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Ahmad Khan Rahami Is Arrested in Manhattan and New Jersey Bombings — The man believed to be responsible for the explosion in Manhattan on Saturday night and an earlier bombing in New Jersey, Ahmad Khan Rahami, was taken into custody and charged with attempted murder on Monday after he was wounded …
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Nate Schweber / New York Times:
Suspect's Family Ran a Restaurant That Aggravated Neighbors — Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man wanted in the bombing, is the son of a man named Muhammad Rahami who runs a fast-food restaurant, First American Fried Chicken, in the ground floor of their home on Elmora Avenue, neighbors said.
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DNAinfo New York:
Thieves Helped Crack the Chelsea Bombing Case, Sources Say — MANHATTAN — Leave the bomb, take the bag. — In two separate cases, thieves snatching bags from city streets and train stations inadvertently helped law enforcement get the upper hand in an ongoing bomb spree that's hurt dozens …
Fox News:
Bomb suspect Rahami a deadbeat, hated America, says his daughter's mother — The man who police nabbed and shot Monday after a day-long dragnet in connection with a series of terror attacks in and around New York was a bad father who disliked America, hated gays and took long trips to his homeland …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
NY rep swipes at Kaepernick after NYC bombing suspect caught — New York Rep. Lee Zeldin (R) on Monday took a swipe at National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick after authorities took custody of the Chelsea bombing suspect. — “You are welcome Colin Kaepernick,” …
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CNN:
New York bombing: Police presence intensifies after explosion — New York (CNN)[Breaking news update at 1:41 a.m. ET] — Up to five devices have been found in a backpack in a waste basket in Elizabeth, New Jersey, according to Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage.
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N. R. Kleinfield / New York Times:
Ahmad Rahami: Fixture in Family's Business and, Lately, a ‘Completely Different Person’
Ahmad Rahami: Fixture in Family's Business and, Lately, a ‘Completely Different Person’
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Dan Atkinson / Boston Herald:
Pal: Terror suspect underwent ‘shocking’ change after Afghanistan trip
Pal: Terror suspect underwent ‘shocking’ change after Afghanistan trip
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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Wanted New York and New Jersey bomb suspect sued his local police claiming they PERSECUTED …
EXCLUSIVE: Wanted New York and New Jersey bomb suspect sued his local police claiming they PERSECUTED …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Father Of Bombing Suspect: I Had ‘No Idea’ What Son Was Up To (VIDEO)
Father Of Bombing Suspect: I Had ‘No Idea’ What Son Was Up To (VIDEO)
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
What We Know About Ahmad Khan Rahami, Suspect In NYC, NJ Blasts
What We Know About Ahmad Khan Rahami, Suspect In NYC, NJ Blasts
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
What to Look For as Bridge Scandal Trial Opens — After three long years, it's time for some traffic problems in ... Newark. — That is where reporters are lining up at federal court on Monday morning, waiting for opening arguments in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial …
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Republican friendships shatter over Trump — A few months ago, Matt Schlapp, the former White House political director under president George W. Bush, walked into a cocktail party and tried to join a conversation with Republican consultants he has known for years.
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Martinlongman / Washington Monthly:
You Break It, You Own It — You might want to take out the tiniest violin in the world to play for the sad, sad Trump-supporting Washington staffers and consultants who are getting shunned by their peers. — Take this guy: — A senior House Republican staffer who works for a committee chairman …
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Lois Beckett / Guardian:
Gun inequality: US study charts rise of hardcore super owners — Exclusive: New survey shows just 3% of American adults own half of guns in the US, as part of most definitive portrait of gun ownership in decades — Americans own an estimated 265m guns, more than one gun for every American adult …
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Kate Masters / The Trace:
Why a New Survey From Harvard and Northeastern Is the Most Authoritative Assessment of American Gun Ownership in 20 Years — In the past two decades, Americans have added approximately 70 million firearms to their private arsenals. There are more gun owners, but they make up a slightly smaller share of the population.
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Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
More than 800 immigrants mistakenly granted citizenship — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud who had pending deportation orders …
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Reporter to Clinton: Are You Concerned These Bombings Are ISIS Sympathizers or ‘Maybe the Russians’ Trying to Swing Election to Trump? — Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Epstein asked Hillary Clinton on Monday if she was “concerned” that the bombings in New Jersey and New York were attempts …
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Deletes Tweet Hitting Obama, Clinton Over Weekend Attacks
Trump Deletes Tweet Hitting Obama, Clinton Over Weekend Attacks
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Alex Swoyer / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Praises Law Enforcement, Slams Obama-Clinton for ‘Not Taking ISIS Seriously’
Donald Trump Praises Law Enforcement, Slams Obama-Clinton for ‘Not Taking ISIS Seriously’
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Hillary Clinton / Mic:
HERE'S WHAT MILLENNIALS HAVE TAUGHT ME — Get Mic daily: — We hear a lot of things about the millennial generation. But too often, the people who are busy trying to define you are the ones who have spent the least time listening to you. — Here's what I have learned …
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Progressive Case for Hillary Clinton Is Pretty Overwhelming
The Progressive Case for Hillary Clinton Is Pretty Overwhelming
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
President Trump's First Term — His campaign tells us a lot about what kind of Commander-in-Chief he would be. — On the morning of January 20, 2017, the President-elect is to visit Barack Obama at the White House for coffee, before they share a limousine—Obama seated on the right …
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Associated Press:
Will Either Side Blink Over North Carolina's House Bill 2? — North Carolina's Republican leaders and gay-rights supporters are daring each other to clean up the mess over the state's law limiting LGBT protections against discrimination, which is crimping the state's economy as sponsors of major sporting events pull out of the state.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: Clinton has harsher words for Trump supporters than Islamic terrorists … for referring to his supporters as “deplorable,” accusing her of talking “tougher about my supporters than she does about Islamic terrorists.” — It's Trump's latest attack on Clinton's declaration that half …
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Clinton stresses U.S. ‘resolve’ in terrorism fight while Trump promises to get ‘tough’
Clinton stresses U.S. ‘resolve’ in terrorism fight while Trump promises to get ‘tough’
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Joe Scarborough, Donald Trump look to repair relations — Joe Scarborough wants to make nice with Donald Trump. — Last week, Scarborough and his “Morning Joe” co-host, Mika Brzezinski, visited the Republican presidential nominee at Trump Tower to rekindle a once-rosy relationship …
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Bob Owens / Bearing Arms:
Man Who Shot Crossroads Mall Terrorist Is USPSA Competitor, 3-Gun Shooter — USPSA Shooter, 3-Gunner, and NRA-certified firearms instructor Jason Falconer has been identified as the man who shot and killed a 22-year-old Somali immigrant who went on a stabbing rampage inside a St. Cloud, (MN) Mall on Saturday.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump to do town hall at black church with Hannity — is scheduled to hold a town hall event with Sean Hannity of Fox News at a black church in Cleveland, Ohio. — The Republican presidential nominee will be hosted by Reverend Darrell Scott, an outspoken Trump supporter, at the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights.
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