scandal in any given system is usually the thing there's no argument about. — We hear a lot of discussion about executive power and the military these days.
Zoya Sheftalovich / Politico:
Google ordered to remove UK search results — U.K. data watchdog orders Google to remove links in right to be forgotten case. — Google must remove nine search results to news stories that contain irrelevant information about a criminal conviction, the U.K. data protection watchdog ruled …
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Perry Chiaramonte / Fox News:
Packing heat in Detroit: Motown residents answer police chief's call to arms — Rick Ector, an NRA-certified firearms instructor and the blogger behind “LegallyArmedinDetroit.com,” says business is booming. (Courtesy of Rick Ector) — Detroit resident Darrell Standberry doesn't navigate streets …
Des Moines Register:
Animal rights activists interrupt Chris Christie speech — Animal rights activists jumped on stage at the Des Moines Register's Political Soapbox, interrupting New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. He took it all in stride, even jokingly thanking the activists for making Iowa feel like New Jersey.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Glenn Beck: Trump is not conservative — Conservative media personality Glenn Beck on Saturday said GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is a false conservative. — Beck added that Trump's rhetoric shows that the outspoken billionaire often deviates from conservativism's traditional principles.
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