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Assistant state attorney suspended over Facebook comments on Pulse shooting — Assistant State Attorney Kenneth Lewis was suspended Friday for violating the State Attorney's Office's social media policy, according to Angela Starke, public information officer for the State Attorney's Office, Ninth Judicial Circuit.
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Troubled. Quiet. Macho. Angry. The volatile life of the Orlando shooter. — After a lifetime of angst and embarrassment, Omar Mateen was on the verge of realizing a longtime dream in the spring of 2007. — He was about to graduate from a Florida training academy that would put him on a path to being a police officer.
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The Unhinged Home that Raised Orlando Killer Omar Mateen — Long before his rampage in the Pulse nightclub, there was deep trouble in the home of Omar Mateen. — A mother accused of domestic abuse and described as “paranoid.” A father became a supporter of the Taliban.
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Police: Parents admit ‘gifting’ teen to Bucks man; all 3 arrested — A 51-year-old Bucks County man was arrested after he was found living with 12 girls, including a teenager he considered his wife, and a baby and a toddler he fathered with her, authorities said Friday.


First on CNN: Priebus probes state GOP leaders over anti-Trump push — (CNN)Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has been quietly having conversations with state party leaders to discuss the latest push by convention delegates to nominate anyone other than Donald Trump.
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Trump battleground plan relies on skeptical GOP leaders — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — His campaign riled by infighting and Republican revolt, Donald Trump is working to address a battleground state staffing shortage that highlights his reliance on a skeptical GOP establishment.
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Several GOP delegates working to block Trump's nomination: report
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GOP stirs Clinton-Sanders tensions — The Republican National Committee is promoting a report that accuses the Democratic Party of conspiring to nominate Hillary Clinton — in the early days of the presidential primary. — In an email, the RNC sent to reporters a story published …
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Leaked document shows the DNC wanted Clinton from start
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A rational reading of Trump's Muslim proposals — Noise and controversy aside, Donald Trump is making two arguments about immigration. The first is that the U.S. admits too many immigrants. The second is that, given nearly two decades of Islamic terrorism, the government should take special measures …


LGBT pride flag raised after Orlando shooting ‘unbearable’ for Christian employee, Hillsborough commissioner says — TAMPA — A pride flag waving outside the Hillsborough County center was meant to be a sign of respect and remembrance for the victims of the shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando.
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From Great Britain to Little England — London — IT was Queen Elizabeth's official 90th birthday celebration last Sunday, and tables for 10,000 guests were set along the Mall in central London. Steadily the rain fell, dripping out of the tubas of the bands and softening the sandwiches …
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Belgium Arrests 12 Amid Reports of Plot to Attack Soccer Fans — Prosecutor to decide Saturday whether to detain them further — Country on alert three months after suicide bombings killed 32 — Belgian authorities arrested 12 people after conducting anti-terror raids in Brussels …
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Pulse nightclub security video recovered by agents — Mayor Dyer provides an update on assistance to those directly affected by the Pulse shooting at Camping World Stadium. … Privacy Policy — Investigators have recovered graphic video footage from security cameras at the Orlando nightclub …


Trump: It would've been ‘beautiful’ for Fla. clubgoer to kill shooter — argued again that the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., could have been less deadly had people in the gay nightclub been able to shoot back. — At a rally in The Woodlands, Texas, Friday night, Trump theatrically …


Federal Agency Approves New, Higher Fence Surrounding White House — The federal Commission of Fine Arts has given its preliminary approval for a taller White House fence to better protect the presidential mansion after a rash of fence-hopping incidents. — The commission on Thursday voted …
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House GOP to Jolly: We're Not Sure We Want You Back — The NRCC declined to pledge financial support for the now former Senate candidate — The New Way Democrats Are Linking Republican Lawmakers to Trump Meet the Senate Candidate Who Uses Only Volunteers Tarkanian Wins Nevada 3rd District Race
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U.S. Officials Fear Saudi Collapse If New Prince Fails — The Saudi prince who seems to have won a family power struggle is meeting with U.S. officials this week — some of them the same officials who are concerned his reign could be ruinous and hurt the regional security U.S. officials crave.


Multiple people detained at Donald Trump's rally in The Woodlands — HOUSTON - A man was taken into custody by police at the Donald Trump rally in The Woodlands on Friday. — Sources tell Channel 2 they found him on the fourth floor of the parking garage with a pistol.
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A Week for All Time — They will remember, a century from now, who stood up to the tyrant Donald Trump and who found it expedient to throw out the most basic American values — the “Vichy Republicans,” as the historian Ken Burns called them in his Stanford commencement speech.
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A Turkish call to massacre LGBT community … At a time when the world is mourning the massacre of 49 people at a gay night club in Orlando, a new massacre is being brewed by Islamists and a far-right nationalist group in Istanbul. — One day after a group called the Anatolia Muslim Youth Association …
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