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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: I'm revoking ‘dishonest’ Washington Post's credentials — Donald Trump is rescinding the Washington Post's credentials to cover his campaign events, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said Monday in his latest attack on the press. — “Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage …
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Trump: People Can Figure Out What I Meant By My Comments On Obama And Radical Islam — “I'll let people figure that out for themselves.” — w.soundcloud.com — Donald Trump said people can figure out for themselves what he mean't when he said Monday morning that “there's something going on” …
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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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Clinton: I'll say the words ‘radical Islamism’ — Mayor: 50 dead in Orlando nightclub shooting — (CNN)Hillary Clinton reacted to the Orlando nightclub massacre in an interview Monday, labeling the tragedy a “terrorist attack” that was “at a minimum...inspired” by ISIS.
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Donald Trump Takes Conspiracy Turn After Orlando — Donald Trump waded into the fever swamps on Monday, suggesting in two interviews that President Obama may have a secret agenda that prevents him from combating Islamic terrorists. — The comments added to a long list of conspiracy theories …
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DONALD J. TRUMP ADDRESSES TERRORISM, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY — Thank you for joining me today. — This was going to be a speech on Hillary Clinton and how bad a President, especially in these times of Radical Islamic Terrorism, she would be. — Even her former Secret Service Agent …
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Donald Trump revokes Washington Post press credentials
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Trump attacks Obama: 'He's got something else in mind'
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Donald Trump's foreign policy speech revealed a dangerous mix of ignorance and arrogance
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Speeches: What You Missed
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Clinton: I'm happy to say ‘radical Islamism’
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Hillary Clinton: Those Under FBI Scrutiny 'Shouldn't Be Able to Just Go Buy a Gun'
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In Wake Of Orlando Shooting, Clinton Suggests Broader Terrorist Watch Lists
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Trump's Response to Orlando Is Exactly What ISIS Wants
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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 …


Drag Queen: Anti-Gay Terrorist Omar Mateen Was My Friend — Omar Mateen committed the most horrific act of anti-gay violence on U.S. soil. But there was a time when he had gay friends, a high school classmate says. — FORT PIERCE, Florida — Years before he shot up an Orlando gay club …
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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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On Sky News last night, I realised how far some will go to ignore homophobia
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Gunman Omar Mateen visited gay nightclub a dozen times before shooting, witness says
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Why FBI Flags Didn't Block Gunman's Weapons Purchase
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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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Inside the Orlando Nightclub Massacre, Breaking Down the Three Horrific Hours Inside
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A stranger was bleeding in the parking lot. This man saved his life with a shirt and a bear hug
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Trump was accused of destroying email evidence in lawsuit 10 years ago — In 2006, when a judge ordered Donald Trump's casino operation to hand over several years' worth of emails, the answer surprised him: The Trump Organization routinely erased emails and had no records from 1996 to 2001.
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Qatar convicts Dutch woman held ‘after being raped’ — A court in Qatar has convicted a Dutch woman of having sex outside marriage after she told police she was raped. — The 22-year-old was handed a suspended sentence and fined $824 (£580). She will also be deported.
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Flying High on the Taxpayer Dime: These Three Senators Bust the Budget on Air Travel — Senators Chuck Schumer, Kristen Gillibrand and John Barasso spent more taxpayer money on private charter flights than their colleagues — Sen. Charles Schumer spent $292,000 in public money flying private airplanes last year.

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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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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Thoughts and Prayers: After Orlando, Rightbloggers Defend Guns, Denounce Muslims — The horrific murder of fifty people at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando was a bonanza for rightbloggers. On the one hand, the victims were gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans; on the other, the perpetrator, U.S. citizen Omar Mateen, was Muslim.
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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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