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Las Vegas Shooter Wired $100,000 to Philippines Last Week — Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock wired $100,000 to an account in his live-in girlfriend's home country of the Philippines in the week before he unleashed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, according to multiple senior law enforcement officials.
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Louis Sahagun / Los Angeles Times:
At his local Starbucks, Las Vegas shooter remembered for berating his girlfriend — The workers behind the counter at the Starbucks inside the Virgin River Casino in Mesquite, Nev., winced whenever Stephen Paddock and his girlfriend, Marilou Danley, lined up for their usual beverages.
The Daily Beast:
Las Vegas Gunman May Have First Planned to Attack Chance the Rapper and Lorde Concert … LAS VEGAS—The gunman who murdered at least 59 people at a country-music concert on Sunday might have originally targeted another Las Vegas music festival held the previous weekend, according to a senior law enforcement source.
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Las Vegas gunman's girlfriend returns to US as police reveal details of massacre planning — Authorities investigating the Las Vegas mass shooting, the deadliest in modern US history, are preparing to question the girlfriend of gunman Stephen Paddock who is flying back to America after being named …
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Daily Wire
NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock Gambled With at Least $160K in Recent Weeks — Mandalay Bay shooter Stephen Paddock gambled with at least $160,000 in the past several weeks at Las Vegas casinos, according to senior law enforcement officials. — There were 16 Currency Transaction Reports, or CTRs, filed for Paddock in recent weeks.
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New York Times:
Marilou Danley, Girlfriend of Casino Gunman, Returns to U.S.
Marilou Danley, Girlfriend of Casino Gunman, Returns to U.S.
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The Daily Caller, Democrats.com, Business Insider and Reno Gazette-Journal
Khaled Beydoun / Washington Post:
‘Lone wolf’: Our stunning double standard when it comes to race and religion
‘Lone wolf’: Our stunning double standard when it comes to race and religion
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Daily Kos
New York Times:
Las Vegas Shooting: Gunman's Rifle Had ‘Bump Stock’ to Make It Rapid-Fire Weapon
Las Vegas Shooting: Gunman's Rifle Had ‘Bump Stock’ to Make It Rapid-Fire Weapon
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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Two strangers bond over country music and beer. Then the gunshots started. — Up-and-coming country star Luke Combs had just started his set on the smaller of the two festival stages when Kody Robertson, an auto parts salesman from Columbus, Ohio, squeezed in at the end of the bar next to Michelle Vo …
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Washington Post:
Police say Las Vegas gunman planned ‘extensively,’ used cameras to monitor police as they approached — LAS VEGAS — Authorities in Las Vegas said Tuesday that the gunman who killed least 59 people at a country music festival “extensively” planned the massacre, placing cameras in his suite …
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
What a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las Vegas shooting
What a macho, gun-packing Instagram star did when he was caught in the Las Vegas shooting
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IJR, People.com and The Daily Caller
Mike Rowe:
Off The Wall — Mike - I live in Las Vegas, and I've seen you here often.
Off The Wall — Mike - I live in Las Vegas, and I've seen you here often.
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The Daily Caller and RedState
Heather Long / Washington Post:
He was shot helping people during the Las Vegas shooting. His heroics helped his photo go viral.
He was shot helping people during the Las Vegas shooting. His heroics helped his photo go viral.
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Rebekah Entralgo / ThinkProgress:
The Las Vegas shooter exploited a gun law loophole
The Las Vegas shooter exploited a gun law loophole
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell swats away talk of gun control
McConnell swats away talk of gun control
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CNN:
Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin — (CNN)A number of Russian-linked Facebook ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Donald Trump's victory last November, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
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Tony Romm / Recode:
Twitter and Facebook haven't stopped Russia-backed RT from advertising on their websites
Twitter and Facebook haven't stopped Russia-backed RT from advertising on their websites
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Political Wire
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Trump's Puerto Rico event was way worse than his tweets — (CNN)President Donald Trump faced a major test on Tuesday as he traveled to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico: Show the American citizens struggling for survival on the island that he understood their plight, sympathized with them and was doing everything …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Trump officials allow Puerto Ricans to use food stamps for fast food
Trump officials allow Puerto Ricans to use food stamps for fast food
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New York Times, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Root and CNN
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump hails ‘incredible’ response in ‘lovely’ trip to storm-torn Puerto Rico
Trump hails ‘incredible’ response in ‘lovely’ trip to storm-torn Puerto Rico
Alexia Fernández Campbell / Vox:
Trump to Puerto Rico: your hurricane isn't a “real catastrophe” like Katrina
Trump to Puerto Rico: your hurricane isn't a “real catastrophe” like Katrina
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Elias Groll / Foreign Policy:
GOP Congressman Met in Moscow With Kremlin-Linked Lawyer at Center of Russia Investigation — Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met in Moscow with Natalia Veselnitskaya two months before she met with Donald Trump Jr. — Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya during …
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Nancy Scola / Politico:
IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax — The IRS will pay Equifax $7.25 million to verify taxpayer identities and help prevent fraud under a no-bid contract issued last week, even as lawmakers lash the embattled company about a massive security breach …
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Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
6 Fresh Horrors From the Equifax CEO's Congressional Hearing
6 Fresh Horrors From the Equifax CEO's Congressional Hearing
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Ginsburg Slaps Gorsuch in Gerrymandering Case — Toward the end of the Supreme Court's argument in Gill v. Whitford, about the future of partisan gerrymandering, there was a revealing moment about the place of the newest Justice in the esteem of at least one of his peers.
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Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed:
This Is Why The US Voted Against A UN Resolution Condemning The Death Penalty For LGBT People — It wasn't just about the provision protecting LGBT people from being killed via the death penalty. The US just really likes the death penalty. — The Trump administration is under fire …
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Stephen Peters / Human Rights Campaign:
Trump Administration Explains Votes Against United Nations Resolution
Trump Administration Explains Votes Against United Nations Resolution
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Nikki Haley hit for Hatch Act violation over Trump retweet
Nikki Haley hit for Hatch Act violation over Trump retweet
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ABC News
Brad Heath / USA Today:
Exclusive: Jared Kushner's personal email moved to Trump Organization computers amid public scrutiny — President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka Trump moved their personal email accounts to computers run by the Trump Organization as public scrutiny intensified over their use …
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Leah Libresco / Washington Post:
I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise. — Leah Libresco is a statistician and former newswriter at FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism site. She is the author of “Arriving at Amen.” — Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me.
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Oath:
Yahoo provides notice to additional users affected by previously disclosed 2013 data theft — NEW YORK — Yahoo, now part of Oath, today announced that it is providing notice to additional user accounts affected by an August 2013 data theft previously disclosed by the company on December 14, 2016.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence's chief of staff floats ‘purge’ of anti-Trump Republicans to wealthy donors — Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff railed against congressional leaders in closed-door remarks to wealthy donors and called for a “purge” if GOP lawmakers don't quickly rally behind President Donald Trump's agenda.
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New York Times:
Kennedy's Vote Is in Play on Voting Maps Warped by Politics — WASHINGTON — Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has long been troubled by extreme partisan gerrymandering, where the party in power draws voting districts to give itself a lopsided advantage in elections.
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Eric H. Holder Jr / Washington Post:
Eric Holder: Gerrymandering has broken our democracy. The Supreme Court should help fix it.
Eric Holder: Gerrymandering has broken our democracy. The Supreme Court should help fix it.
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