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Donald Trump seems to connect President Obama to Orlando shooting — Donald Trump seemed to repeatedly accuse President Obama on Monday of identifying with radicalized Muslims who have carried out terrorist attacks in the United States and being complicit in the mass shooting at a gay nightclub …
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Trump: Orlando Shooter Was Only Here Because Of Our Immigration System — Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump said Monday that the man suspected of opening fire on an LGBT nightclub Sunday in Orlando, Florida and killing 49 people was only able to do so because of the nation's “immigration system.”
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Trump attacks Obama: 'He's got something else in mind' — Donald Trump stepped up his criticism of President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday, pointedly questioning Obama's lack of willingness to call the act “radical Islamic terrorism” …
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Clinton breaks from Obama, calls Orlando attack ‘radical Islamism’ — Hillary Clinton on Monday broke from President Barack Obama in referring to the terrorist attack as “radical Islamism,” countering Donald Trump's accusations that both she and Obama are weak on tackling terrorist threats.


Clinton: I'm happy to say ‘radical Islamism’
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Clinton: I'll say the words ‘radical Islamism’
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Senator Marco Rubio On The Orlando Terrorist Attack And Radical Islam's Reach Into America
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DONALD J. TRUMP ADDRESSES TERRORISM, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
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Trump's Response to Orlando Is Exactly What ISIS Wants
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Hillary Clinton: Those Under FBI Scrutiny 'Shouldn't Be Able to Just Go Buy a Gun'
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Trump: Clinton, Obama protecting terrorists to be ‘politically correct’
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In Wake Of Orlando Shooting, Clinton Suggests Broader Terrorist Watch Lists
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'It's absolute war!' …
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Orlando gunman's father posts new video message — The Orland gay club gunman's father has well-known anti-American views and is an ideological supporter of the Afghan Taliban. A new message posted by the father on Facebook early Monday morning also makes it clear he could have passed anti-homosexual views onto his son.
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Orlando Gunman Was ‘Cool and Calm’ After Massacre, Police Say — ORLANDO, Fla. — The gunman who went on a shooting rampage in a popular gay nightclub here shot nearly all of his victims in the first stages of the assault, then was utterly “cool and calm” while he talked by phone …


Shooter Omar Mateen's father says he's saddened by massacre, calls gunman ‘a good son’ — KABUL — The father of the Orlando nightclub gunman insists that his son was not motivated by Islamist radical ideology, describing the 29-year-old as a “a good son” who did not appear agitated or angry …
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The Daily 202: Trump refuses to modulate after Orlando massacre, raising GOP concerns about his temperament — THE BIG IDEA: The wee hours of Sunday morning brought the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11 and the deadliest mass shooting in this nation's history. — What happened?
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Orlando Nightclub Gunman Scouted Walt Disney World as Potential Target: Source — The gunman behind the Orlando nightclub shootings, the deadliest mass shooting in American history, recently scouted Walt Disney World as a potential target, a federal law enforcement source tells PEOPLE.
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Former co-worker says Orlando gunman was ‘unhinged and unstable’, went on racist, misogynistic rants — The gunman who killed at least 50 people at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday was described by a former colleague as an “unhinged and unstable” person who repeatedly made racist, misogynist and homophobic remarks.
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Report: Orlando Nightclub Shooter Cased Other Gay Clubs
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Omar Mateen bought guns used in Orlando gay club massacre from Florida store owned by retired NYPD officer
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Why FBI Flags Didn't Block Gunman's Weapons Purchase
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After the Pulse Club Massacre, It's Time for Gays to Come Home to Republican Party
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Please Don't Stop the Music
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The Left Chose Islam Over Gays. Now 100 People Are Dead Or Maimed In Orlando
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Trump ally: Clinton aide could be ‘terrorist agent’ — In the wake of Sunday's deadly terrorist shooting in Orlando, Donald Trump's longtime friend and informal adviser wants the presumptive Republican nominee to hit Hillary Clinton even harder, suggesting the former secretary …
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Chic gal pal? Mild mannered politician's wife? …
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NRA's fight to stop assault weapons ban enables killers behind shootings at Orlando nightclub, Newtown, and San Bernardino to use AR-15 rifle — His killing machine of choice was a mass murderer's best friend — and his enabler a gun lobby that has long opposed efforts to keep assault weapons out of the hands of bloodthirsty maniacs.
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Occupied Territory — The Republican élite struggles over whether to resist Trump or capitulate. — Last month, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, and Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, met at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee, two blocks from the Capitol.
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Selling Trump In Park City — Scaramucci at the real Davos earlier this year. — The toughest guy in Park City this weekend was Anthony Scaramucci, a top Donald Trump fundraiser and his emissary to the anti-Trump resistance. — The compact hedge fund manager, well-cut blue suit …
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Puerto Rico Debt Law Nixed by Court, Leaving Congress in Charge — U.S. Supreme Court rejects island's Recovery Act in 5-2 vote — Puerto Rican bonds gain but investors still see more defaults — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Puerto Rico's bid to let its public utilities restructure bonds …
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Dem Lawmaker Said He Will Protest Moment Of Silence On House Floor — WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic congressman frustrated with inaction on gun control said Monday he's done with the moments of silence typically held on the House floor after mass shootings, calling them “obnoxious expressions of smug incompetence.”
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