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Students are walking out in protest: Live updates — Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students are in Tallahassee meeting with Florida lawmakers to demand action against gun violence. Later tonight, CNN hosts a town hall on the issue. Follow here for the latest.
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Trump suggests arming teachers as a solution to increase school safety — Watch CNN's town hall “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” live on Wednesday, February 21, at 9 p.m. ET on CNN TV and CNNGo. — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump, after listening to a series …
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Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed:
Nope, The Florida School Shooting Survivors Demanding Gun Control Are Not Crisis Actors
Nope, The Florida School Shooting Survivors Demanding Gun Control Are Not Crisis Actors
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John Herrman / New York Times:
The Making of a No. 1 YouTube Conspiracy Video After the Parkland Tragedy
The Making of a No. 1 YouTube Conspiracy Video After the Parkland Tragedy
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Father of Florida Shooting Victim Confronts Rubio Over Gun Control
Holly Yan / CNN:
Florida lawmakers refuse to debate assault rifles — but say porn is dangerous
Florida lawmakers refuse to debate assault rifles — but say porn is dangerous
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USA Today:
Trump vows tougher background checks, mental health screens for gun buyers in meeting with students
Trump vows tougher background checks, mental health screens for gun buyers in meeting with students
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Parents and Students Plead With Trump: ‘How Many Children Have to Get Shot?’
Parents and Students Plead With Trump: ‘How Many Children Have to Get Shot?’
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Washington Post:
‘Fix it’: Students and parents tell Trump he needs to address gun violence at schools
‘Fix it’: Students and parents tell Trump he needs to address gun violence at schools
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The Week
CBS News:
Trump floats arming teachers, increasing age for gun purchases in emotional listening session
Trump floats arming teachers, increasing age for gun purchases in emotional listening session
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump's solution to school shootings: arm teachers with guns
Trump's solution to school shootings: arm teachers with guns
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Erica Pandey / Axios:
Students stage walk-outs across U.S. in solidarity with Parkland students
Students stage walk-outs across U.S. in solidarity with Parkland students
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NBC News:
Mueller asking if Manafort promised banker White House job in return for loans — Federal investigators are probing whether former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort promised a Chicago banker a job in the Trump White House in return for $16 million in home loans, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told NBC News.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
New charges filed in Manafort-Gates case
New charges filed in Manafort-Gates case
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Reuters:
Fresh U.S. criminal charges filed in special counsel's Manafort case
Fresh U.S. criminal charges filed in special counsel's Manafort case
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Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Former Trump Adviser Sam Nunberg expected to meet with special counsel team
Former Trump Adviser Sam Nunberg expected to meet with special counsel team
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Politico
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump's former bodyguard makes $15,000 a month from a GOP ‘slush fund’ — The Republican National Committee is paying a firm owned by Trump's former bodyguard $15,000 a month for consulting, according to its latest campaign filings. — Within weeks of leaving the White House …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Texas school district threatens to suspend students who protest gun violence — A superintendent in a Texas school district is warning that students will be suspended if they cause any disruptions to protest gun violence. — Needville Independent School District (ISD) …
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Shelby Webb / Houston Chronicle:
Houston-area school district threatens to suspend students who protest after Florida shooting
Houston-area school district threatens to suspend students who protest after Florida shooting
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Student demonstrators protest gun violence in Fla. gov's office
Student demonstrators protest gun violence in Fla. gov's office
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Matthew Avery Sutton / The Guardian:
Billy Graham was on the wrong side of history — Racial tensions are rising, the earth is warming, and evangelicals are doing little to help. That may be Graham's most significant, and saddest, legacy … Play Video — When Billy Graham stands before the judgment seat of God …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Billy Graham gave more than prayer to presidents
The Latest: Billy Graham gave more than prayer to presidents
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Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Billy Graham forgave Nixon's sins, blaming them on the ‘demon-power’ of sleeping pills
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
What Donald Trump's quote on Billy Graham tells you about Donald Trump
What Donald Trump's quote on Billy Graham tells you about Donald Trump
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Yoel Roth / Twitter:
Automation and the use of multiple accounts — Keeping Twitter safe and free from spam is a top priority for us. One of the most common spam violations we see is the use of multiple accounts and the Twitter developer platform to attempt to artificially amplify or inflate the prominence of certain Tweets.
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Jessica Guynn / USA Today:
Trump supporters, conservatives rage over Russian bot purge, #TwitterLockOut
Trump supporters, conservatives rage over Russian bot purge, #TwitterLockOut
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
How The Media Enable Rep. Adam Schiff's Russian Bot Conspiracy Theories
How The Media Enable Rep. Adam Schiff's Russian Bot Conspiracy Theories
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Trump: “Why aren't Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Sessions!” — Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren't they the subject of the investigation? Why didn't Obama do something about the meddling?
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Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Congresswoman claims most mass shooters are Democrats — Congressman booed at his gun control town hall — (CNN)Rep. Claudia Tenney, an upstate New York Republican who is up for re-election in one of the most competitive congressional districts in America, told a radio host in Albany …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrats Didn't Even Dream of This Pennsylvania Map. How Did It Happen? — They seemed not to believe that they would be allowed to strive for partisan balance in addressing Republican gerrymandering. — Few people expected that the Pennsylvania congressional map …
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Washington Post:
Melania Trump's parents are legal permanent residents, raising questions about whether they relied on ‘chain migration’ … The parents of first lady Melania Trump have become legal permanent residents of the United States and are close to obtaining their citizenship, according to people familiar …
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The Pro-Trump Media Has Its Match In The Parkland Students — On Monday night, the pro-Trump media set its sights on a new political enemy: young adult survivors of gun violence. — The attack on outspoken survivors of the Parkland school shooting began with an article …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Bernie blames Hillary for allowing Russian interference — Bernie Sanders on Wednesday blamed Hillary Clinton for not doing more to stop the Russian attack on the last presidential election. Then his 2016 campaign manager, in an interview with POLITICO, said he's seen no evidence …
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle connects the dots in latest Mueller indictment to tie Trump directly to Putin — On Wednesday, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle laid out how special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is becoming “clearer by the indictment.” — Tuesday's guilty plea …
William Brennan / New York Magazine:
Worst Roommate Ever — “You've got your whole life in front of you. You're pretty, you've got this house — well, you don't have this house anymore. This house is my house.” — Alex Miller's spare room had been on Craigslist for two weeks when, last March, she got the call she'd been waiting for.
Steve Brusk / CNN:
NRA rejects idea of raising minimum age to buy rifles — Pres. Trump's complex relationship with guns — Washington (CNN)The National Rifle Association is rejecting ideas to raise the minimum age for purchasing rifles. — The idea of keeping people younger than 21 from buying rifles …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
This photo of Trump's notes captures his empathy deficit better than anything — President Trump held a worthwhile listening session Wednesday featuring a range of views on how to combat gun violence in schools. And while Trump's at-times-meandering comments about arming teachers …
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Haley Britzky / Axios:
Father of Parkland victim presses Rubio on assault weapons at town hall — Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was murdered in the Parkland shooting, engaged in a heated exchange with Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday night at a CNN town hall. … Why it matters: Rubio was the only Republican …
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