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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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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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 …

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 …

House GOP leaders block LGBT vote after Orlando shooting  —  House GOP leaders won't allow a vote this week on a proposal to ensure that federal contractors can't discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.  —  Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who is gay …

Donald Trump Responds to Orlando Attack by Exploiting Fear, Not Easing It  —  It was one of George W. Bush's most viscerally powerful commercials against John Kerry in the 2004 presidential race: A pack of wolves lurking in a forest as a narrator accused Mr. Kerry of slashing intelligence gathering against terrorists.

Florida gov: Obama hasn't called me since shooting … Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) says President Obama has not yet called him in the wake of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando.  —  “He has not called us,” Scott said Tuesday on “Fox and Friends.”  —  “A staffer has called, but no, he has not called.”

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.

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.