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Jeff German / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Strip shooter targeted aviation fuel tanks, source says — Fuel tanks near the Route 91 Harvest country music festival, pictured on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, were targeted by Strip shooter Stephen Paddock when he fired on concert-goers from his Mandalay Bay room Sunday night.
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Justin Glawe / The Daily Beast:
Unarmed Security Guard Took On Las Vegas Killer Stephen Paddock … LAS VEGAS — Jesus Campos had no firearm when he found Stephen Paddock and approached his room on the 32rd floor of Mandalay Bay on Sunday night. — Paddock, who had rigged cameras in the hallway and on the peephole of the door …
Newsweek:
RETRACTED: PADDOCK'S GIRLFRIEND USED TWO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND WAS MARRIED TO TWO MEN AT THE SAME TIME
RETRACTED: PADDOCK'S GIRLFRIEND USED TWO SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND WAS MARRIED TO TWO MEN AT THE SAME TIME
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Washington Post:
Girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman: ‘It never occurred to me ... that he was planning violence’
Girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman: ‘It never occurred to me ... that he was planning violence’
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CNN:
Las Vegas shooter rented room during earlier music festival
Las Vegas shooter rented room during earlier music festival
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Paul Harasim / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Strip shooter prescribed anti-anxiety drug in June
Las Vegas Strip shooter prescribed anti-anxiety drug in June
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
‘Death spiral’: Tillerson makes nice but may not last long with Trump — The moment was as remarkable as it was unprecedented: A sitting U.S. secretary of state took to the microphone to pledge his fealty to the president — despite his well-documented unhappiness in the job and the growing presumption …
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Tillerson's Fury at Trump Required an Intervention From Pence — WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the White House, according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Bob Corker just told the world what he really thinks of Donald Trump — (CNN)Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker suggested Wednesday that Gens. John Kelly and James Mattis as well Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are the “people that help separate our country from chaos,” …
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John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Today Tillerson Tried To Kill The “Rexit” Rumors Once And For All — The secretary of state disputed a report that he called Trump a “moron” and told reporters he's not leaving Foggy Bottom anytime soon. — Reporting From Washington, DC — WASHINGTON, DC — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Between the lines on Tillerson
Between the lines on Tillerson
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Sen. Bob Corker's extraordinarily dim portrayal of the Trump administration
Sen. Bob Corker's extraordinarily dim portrayal of the Trump administration
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Furious Republicans are working hard to make Trump's Russia scandal disappear
Furious Republicans are working hard to make Trump's Russia scandal disappear
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CBS Pittsburgh:
Pro-Life Rep. Tim Murphy Will Not Seek Re-Election After Reports Of Urging Abortion — PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Congressman Tim Murphy, of Upper St. Clair, has reached a decision about his political future. — In a statement to KDKA's Jon Delano, the embattled anti-abortion Republican says he won't seek re-election.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Embattled GOP Rep. Tim Murphy to retire — Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of his term, after allegations that the married Republican lawmaker, who opposes abortion rights, asked his mistress to terminate a pregnancy.
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker Tim Murphy to retire at end of term
GOP lawmaker Tim Murphy to retire at end of term
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Charlotte Alter / TIME:
They Survived the Las Vegas Shooting. But They Don't Want More Gun Control — Last Easter, Brian Fraser went to a Walmart and spent $200 to buy every nerf gun in the store for an all-out-family-nerf battle. He was an avid hunter and fisherman who passed on his love of the outdoors to his four children.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Top conservative calls for ban on device used by Vegas shooter
Top conservative calls for ban on device used by Vegas shooter
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Stephen L. Miller / Fox News:
The media doesn't understand guns — and doesn't want to
The media doesn't understand guns — and doesn't want to
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump, avoiding talk of gun policy, tells Las Vegas shooting survivors: ‘We will endure the pain together’
Trump, avoiding talk of gun policy, tells Las Vegas shooting survivors: ‘We will endure the pain together’
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Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Bump fire stocks found on Las Vegas shooter's guns
Bump fire stocks found on Las Vegas shooter's guns
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Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
White House walks back Trump's Puerto Rico comments as Wall Street reels — NEW YORK — On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump casually told Geraldo Rivera on Fox News that the United States would have to wipe out $75 billion in debt owed by Puerto Rico to bondholders around the world.
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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Puerto Rico bonds plunge after Trump pledge to wipe out debt
Puerto Rico bonds plunge after Trump pledge to wipe out debt
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Michael Moore:
My Proposal to Repeal the Second Amendment and Replace It With This: — PROPOSED 28th AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION — “A well regulated State National Guard, being helpful to the safety and security of a State in times of need, along with the strictly regulated right of the people …
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Todd C. Frankel / Washington Post:
Why gun violence research has been shut down for 20 years
Why gun violence research has been shut down for 20 years
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Alexander Bisley / Vox:
Former Australian leader on passing gun control: “The results speak for themselves.”
Former Australian leader on passing gun control: “The results speak for themselves.”
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
3 Special Forces Troops Are Killed and 2 Wounded in Ambush in Niger — WASHINGTON — Three United States Army Special Forces were killed and two were wounded in an ambush in Niger on Wednesday while on a routine patrol with troops they were training from the West African nation, American military officials said.
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Variety:
Harvey Weinstein Lawyers Up for Bombshell New York Times, New Yorker Stories — Harvey Weinstein has hired a high-powered team of attorneys to push back on soon-to-be-published bombshell stories from the New York Times and the New Yorker detailing sexual allegations and improper workplace behavior against him.
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ProPublica:
Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud — New York prosecutors were preparing a case. Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz. — In the spring of 2012, Donald Trump's two eldest children …
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Black Lives Matter Students Shut Down the ACLU's Campus Free Speech Event Because ‘Liberalism Is White Supremacy’ — Students affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement crashed an event at the College of William & Mary, rushed the stage, and prevented the invited guest …
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
The Republican Party Isn't Cracking Up. It's Getting Even Stronger. — Roy Moore and other Bannonite extremists won't doom the GOP. — Roy Moore's victory in Alabama's Republican primary last week puts him in position to become the state's next junior senator and also a major embarrassment to the GOP.
Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Steve King employs family as year-round campaign staff, an unusual approach in Congress — U.S. Rep. Steve King employs his son and daughter-in-law as full-time campaign staffers, and has paid them more than $805,000 since 2004, records show. — Although typically legal …
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
‘Trump dossier’ on Russia links now part of special counsel's probe: sources — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries into a former British spy's dossier of allegations of Russian financial …
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Amy Julia Harris / Reveal:
They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants — The worst day of Brad McGahey's life was the day a judge decided to spare him from prison. — McGahey was 23 with dreams of making it big in rodeo, maybe starring in his own reality TV show.
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
How We Found Tom Price's Private Jets — The first tip came from a casual conversation with a source back in May: Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price was using private jets for routine travel, possibly in violation of federal travel rules that allowed such flights only when commercial options weren't available.
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Associated Press:
NKorean workers prep seafood going to US stores, restaurants — https://apnews.com/8b493b7df6e147e98d19 f3abb5ca090a — Link copied! — HUNCHUN, China (AP) — The workers wake up each morning on metal bunk beds in fluorescent-lit Chinese dormitories, North Koreans outsourced by their government …
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Roll Call:
Cruz Spokesman Saw Suspicious Twitter Activity in 2016 Campaign — Texas Republican drew “torrent of negative comments” when he criticized Trump — The former campaign spokesman for Sen. Ted Cruz said whenever he criticized Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, his Twitter feed was attacked by trolls of suspicious origin.
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