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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
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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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
‘Highly offensive’: GOP lawmakers distance selves from Trump — WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismayed Republicans scrambled for cover Tuesday from Donald Trump's inflammatory response to the Orlando massacre, while President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton delivered fiery denunciations that underscored the potential peril for the GOP.
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Obama's tantrum a striking display of failed leadership — MORE FROM: — If it is true that the best defense is a good offense, President Obama should be celebrating in the end zone now. Obviously furious over criticism that his anti-terror policies are weak and that the Orlando slaughter proves it …
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Leslie Odom Jr / CBS News:
Gauging Americans' views on Orlando mass shooting
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
In scathing remarks, Obama hits Trump head-on over radical Islam
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump responds: Obama was more angry at me than at shooter
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Negative views of Donald Trump just hit a new campaign high: 7 in 10 Americans — In the latest sign Americans are dreading their general election options — and particularly one of them — negative views of Donald Trump have surged to their highest level of the 2016 campaign, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Trump's Unfavorables Spike, But Clinton's Challenged, Too (POLL) — Seven in 10 Americans see Donald Trump unfavorably in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, up 10 points in just the past month to a new high since he announced his candidacy for president. But Hillary Clinton reached a new high for unfavorability as well, 55 percent.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
WaPo/ABC poll: America decides it really dislikes its presidential options
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Reuters:
Orlando investigators probe what gunman's wife knew of plan — The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub could face criminal charges as early as Wednesday after a federal grand jury was convened to study possible wrongdoing by her, a law enforcement source said.
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Scott Fais / mynews13.com:
Mateen to News 13 producer: 'I'm the shooter. It's me.' — Matthew Gentili, a producer at News 13, took a call from someone who claimed to be Omar Mateen, 45 minutes after the shooting at Pulse had begun. — ORLANDO — In the midst of the chaos early Sunday morning at Pulse nightclub …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Dem senator: Anti-LGBT laws helped fuel Orlando shooter — (D-Ore.) said Tuesday that anti-LGBT laws across the U.S. are “motivated” by the same hate behind Orlando's recent massacre at a gay nightclub. — “I think it's important for folks to realize the type of hate and prejudice …
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Kenneth R. Timmerman / The Hill:
Political correctness to blame for Orlando massacre — The FBI placed Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, 29, on its terrorist watch list in 2013 after co-workers reported that he had made “inflammatory comments” they felt showed his sympathies for terrorist groups.
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Kristin Murphy / KSL-TV:
Lt. Gov. Cox speaks at vigil for Orlando: ‘My heart has changed’ — SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Lt. Governor Spencer Cox addressed a vigil held Monday night to honor the victims and survivors of the mass shooting in Orlando. Here is a transcript of his remarks: — Ladies and Gentlemen,
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Apologizes To LGBT Community At Orlando Vigil: ‘My Heart Has Changed’ (VIDEO)
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Suggests Site Of Orlando Attack Wasn't Gay Club: ‘It Was Mostly Latinos’
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Alligator grabs toddler, drags him into lagoon at Disney hotel, police say — Lake Buena Vista, Florida (CNN)An alligator grabbed a 2-year-old boy and dragged him into a lagoon Tuesday night at a Disney hotel near Orlando as his father desperately tried to save him.
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Christal Hayes / Orlando Sentinel:
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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Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
Hillary Clinton Received Secret Memo Stating Obama Admin ‘Support’ for ISIS — WASHINGTON, DC — Hillary Clinton received a classified intelligence report stating that the Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders still in the race after meeting with Clinton … is staying in the Democratic presidential race after meeting with rival Hillary Clinton — , the party's presumptive nominee, for nearly two hours at a Washington, D.C. hotel on Tuesday night. — Sanders and Clinton met …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Agree to Work Together
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New York Times:
The Corrosive Politics That Threaten L.G.B.T. Americans — As families began planning funerals for the victims of Sunday's rampage at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., gay Americans mourned a loss that extended beyond the lives cut short. — Omar Mateen shattered the tenuous …
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A Trump Rally in Greensboro “Anger in here is palpable” — in which a sane man live tweets insanity — Will be live tweeting from Trump's rally in Greensboro tonight. I'm sure it'll be measured and thoughtful. — Jared Yates Sexton — Trump event like a security state.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: More people would have died if clubgoers were armed — said Tuesday that more people would have died in the terrorist attack at a nightclub in Orlando over the weekend if clubgoers had been armed and shot back at the lone gunman. — In an interview with Bloomberg TV …
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The Daily Caller:
DHS Secretary: Right-Wingers Pose Same Threat As Islamic Extremists — One month after the San Bernardino terrorist attack that left 14 innocent people dead, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told advisors that right wing extremists pose just as much of a threat to the country as Islamic extremists.
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump: I won't kick reporters out of White House press briefing room — While Donald Trump's campaign is refusing to give press credentials to reporters from The Washington Post and several other news outlets, he says the ban will not remain in effect if he is elected.
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Photos By / Washington Post:
Heartbreaking photos show what it's like living in a walled city of a brothel — Kajol with a customer. (Sandra Hoyn) — Women waiting for customers in the Kandapara brothel in Tangail. (Sandra Hoyn) — Bangladesh is one of the few Muslim countries in the world where prostitution is legal.
David Cay Johnston / The Daily Beast:
New Evidence Donald Trump Didn't Pay Taxes — If the presumptive GOP nominee keeps hiding his returns, Congress could force him to show his hand with a one-line amendment to the tax code. — New questions about the integrity of Donald Trump's income tax returns, and new indications …
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