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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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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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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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477 Days. 521 Mass Shootings. Zero Action From Congress. — Each colored square represents — a day in which at least one mass — shooting took place. — A gunman opens fire in an Orlando nightclub, leaving 49 dead and many wounded. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history - until Sunday.


3 Canadians among dozens killed in Las Vegas mass shooting
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The Las Vegas Shooter Passed Background Checks, Had Ammonia Nitrate in His Car
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Trump: 'We'll be talking about gun laws as time goes by'
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This Is the Time To Defend the Second Amendment and Less-Strict Gun Control
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‘I cannot express how wrong I was’: Country guitarist changes mind on gun control after Vegas
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Mass shootings are an American problem. There's an American solution.
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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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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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AUTOMATIC RIFLES ARE BANNED. HERE'S HOW THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTER COULD HAVE GOTTEN ONE — ANYONE WHO HAS watched the sickening video clips of Sunday night's Las Vegas mass shooting has heard the sound. It's a staccato crackle of gunfire at a rhythm that almost resembles the cadence of a helicopter's blades …


Las Vegas shooting: Who is Marilou Danley? Reno friend says ‘she is in the Philippines’
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Only on Boston 25: Exclusive photos of Las Vegas shooter's guns
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MSNBC's Mika: No Republican lawmakers would appear on ‘Morning Joe’ to discuss the Las Vegas massacre
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Campus locked down after faculty member falsely alerted students of active shooter, DPS said
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Las Vegas massacre: More weapons found, but no motive
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‘Pitch perfect’: CNN scrambles to glorify Trump's Las Vegas speech
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Fan fury as three Kansas City Chiefs players sit or kneel during the national anthem hours …
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Portraits of the victims of the Las Vegas shooting
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Trump says Puerto Rico officials should be ‘proud’ more haven't died like in Katrina — President Trump on Tuesday told Puerto Rico officials they should feel “very proud” they haven't lost thousands of lives like in “a real catastrophe like Katrina,” while adding that the devastated island territory …
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Statement by Oxfam America President Abby Maxman regarding Puerto Rico Hurricane Response — In response to the US Government's continued failure to adequately respond, and ahead of President Trump's planned trip to Puerto Rico, Oxfam America President Abby Maxman said:
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Trump to Puerto Rico: your hurricane isn't a “real catastrophe” like Katrina
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Trump brings harsh edge to Puerto Rico trip
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Puerto Rico hasn't updated the Hurricane Maria death toll in 6 days
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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 …
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This Is What a Real Middle-Class Tax Cut Would Look Like
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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.
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Supreme Court eyes partisan gerrymandering — The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with a case that has the potential to halt or even reverse an increasingly common phenomenon of American political life: Republicans' ability to tilt the political playing field in their favor through the tedious task of redrawing district lines.
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This Supreme Court Case Could Radically Reshape Politics
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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 …
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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.
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Hedge fund billionaire flew top Mnuchin aide on private jet to Palm Beach — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's top aide flew on a hedge fund billionaire's private jet to Palm Beach several months ago, people familiar with the trip said, the latest example of senior Trump administration …
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Mattis says staying in Iran deal is in U.S. national security interest — Defense Secretary Mattis was asked Tuesday at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing whether he believes it is in America's “national security interest at this time to remain” in the Iran nuclear deal.
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Republicans might block Trump from killing Iran nuke deal
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U.S. Expels 15 Cuban Diplomats From Embassy in Washington — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration expelled 15 Cuban diplomats from the embassy in Washington in an escalating response to mysterious illnesses afflicting American embassy personnel in Havana.
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Louvre Pulls Sculpture, Saying It Was Sexually Explicit — The Louvre has withdrawn a large installation by a Dutch art and design collective for being sexually explicit — right on the heels of the Guggenheim's decision to pull three controversial artworks from its upcoming China show.
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