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3:50 PM ET, June 14, 2016

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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
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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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Russian government hackers broke into DNC servers, stole Trump oppo
Discussion: Heat Street
Dmitri Alperovitch / crowdstrike.com/blog:
Bears in the Midst: Intrusion into the Democratic National Committee
NBC News:
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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Palm Beach Post:
Orlando shooter Omar Mateen was gay, former classmate says  —  A former classmate of Omar Mateen's 2006 police academy class said he believed Mateen was gay, saying Mateen once asked him out.  —  Officials say Mateen shot and killed 49 people and injured 53 others at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning.
CBS News:
War veteran saves dozens during Orlando nightclub shooting
CNN:
Omar Mateen: Investigators say Orlando gunman made surveillance trips to Disney, Pulse
Bloomberg:
Obama Assails Trump in Dispute Over Use of ‘Radical Islam’ Label  —  President says U.S. would ‘validate’ terrorists with label  —  Obama cites progress reducing ranks of Islamic State fighters  —  President Barack Obama angrily rejected Republicans' insistence that the U.S …
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Chris W. Cox / USA Today:
Gun laws don't deter terrorists: Opposing view  —  Destroy radical Islam, not the right of law-abiding Americans to protect themselves.  —  Americans were shocked and disgusted to learn of another act of terrorism on our soil, this time in Orlando.  In the aftermath of this terrorist attack …
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Irony: Jeh Johnson Says Gun Control Now a Matter of Homeland Security...Orlando Terrorist Worked For DHS
Discussion: Hot Air
John Bresnahan / Politico:
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.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan breaks with Trump on Muslim immigrant ban  —  Speaker Paul Ryan is at odds with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump again.  —  The Wisconsin Republican said Tuesday that Trump's proposed ban on Muslim immigrants runs counter to the nation's principles — a day after the …
Discussion: Daily Kos
U.S. ELECTIONS:
The Latest: Trump says Obama puts enemies ahead of allies  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on campaign 2016 (all times Eastern):  —  Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is responding to criticism by President Barack Obama, saying the president puts U.S. enemies ahead of its allies and the American people.
KFDA-TV/DT:
Police respond to possible hostage situation at Amarillo Walmart on Canyon Drive  —  AMARILLO, TX (KFDA) - The Amarillo Police Department is reporting an active situation at the Amarillo Walmart at 4215 Canyon Drive.  Early reports indicate an armed man is inside the store.
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Jeannie Nguyen / KVII:
Active shooter at Walmart on I-27 and Georgia  —  The Amarillo Police Department have confirmed an active shooter situation at the Walmart on I-27 and Georgia.  —  Police said they have not confirmed any gunshot victims at this time.  They said this appears to be a workplace-type incident.
Nick Gass / Politico:
National poll: Clinton lead grows over Trump  —  Hillary Clinton's advantage over Donald Trump grew over the course of the last week, according to the results of the latest NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll released Tuesday.  —  In the same week that Clinton clinched the Democratic nomination …
Discussion: ABC News
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Alex Byers / Politico:
Court upholds Obama-backed net neutrality rules  —  A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a White House-supported effort to make internet service providers treat all web traffic equally, delivering a major defeat to cable and telephone companies.  —  The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals …
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Cable and telecom companies just lost a huge court battle on net neutrality
Discussion: Hit & Run and Daily Kos
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury
Discussion: Mother Jones
TIME:
Read President Obama's Speech Criticizing the Muslim Ban  —  President Obama spoke about the fight against the Islamic State, the Orlando shooting and Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims coming to the United States in a forceful speech after his National Security Council meeting Tuesday.
Discussion: The Federalist and Balloon Juice
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama laces into Trump for whipping up terrorism fears
Discussion: New York Magazine and CNN
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton's hawkishness insulates her from Trump's post-Orlando attacks
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Pastors Praise Orlando Killings Of ‘Vile, Perverted Predators’ (VIDEO)  —  After 49 people were gunned down in an Orlando gay nightclub in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, pastors in California and Arizona praised the gunman for massacring “perverted predators” and “pedophiles.”
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Kyle Buis / CBS Sacramento:
Sacramento Baptist Preacher Praises Orlando Gay Nightclub Attack
Discussion: Washington Post and KTLA
Andrea Bernstein / www.wnyc.org:
Christie's Destroyed and Missing Evidence is Like Nixon's Missing Tapes, Bridgegate Lawyers Say  —  Gov. Chris Christie's cell phone, text messages and emails from three separate accounts are missing or have been destroyed, Bridgegate defendants allege in a pair of explosive briefs filed late Monday in federal court in New Jersey.
Discussion: alan.com
Associated Press:
Lawmaker Says He Will Protest “Moment of Silence” in House  —  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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Ted Barrett / CNN:
House Democrats protest lack of action on gun legislation
Discussion: New York Magazine and Mother Jones
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Sad!  —  These three campaign gurus for Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio  —  have had some time to reflect on their loss to The Donald.  —  And do they ever have stories to tell. … It's been roughly 40 days since Donald Trump became the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party …
Bob Owens / Bearing Arms:
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.”
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Orlando Shows Us Our Very Scary Future  —  “I will say one thing,” Kevin Drum writes about the tragedy in Orlando.  “There is a big difference between an attack coordinated and carried out by a foe (Pearl Harbor, Pan Am 103, 9/11, Paris, etc.) and an attack by a lunatic who was inspired by something or other …
Discussion: Mother Jones
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Uber to Raise Up to $2 Billion in Leveraged-Loan Market
Discussion: The Verge
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:
Florida Gun Store Owner Schools Media on How Buying a Gun Works in Press Conference
Discussion: Townhall.com
Polly Toynbee / Guardian:
Brexit supporters have unleashed furies even they can't control
Discussion: Eschaton
Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
It's Much Harder To Immigrate To The U.S. Than It Is To Buy A Gun
 Earlier Items: 
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Muslim rep. decries Trump's ‘villainous rampage against other Americans’
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
Compare These Gun Death Rates: The U.S. Is in a Different World
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Hullabaloo
 

 
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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