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Houston Chronicle:
‘Multiple fatalities’ reported at Santa Fe High School shooting — SANTA FE, Texas - A shooting at Santa Fe High School this morning has left “multiple fatalities,” a law enforcement source confirmed. — The source said the gunman was a male, but could provide no further information.
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KHOU-TV:
WATCH LIVE: At least 8 killed in shooting at Santa Fe HS; Officials sweeping building — Authorities say one suspect is in custody at the school, located about 30 miles southeast of Houston. Another person has also been detained. — SANTA FE, Texas - Federal and county officials tell …
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New York Times:
At Least 8 People Killed in Santa Fe, Texas, School Shooting; Suspect Is in Custody — At least eight people were killed, and others were injured, in a shooting on Friday morning at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Tex., according to law enforcement officials. A suspect was in custody.
Associated Press:
Houston-area media reporting fatalities from school shooting — SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — Houston-area media citing unnamed law enforcement officials are reporting that there are fatalities following a shooting at a local high school Friday morning. — Television station KHOU and the Houston Chronicle …
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twitchy.com, AOL, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Beast
CNN:
8 killed in shooting at Texas' Santa Fe High School, CNN affiliates report — (CNN)At least eight people have died as a result of a shooting Friday morning at a high school in the southeastern Texas city of Santa Fe, CNN affiliates are reporting. This is the third school shooting in eight days …
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
At least 8 dead in shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas: Sheriff — At least eight people are dead after a student allegedly opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Texas this morning, sending students fleeing for their lives, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
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Mediaite
abc13.com:
LIVE COVERAGE: Confirmed injuries after Santa Fe High School shooting
LIVE COVERAGE: Confirmed injuries after Santa Fe High School shooting
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Washington Post:
At least 8 killed in shooting at Texas high school, sheriff says
At least 8 killed in shooting at Texas high school, sheriff says
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Houston Chronicle and Political Wire
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Injuries reported in shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas: School district
Injuries reported in shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas: School district
CNN:
There has been, on average, 1 school shooting every week this year
There has been, on average, 1 school shooting every week this year
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Shareblue Media, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Bustle
Fox News:
Texas high school shooting leaves 8-10 dead, 1 suspect in custody, 1 detained
Texas high school shooting leaves 8-10 dead, 1 suspect in custody, 1 detained
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The Gateway Pundit, CBS Los Angeles, twitchy.com and Fox News Insider
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
It's right there in plain sight … THE MORNING PLUM: — Here's the difficulty. We want Congress to exercise oversight when it comes to the activities of our intelligence services, to prevent them from abusing their awesome powers and to maintain public confidence that such abuses …
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CNN, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
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Washington Post:
‘Bigger than Watergate’: Trump joins push by allies to expose role of an FBI source … President Trump's allies are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign to undercut the Russia investigation by exposing the role of a top-secret FBI source. The effort reached new heights Thursday …
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New York Times:
Congressional Candidates, Not Mueller, Could Decide Trump's Future
Congressional Candidates, Not Mueller, Could Decide Trump's Future
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Law & Crime
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Was Trump's Campaign ‘Set Up’?
Was Trump's Campaign ‘Set Up’?
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New York Magazine
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump: Justice Dept. put a ‘spy’ in campaign to ‘frame’ him
Trump: Justice Dept. put a ‘spy’ in campaign to ‘frame’ him
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Washington Post, CNN and MSNBC
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Tie Health Facilities' Funding to Abortion Restrictions — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to announce on Friday a new policy barring Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health organizations from providing or mentioning abortions at any facility …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Trump to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding, Administration Will Announce Friday
Trump to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding, Administration Will Announce Friday
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Townhall, Breitbart, Daily Wire, IJR, The Resurgent, Washington Times, Susan B. Anthony List and The Gateway Pundit
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump administration to bar abortions at facilities receiving federal family funds
Trump administration to bar abortions at facilities receiving federal family funds
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Townhall
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Unfair!’ Rudy Giuliani explodes when CNN's Cuomo plays clip of him saying presidents must obey subpoenas — Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani went on an angry tirade against Chris Cuomo on Friday after the CNN host played an old clip of him saying that presidents must comply with subpoenas to testify.
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Mediaite
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Giuliani says Mueller has agreed to narrow scope of potential Trump interview — Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to narrow the scope of a potential interview with President Donald Trump from five topics to two.
