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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bannon warns: “end of everything” if Trump supports gun controls — President Trump may say he's a defender of gun ownership rights, but with all the gun control pressure he'll be under after Las Vegas, how do we know he'll resist it — especially after the debt limit deal with Chuck Schumer …
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Jimmy Kimmel / YouTube:
Jimmy Kimmel on Mass Shooting in Las Vegas … After the tragedy in Jimmy's hometown of Las Vegas, he sends love to everyone affected, talks about the major gun violence problem we have in this country, calls out the senators who are in the pocket of the NRA, and asks for common sense and action …
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The Last Tradition
Steve Israel / New York Times:
Nothing Will Change After the Las Vegas Shooting — WASHINGTON — In the wake of one the deadliest mass shootings in our nation's history, perhaps the most asked question by Americans is, “Will anything change?” The simple answer is no. The more vital question is, “Why not?”
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Shaun King / The Intercept:
The White Privilege of the “Lone Wolf” Shooter — Last night, the United States experienced the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. At least 58 people are dead and over 500 more wounded. No, that's not a typo: more than 500 were injured in one, single incident.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump faces political danger in visit to Puerto Rico — President Donald Trump on Tuesday will come face to face with the “politically motivated ingrates” he slammed on Twitter just days before. — The president will land in Puerto Rico after spending much of the past week boasting …
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Chris Murphy / Washington Post:
Mass shootings are an American problem. There's an American solution.
Mass shootings are an American problem. There's an American solution.
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Mary Hui / Washington Post:
CBS fires VP for writing ‘Republican gun toters’ killed in Las Vegas don't deserve sympathy
CBS fires VP for writing ‘Republican gun toters’ killed in Las Vegas don't deserve sympathy
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Beyond the Vegas Shooting Victims' Names: What We Know
Beyond the Vegas Shooting Victims' Names: What We Know
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘Pitch perfect’: CNN scrambles to glorify Trump's Las Vegas speech
‘Pitch perfect’: CNN scrambles to glorify Trump's Las Vegas speech
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Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
Las Vegas concert shooting prompts ESPN to change its mind about airing national anthem
Las Vegas concert shooting prompts ESPN to change its mind about airing national anthem
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Will Ricciardella / The Daily Caller:
CBS Legal Exec: No Sympathy For Vegas ‘Because Country Music Fans Often Are Republican’
CBS Legal Exec: No Sympathy For Vegas ‘Because Country Music Fans Often Are Republican’
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Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
WATCH: Pat Robertson blames Vegas shooting on ‘disrespect’ for Trump and the national anthem
WATCH: Pat Robertson blames Vegas shooting on ‘disrespect’ for Trump and the national anthem
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
White House: Now is not the time to talk about gun control. But ‘if you look to Chicago ...’
White House: Now is not the time to talk about gun control. But ‘if you look to Chicago ...’
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Associated Press:
Gunman had ‘bump-stock’ device that could speed fire — https://apnews.com/e74a33083fb84b1b94c1 ce3da986fd4f — Link copied! — The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas had two “bump-stocks” that could have converted semi-automatic firearms …
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Wall Street Journal:
Las Vegas Suspect Likely Used Automatic Rifle in Massacre — Investigators found 18 to 20 firearms in alleged gunman's hotel room — The gunman who authorities said killed at least 58 people at a Las Vegas music festival appears to have used at least one fully automatic rifle …
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Michael Hopper / VICE News:
What Nevada NRA's chief said when he found out about the massacre
What Nevada NRA's chief said when he found out about the massacre
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Politico, Political Wire, Splinter and Raw Story
Reno Gazette-Journal:
Las Vegas shooting: Who is Marilou Danley? Reno friend says ‘she is in the Philippines’
Las Vegas shooting: Who is Marilou Danley? Reno friend says ‘she is in the Philippines’
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Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
When two stories collide: Reporters in Vegas for O.J. Simpson quickly pivot to cover mass shooting
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
Iraq War Veteran Helped Direct Cops To Vegas Shooter's Room
Iraq War Veteran Helped Direct Cops To Vegas Shooter's Room
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David French / National Review:
Based on the Early Reports, The Las Vegas Shooting Is Very, Very Strange
Based on the Early Reports, The Las Vegas Shooting Is Very, Very Strange
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Guns, loaded high-capacity magazines found in Vegas shooter's room: Sources
Guns, loaded high-capacity magazines found in Vegas shooter's room: Sources
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TMZ.com:
Tom Petty Found Unconscious in Full Cardiac Arrest (UPDATE) — EXCLUSIVE — 1:35 PM PT — Sources tell us at 10:30 Monday morning a chaplain was called to Tom's hospital room. We're told the family has a “do not resuscitate” order on Tom. The singer is not expected to live through the day, but he's still clinging to life.
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CBS News:
Tom Petty, legendary rocker, is dead at 66
Tom Petty, legendary rocker, is dead at 66
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Randy Lewis / Los Angeles Times:
Tom Petty, Heartbreakers frontman who sang ‘Breakdown,’ 'Free Fallin" and other hits, dies at 66
Tom Petty, Heartbreakers frontman who sang ‘Breakdown,’ 'Free Fallin" and other hits, dies at 66
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Washington Post:
Russians took a page from corporate America by using Facebook tool to ID and influence voters — A sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (Ben Margot/AP) — SAN FRANCISCO — Russian operatives set up an array of misleading Web sites and social media pages …
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Elliot Schrage / Facebook:
Hard Questions: Russian Ads Delivered to Congress
Hard Questions: Russian Ads Delivered to Congress
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
This Is What a Real Middle-Class Tax Cut Would Look Like — If one takes the White House's word for it, tax reform is all about a single goal—helping the middle class, not the rich. — Gary Cohn, the White House's chief economic adviser, says the president's tax cut is “purely aimed at middle-class families.”
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
The GOP Tax Plan Is Already Hitting Speed Bumps — Corker questions whether GOP has fortitude for tax overhaul — Republicans split on whether tax plan can add to the deficit — The White House is showing “softness” on ending a $1.3 trillion federal tax deduction filers get for their state …
New York Times:
E.P.A. Chief's Calendar: A Stream of Industry Meetings and Trips Home — WASHINGTON — For lunch on April 26, Scott Pruitt, the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, dined with top executives from Southern Company, one of the nation's largest coal-burning electric utilities …
Andrea Peterson / Politico:
Hundreds of White House emails sent to third Kushner family account — White House officials have begun examining emails associated with a third and previously unreported email account on Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's private domain, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Sophie Tatum / CNN:
House to vote on abortion ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)The House of Representatives will vote Tuesday on legislation that would criminalize abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for instances where the life of the mother is at risk and in cases involving rape or incest.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump administration backs 20-week abortion ban
Trump administration backs 20-week abortion ban
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Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
U.S. to expel two-thirds of Cuban diplomats amid sonic attack probe — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will kick nearly two-thirds of Cuba's embassy personnel out of the United States after months of mysterious attacks targeting American diplomats drove the White House to pull …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Majority of Cuban embassy staff to be expelled from US: report
Majority of Cuban embassy staff to be expelled from US: report
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Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
Mueller Tasks an Adviser With Getting Ahead of Pre-Emptive Pardons — Dreeben defended more than 100 U.S. cases to Supreme Court — Criminal law expert could bulletproof Mueller team's work — U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a distinctly modern problem.