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New York Times:
Armed Sheriff's Deputy ‘Never Went In’ During Florida Shooting — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The only armed security guard on campus during a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school last week “never went in” to a building to try to take down the shooting suspect, Sheriff Scott Israel …
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Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Armed sheriff's deputy stayed outside Florida school while mass killing took place — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The armed school resource officer assigned to protect students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took a defensive position outside the school and did not enter the building …
New York Times:
Trump Promotes Arming Teachers, but Rejects Active Shooter Drills — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday intensified his calls for arming highly trained teachers as part of an effort to fortify schools against shooting massacres like the one that occurred in Parkland, Fla., last week …
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CBS News:
NRA's Wayne LaPierre makes it clear he isn't backing down on guns — or the culture wars — National Rifle Association Executive Director and CEO Wayne LaPierre launched into criticisms of socialists, the FBI and the media Thursday, as he defended gun rights from the stage of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me “Scripted Question” After Denying Question About Armed Guards
Shooting Survivor: CNN Gave Me “Scripted Question” After Denying Question About Armed Guards
Washington Post:
NRA goes on the offensive after Parkland shooting, assailing media and calling for more armed school security
NRA goes on the offensive after Parkland shooting, assailing media and calling for more armed school security
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CNN:
School shooter threatened others with a gun, first host family told police
School shooter threatened others with a gun, first host family told police
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Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
A superintendent threatens to suspend students protesting gun laws. But that's not legal.
A superintendent threatens to suspend students protesting gun laws. But that's not legal.
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Jeffrey Solochek / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida House approves bill to post “In God We Trust” in all public schools
Florida House approves bill to post “In God We Trust” in all public schools
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Lisa J. Huriash / Sun-Sentinel:
Video delays misled cops at Stoneman Douglas shooting
Video delays misled cops at Stoneman Douglas shooting
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Stephen Hobbs / Sun-Sentinel:
Stoneman Douglas cop resigns; sheriff says he should have ‘killed the killer’
Stoneman Douglas cop resigns; sheriff says he should have ‘killed the killer’
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Orlando Sentinel, Vox and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
E.J. Dionne Jr. / Washington Post:
Why is only one side in the gun culture war required to show respect?
Why is only one side in the gun culture war required to show respect?
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Hullabaloo, Bloomberg and Daily Kos
Peter Burke / WPLG-TV:
CNN refutes Parkland school shooting survivor's ‘scripted’ question claim
CNN refutes Parkland school shooting survivor's ‘scripted’ question claim
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Trump Staffer Rick Gates Fires His Lawyer in Russia Probe … Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates has fired his lawyer, The Daily Beast has learned. And, contrary to recent media reports, Gates is not about to make a deal with the special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Washington Post:
Special counsel Mueller files new charges in Manafort, Gates case … New charges were filed Thursday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner, ratcheting up the legal pressure on them as they prepare for a trial later this year.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller adds new tax, bank fraud charges against Manafort, Gates
Mueller adds new tax, bank fraud charges against Manafort, Gates
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Josh Delk / The Hill:
Rick Gates fires lawyer in sign plea negotiations may be off
Rick Gates fires lawyer in sign plea negotiations may be off
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Kansas City Star:
Gov. Greitens indicted for felony invasion of privacy stemming from affair — Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted Thursday afternoon by a St. Louis grand jury on a felony charge of invasion of privacy. — The charge stems from a 2015 affair and allegations that he threatened to release …
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Jon Thompson / RGA:
Missouri GOP Governor Eric Greitens Proposes $800 Million Tax Cut — GOP Governor Eric Greitens continues to fight for lower taxes in Missouri, rolling out new reforms that would cut taxes for 97% of the state's citizens. Last week, Governor Greitens put forward an extensive tax reform package …
Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens indicted on felony invasion of privacy charge stemming from affair
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens indicted on felony invasion of privacy charge stemming from affair
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Business Insider, The Week and WGN-TV
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens's sexual blackmail scandal, explained
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens's sexual blackmail scandal, explained
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Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Will Remove “Nation of Immigrants” From Mission Statement — The lead U.S. agency tasked with granting citizenship to would-be Americans is making a major change to its mission statement, removing a passage that describes the United States as a nation of immigrants.
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. official focused on election security being shoved aside — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of a federal agency who has helped U.S. states protect election systems from possible cyber attacks by Russia or others is being removed from his post by Republican House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and the White House.
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CNN:
McMaster could leave WH after months of tension with Trump — Washington (CNN)With tensions flaring between President Donald Trump and national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the Pentagon is considering options that would allow the President to potentially move the three-star general …
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Kim Janssen / Chicago Tribune:
Gov. Rauner drinks chocolate milk to demonstrate his commitment to diversity — In an awkward onstage appearance this week, Gov. Bruce Rauner drank a glass of chocolate milk to demonstrate his belief in diversity. — “It's really, really good,” Rauner said after taking a sip of the sugary drink.
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Heather Sher / The Atlantic:
What I Saw Treating the Victims From Parkland Should Change the Debate on Guns — As I opened the CT scan last week to read the next case, I was baffled. The history simply read “gunshot wound.” I have been a radiologist in one of the busiest trauma centers in the nation for 13 years …
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GQ:
What Ever Happened To Brendan Fraser? — GQ's Zach Baron reports on the stupendous rise and surprising disappearance of the once ubiquitous movie star. — Brendan Fraser wants me to meet his horse. “I got this horse because it's a big horse,” he says, standing in a barn in Bedford, New York.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Margaret Brennan Named Host of ‘Face the Nation’ on CBS — WASHINGTON — Margaret Brennan, the senior foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, will be the next moderator of “Face the Nation,” the network's prestige Sunday morning public affairs show and one of the most influential venues in American politics.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Trump: ‘Maybe They Have to Put a Rating System’ on Movies … During a meeting Thursday with state lawmakers, President Trump suggested violent entertainment is to blame for mass shootings in the United States. — His proposed solution? A ratings system for movies.
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Krystie Lee Yandoli / BuzzFeed:
Meryl Streep And Jennifer Lawrence Have Slammed Harvey Weinstein For Using Their Words In His Defense — In a court filing Wednesday, Harvey Weinstein asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him by six women who say he assaulted them. — In a motion to dismiss the suit …
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Kathryn Rubino / Above the Law:
Over 30 Percent Of Applicants Want To Go To Law School Because Of Trump — Why do you want to go to law school? — We've known for a while that more people are taking the LSAT — we're talking a double-digit increase. But exactly why has largely remained a source of speculation …
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Anita Wadhwani / Tennessean.com:
TBI: Nude cellphone photos, deleted chats may show evidence of crime in Mayor Megan Barry affair — Michael Schwab / USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says it has obtained nude photos of a woman taken on the phone of former Sgt. Rob Forrest …
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Political Wire and Tennessee Star
Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
Joss Whedon Exits ‘Batgirl’ Movie (Exclusive) — The Bat signal is being dimmed ... for now. — Joss Whedon is saying goodbye to DC Entertainment heroine Batgirl. — Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer among other pop culture touchstones, is exiting the Warner Bros. feature project …
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