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New York Times:
Live Updates: ‘We Have to Act,’ Biden Says After 21 Killed at Texas Elementary School — It was the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Conn. — 19 children and two adults are killed in a Texas elementary school shooting, the authorities say.
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Washington Post:
Gunman was bullied as a child, grew increasingly violent, friends say — Relatives, classmates describe fraught relationship with mother and a troubling pattern of acting out — The gunman in Tuesday's elementary school massacre was a lonely 18-year-old who was bullied over a childhood speech impediment …
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St. John Barned-Smith / Houston Chronicle:
Uvalde school shooting: Teen gunman bought AR-15 style rifle day after he turned 18 — Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate — The gunman who authorities say killed 21 people in a South Texas community - 19 of them elementary school students - legally purchased two rifles …
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ABC13:
Death toll in Texas elementary school shooting rises; 19 children, 2 adults killed by shooter — The suspect was identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, a student at Uvalde High School — Death toll rises to 22, mostly children, in TX school shooting — UVALDE, Texas …
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Bari Weiss / Common Sense:
American Madness — On the mass murder of children in Texas. — My sister is a teacher in America, which means she has had to teach her fourth grade students about how to defend themselves against people who might walk into her public school with guns. Once, during a false alarm …
Associated Press:
Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers in Texas school rampage — UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way,” an official said Wednesday …
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Bill Bostock / Insider:
Texas Republicans made it easier to buy and carry guns months before 19 kids were shot and killed at an elementary school — A gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. — In recent months, Texas has made it increasingly easier to buy and carry guns.
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New York Times, The Guardian and The White House
Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:
EXCLUSIVE: 'That's the picture of him buying a gun': Uvalde mass shooting suspect bought an AR-15 online last week
EXCLUSIVE: 'That's the picture of him buying a gun': Uvalde mass shooting suspect bought an AR-15 online last week
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Washington Post:
At least 19 children, 2 teachers killed at Texas elementary school
At least 19 children, 2 teachers killed at Texas elementary school
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Washington Post:
Biden urges end to ‘carnage’ of gun violence after 19 children killed at Texas school
Biden urges end to ‘carnage’ of gun violence after 19 children killed at Texas school
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NBC News:
19 children, 2 teachers killed in Texas elementary school shooting
19 children, 2 teachers killed in Texas elementary school shooting
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Matthew Loh / Insider:
GOP Rep. Paul Gosar spread a baseless transphobic rumor that the Uvalde school shooting suspect was a ‘transsexual leftist illegal alien’
GOP Rep. Paul Gosar spread a baseless transphobic rumor that the Uvalde school shooting suspect was a ‘transsexual leftist illegal alien’
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Insider, Associated Press and The Wrap
New York Times:
Democrats moved quickly to clear the way for votes on legislation to strengthen background checks for gun purchasers.
Democrats moved quickly to clear the way for votes on legislation to strengthen background checks for gun purchasers.
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, National Review, The Hill and Mediaite
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
‘Spare me the bullshit’: Sen. Chris Murphy rips GOP colleagues after Texas shooting
‘Spare me the bullshit’: Sen. Chris Murphy rips GOP colleagues after Texas shooting
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Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:
Texas AG facing runoff says banning guns for public safety ‘ridiculous’ after school shooting
Texas AG facing runoff says banning guns for public safety ‘ridiculous’ after school shooting
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Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
27 school shootings have taken place so far this year
27 school shootings have taken place so far this year
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CNN:
Fact check: Herschel Walker falsely claims he never falsely claimed he graduated from University of Georgia — Herschel Walker, the former football star who is now the Republican nominee for a US Senate seat in Georgia, is piling dishonesty upon dishonesty on the subject of his college education.
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New York Times:
Trump Vowed Vengeance, but Georgia Voters Rejected His Meddling — Donald J. Trump barreled into Georgia vowing to marshal voters against his enemies and punish Republicans who crossed him in 2020. Instead, Georgia voters punished him for meddling in their state.
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Reuters, Raw Story and Voice of America
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
'We're going to go f—ing scorched-earth': How Brian Kemp crushed Trump in Georgia — When Brian Kemp's top donors huddled with the Georgia governor and his lieutenants at Atlanta's Capital City Club earlier this year, they had reason to worry that his political career was about to come to an end.
Washington Post:
Donald Trump recalibrates his standing in GOP after primary setbacks — The former president is seeking out information on potential 2024 rivals after a series of defeats for his chosen candidates have raised questions about his continued dominance of the Republican Party.
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NBC News, New York Times, Shore News Network and The Dispatch
David French / The French Press:
Pass and Enforce Red Flag Laws. Now. — We know they can save lives. — I was intending to write about the Georgia Republican primary, but then—just as I was walking back to my hotel—I saw the horrific news out of Uvalde, Texas. Another school shooting. Another elementary school.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
America's Hands Are Full of Blood — Thoughts and prayers. It began as a cliché. It became a joke. It has putrefied into a national shame. — If tonight, Americans do turn heavenward in pain and grief for the lost children of Uvalde, Texas, they may hear the answer delivered in the Bible through the words of Isaiah:
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Ryan Busse / The Bulwark:
Even the Gun Industry Knew We Would End Up Here
Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Raffensperger declares victory over election denialism in Georgia GOP Secretary of State's race — Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger narrowly won his primary Tuesday against Trump-backed Jody Hice and other challengers. — Incumbent Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: How Brad Raffensperger pulled of the upset of the night in Georgia
The Jolt: How Brad Raffensperger pulled of the upset of the night in Georgia
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New York Times, The Atlantic, Raw Story, Plain Dealer, Axios and Erick Erickson's Confessions …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Brad Raffensperger, targeted by Trump, wins Ga. GOP primary for secretary of state
Brad Raffensperger, targeted by Trump, wins Ga. GOP primary for secretary of state
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Talking Points Memo, Brookings, National Review and Los Angeles Times
Andrew Kerr / Washington Examiner:
Hunter Biden swiped personal info from his family's phones, laptop data suggests — EXCLUSIVE — Records located on a copy of Hunter Biden's laptop suggest he took personal data from his sister-in-law's cellphones over a dozen times between 2017 and 2018 without her consent …
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Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Why conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Marjorie Taylor Greene just easily won her primary — ‘Shocked!’: Black Georgians on being represented by Marjorie Taylor Greene — According to NBC News projections, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has won the Republican primary in Georgia's 14th …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene wins her primary, dashing establishment G.O.P. hopes.
Marjorie Taylor Greene wins her primary, dashing establishment G.O.P. hopes.
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Alex Pareene / The AP (Alex Pareene) Newsletter:
The Unanswered Question — If an entire generation thinks the system is broken, might that be a “you” problem? — Believers in American institutions, and the people who control those institutions, should know that they are forging a generation of Americans with no faith in them.
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Tens of thousands of migrants waiting on U.S. doorstep — As many as 50,000 migrants are waiting in Mexican shelters for a chance to cross the border, hoping to run out the clock on Title 42, the COVID-era rule limiting entry to the U.S., according to internal documents reviewed by Axios.
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CNN:
‘They were shooting directly at the journalists’: New evidence suggests Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in targeted attack by Israeli forces — This story contains a disturbing image. — (CNN)Several shots ring out in quick succession, cutting through a clear, blue spring morning in Jenin, in the West Bank.
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
U.S. intelligence document shows Russian naval blockade of Ukraine — World leaders call the Kremlin's actions a deliberate attack on the global food supply chain — Newly declassified U.S. intelligence shows that a Russian naval blockade has halted maritime trade at Ukrainian ports …
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