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Clinton Has 12-Point Edge Over Trump in Bloomberg National Poll — Democrat Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over Republican Donald Trump, whose negatives remain unusually high for a presidential candidate amid early indications that the Orlando terrorist attack has had little direct impact on the 2016 race.
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Top Republicans join Obama in condemning Trump's words — Top Republicans joined with President Obama and other Democrats Tuesday in sharply condemning Donald Trump's reaction to the nightclub massacre in Orlando, decrying his anti-Muslim rhetoric and his questioning of Obama's allegiances …
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Hill Republicans despondent over Trump — Senate Republicans have tried to work with Donald Trump. They've offered gentle advice and firm guidance, hoping he'll morph into a general election candidate who won't kill their chances of keeping the Senate, or better yet, will give Hillary Clinton a run for her money.
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Trump responds: Obama was more angry at me than at shooter — Donald Trump responded to President Barack Obama's criticism of his rhetoric on Islam and terrorism on Tuesday night, accusing the president of directing his anger at him rather than at the perpetrator of Sunday's mass shooting in Florida.
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Trump gains slightly on Clinton after Florida attack: Reuters/Ipsos poll — Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race has narrowed since late last week, according to the results of the first Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted since the Orlando shooting rampage on Sunday.
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Obama goes on tirade against Trump over ‘dangerous’ Muslim ban, ‘radical Islam’ — Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama on Tuesday unleashed a blistering verbal assault on Donald Trump and his “dangerous” proposal for a ban on Muslims entering the country, saying the suggestion violates …
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Trump's terror response has Republicans fretting anew — Donald Trump's combative anti-terrorism speech Monday flouted the typical post-tragedy script and left Republican insiders fretting that the business mogul is unprepared to play a crucial presidential role: national healer.


President Obama's remarks on ‘radical Islam’ after Orlando shooting … SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA — OBAMA: I just met with my National Security Council as part of our regular effort to review and intensify our campaign to destroy the terrorist group ISIL.
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After massacre, Trump speech takes 2016 race in a scary direction
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Obama Assails Trump in Dispute Over Use of ‘Radical Islam’ Label
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The Latest: Trump says Obama puts enemies ahead of allies
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Poll: Most Voters Don't View Clinton's Nomination as Historic
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Omar Mateen's Wife Tried to Talk Him Out of Orlando Attack, Sources Say — The Orlando gunman's wife has told federal agents she tried to talk her husband out of carrying out the attack, NBC News has learned. — Omar Mateen's current wife, Noor, told the FBI she was with him when he bought ammunition …
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Orlando survivor: Gunman tried to spare black people
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FBI Will Look At Whether Conflicted Sexuality Played Role In Orlando Attack
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FBI to investigate if Orlando gunman's sexuality was a motive in shooting
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Omar Mateen: Investigators say Orlando gunman made surveillance trips to Disney, Pulse
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Clinton wins D.C. primary — Hillary Clinton won the final Democratic primary Tuesday night as voters in Washington, D.C., delivered a resounding win to the party's presumptive nominee, one week after she clinched the nomination. — The contest marked the close of one of the longest primary fights in American history.
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Sanders Begins Setting Terms for Closing Out Democratic Race — Senator to stay in race until convention, spokesman says — Final Democratic primary held Tuesday in U.S. capital — With the last primary done, Bernie Sanders is negotiating an end to his fight with Hillary Clinton …
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Clinton and Sanders to Discuss Future of Democratic Party in Private Meeting
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Russian government hackers penetrated DNC, stole opposition research on Trump — Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump …
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NARRATIVE FAIL: Orlando Islamic Terrorist Did NOT Use An AR-15 — The anti-gun politimedia wasted no time at all demonizing the most common rifle in the United States as being the real villain of the Islamic terrorist attack on Pulse nightclub in Orlando. — Newsweek screamed, “ORLANDO SHOOTING PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON AR-15 RIFLE.”
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Donald Trump Responds to Orlando Attack by Exploiting Fear, Not Easing It
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Clinton Calls Trump's Insinuation About Obama And Terrorism “Shameful”
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Anderson Cooper absolutely grilled Florida's GOP attorney general over her support for LGBT people … CNN's Anderson Cooper went after Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) hard in a one-on-one interview Tuesday, calling into question her status as a champion for LGBT Floridians given …
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What is it like to fire an AR-15? It's horrifying, menacing and very very loud — It feels like a bazooka — and sounds like a cannon. — One day after 49 people were killed in the Orlando shooting, I traveled to Philadelphia to better understand the firepower of military-style assault weapons and …
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Police: Suspect Shot Dead, Hostages Safe After Standoff In Texas Walmart — Local police confirmed a suspect who took at least one person hostage inside an Amarillo, Texas Walmart on Tuesday was shot dead by SWAT officers. — The hostages inside the store are safe, police said.
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Active shooter at Walmart on I-27 and Georgia
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Pat Robertson: Gays & Islamists Are Allies So ‘Let Them Kill Themselves’ — Today on “The 700 Club,” televangelist Pat Robertson reacted to the massacre at an Orlando gay club by making the absurd claim that liberal LGBT rights advocates have aligned themselves with radical Islamists and are now reaping what they have sowed.
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Deputies: Gator drags child into water near Disney's Grand Floridian — Helicopters hover over the water next to Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Picture courtesy Twitter user @Menardness. — Privacy Policy — Deputies are searching for a young child who was dragged into the water …
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