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National Review, KTLA, Political Wire and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Scrapped Training Exercise With South Korea Involving B-52s — South Korea expressed concern in advance of U.S.-North Korea summit, officials say — A training exercise involving U.S. B-52 bombers and South Korean planes was scrapped earlier this week after the South Korean government …
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The Guardian and CNBC
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Maximum pressure on North Korea is gone, and it isn't coming back
Maximum pressure on North Korea is gone, and it isn't coming back
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Just Security, Military.com and New York Times
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy — He says there's a crisis in masculinity. Why won't women — all these wives and witches — just behave? — TORONTO — Jordan Peterson fills huge lecture halls and tells his audiences there's no shame in looking backward to a model of how the world should be arranged.
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Mother Jones, The Week, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and The Daily Caller
David Smith / The Guardian:
Bill Gates: Trump twice asked me the difference between HIV and HPV — Microsoft co-founder tells foundation meeting it was ‘kind of scary’ how much Trump knew about what Gates' daughter looked like — Bill Gates, the billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, has claimed Donald Trump twice asked …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Bill Gates: I had to explain to Trump the difference between HIV, HPV
Bill Gates: I had to explain to Trump the difference between HIV, HPV
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The Root, Outside the Beltway, Sputnik International, Washington Press and AOL
Doha Madani / HuffPost:
Bill Gates Says Trump Didn't Know The Difference Between HPV And HIV
Bill Gates Says Trump Didn't Know The Difference Between HPV And HIV
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Splinter
Joanna Chiu / Foreign Policy:
Sexpat Journalists Are Ruining Asia Coverage — Newsroom predators in foreign bureaus hurt their colleagues — and their stories. — Today, I'm known as a strong advocate in my social circles, promoting women's and minorities' voices in media. But when I first moved to China seven years ago …
miamiherald:
Man firing gun and ranting about Trump shot by police inside Trump National Doral resort — A gunman ranting about President Donald Trump walked into the lobby of Trump National Doral Miami resort early Friday morning, draped an American flag on the counter and began firing.
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Doug Phillips / Sun-Sentinel:
Doral resident shouting ‘anti-President Trump rhetoric,’ shot in police firefight at Trump National Resort
Doral resident shouting ‘anti-President Trump rhetoric,’ shot in police firefight at Trump National Resort
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National Review, Politico and Daily Wire
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Manafort's former son-in-law cuts plea deal, to cooperate with government: sources — NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, has cut a plea deal with the Justice Department that requires him to cooperate …
Robin Emmott / Reuters:
EU considers Iran central bank transfers to beat U.S. sanctions — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is proposing that EU governments make direct money transfers to Iran's central bank to avoid U.S. penalties, an EU official said, in what would be the most forthright challenge to Washington's newly reimposed sanctions.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Is Trump the Second Coming of Reagan? — Fox News's Bret Baier wants you to think he just might be. — Bret Baier, chief political anchor of Fox News, President Trump's favorite network, insists he isn't living in some alternate reality. He knows that our current President is louder …
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HuffPost:
Freedom Caucus Sinks Farm Bill — A fight over immigration spoiled Paul Ryan's welfare reform agenda. — WASHINGTON Republicans failed to come up with the votes Friday to pass a major piece of their domestic policy agenda, with a farm bill rewrite narrowly going down on the House floor …
BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About Aaron Schlossberg, The Racist New York Lawyer Who Berated People For Speaking In Spanish — Aaron M. Schlossberg, the Manhattan attorney who was caught in a viral racist rant against people speaking Spanish, has been caught on video and in photos being a bigot in at least four more instances over two years.
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HuffPost, New York Times and Bustle
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TMZ.com:
Jay-Z Convinced Meek Mill to Cancel White House Visit with Trump — Meek Mill bailed on a visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Friday after a late-night call from Jay-Z ... TMZ has learned. — TMZ broke the story ... Meek agreed to travel to the White House to discuss prison reform.
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller and The Root
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Sources Say Cohen Financial Records Not Missing, Just Restricted — Three sources told BuzzFeed News that Treasury Department officials have taken the highly unusual step of restricting access to suspicious activity reports. — Records pertaining to the financial activities …
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The Guardian, The Week, Raw Story, The Hill, POGOBlog, Washington Post, Hot Air, Business Insider, Political Wire, Crooked Media, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and Shareblue Media
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Millions flow to fast-growing lobbying firms with ties to the Trump administration — Editorial Page writer George Hager discusses how one becomes a lobbyist, what they do and why they matter in his answer to this reader question. Have a question? Send it using #askusatoday on Twitter or e-mail askusatoday@usatoday.com.
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Splinter and middleeastmonitor.com