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NBC News:
Trans woman's photo used to spread baseless online theory about Texas shooter — Sam, a transgender woman who lives in Georgia, said that on Tuesday evening, Reddit users started commenting on a photo of her that she had shared on the platform three months ago.
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Media Matters for America, Mashable, Trans Safety Network, Lead Stories, MEL Magazine and PinkNews
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Tess Owen / VICE:
The Police Timeline of the Texas School Shooting Has a Lot of Holes — Texas law enforcement officials are being strangely opaque about what actually happened during the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. — TO — Texas officials are clapping themselves on the back for what they've described …
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MLive.com, New York Times and Washington Post
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Hours after Uvalde school shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott attended a fundraiser 300 miles away — A spokesperson for Abbott said he had previously committed to the event but all campaign-related activities are postponed until further notice. — Copy link — Gov. Greg Abbott attended …
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Dallas Morning News, Insider, Mediaite and Florida Phoenix
New York Times:
The Stupefying Tally of American Gun Violence — The 18-year-old gunman stormed past an armed guard at a Texas school, carrying a rifle he had purchased days before the attack. At least 19 children and two teachers were killed before the gunman was shot by a Border Patrol agent.
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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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Houston Chronicle:
Beto O'Rourke confronts Abbott during news conference on Uvalde mass shooting: ‘This is on you’ — Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate — Just over 24 hours after the mass shooting of children and teachers in an elementary school in Uvalde, Gov. Greg Abbott addressed the media at a nearby high school there.
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NBC News:
Texas gunman left home after fight with mom about Wi-Fi, mother's boyfriend says — “He was kind of a weird one. I never got along with him. I never socialized with him. He doesn't talk to nobody,” Juan Alvarez said. — Investigation into deadly Texas school shooting underway
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New York Times, Daily Mail, The Daily Wire, Washington Post and Insider
Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Why was there no armed security at Robb Elementary School?
Why was there no armed security at Robb Elementary School?
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Politico, Associated Press, Washington Free Beacon, Fox News, New York Post, TheBlaze, NBC News, Louder With Crowder and National Review
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Pope Francis and a cardinal say it's time for the U.S. to act on guns
Pope Francis and a cardinal say it's time for the U.S. to act on guns
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PolitiFact, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, americamagazine.org, CBS News and Conservative Review
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
After Texas shooting, Republicans face online anger over NRA money
After Texas shooting, Republicans face online anger over NRA money
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Fox News, RedState, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, IJR, Daily Kos and Wall Street Journal
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
‘You are doing nothing’: O'Rourke accosts Abbott at press conference on shooting
‘You are doing nothing’: O'Rourke accosts Abbott at press conference on shooting
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
National Rifle Association says ‘our deepest sympathies’ are with families and victims of Uvalde, Texas school massacre
National Rifle Association says ‘our deepest sympathies’ are with families and victims of Uvalde, Texas school massacre
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Washington Times, CBS News, Al Jazeera, The Texas Tribune, Newsweek, Political Wire, Raw Story and Townhall
St. John Barned-Smith / Houston Chronicle:
Uvalde school shooting: Teen gunman bought AR-15 style rifle day after he turned 18
Uvalde school shooting: Teen gunman bought AR-15 style rifle day after he turned 18
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
America's new norm: ‘Why are we willing to live with this carnage?’
America's new norm: ‘Why are we willing to live with this carnage?’
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HuffPost, CNN and The Texas Tribune
Shweta Sharma / The Independent:
Texas school shooting: Who are the victims?
Texas school shooting: Who are the victims?
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Washington Post, The Hill, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Atlantic, Mashable, ABC7, NPR, The Daily Dot and New York Times
New York Times:
Trump Said to Have Reacted Approvingly to Jan. 6 Chants About Hanging Pence — The House committee investigating the Capitol assault has heard accounts of the former president's remarks as he watched the riot unfold on television. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Politico:
Trump expressed support for hanging Pence during Capitol riot, Jan. 6 panel told — The Jan. 6 select committee has heard testimony indicating that then-President Donald Trump — after rioters who swarmed the Capitol began chanting “hang Mike Pence” — expressed support for hanging his vice president …
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, Washington Times, Raw Story and Political Wire
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
A Trump Repudiation? Look at the Big Picture. — It's a headline almost too tempting to resist: “Tuesday was the night the lights went out in Georgia for Donald Trump.” — David Perdue, Trump's handpicked choice for Georgia governor, lost the Republican primary in a landslide to incumbent …
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Washington Post, USA Today, Bernard Goldberg's Commentary, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, The American Independent and Axios
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
How Raffensperger went from Trump outcast to MAGA vanquisher
How Raffensperger went from Trump outcast to MAGA vanquisher
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Pa. secretary of state orders recount in GOP primary between Oz, McCormick
Pa. secretary of state orders recount in GOP primary between Oz, McCormick
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Politico, Just The News and CNN
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason America Doesn't Have Gun Control — After each of the repeated mass shootings that now provide a tragic backbeat to American life, the same doomed dance of legislation quickly begins. As the outraged demands for action are inevitably derailed in Congress …
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Fox News, The Guardian, Associated Press, National Review, Sacramento Bee, WSAV-TV, The Sun, The B|E note, Florida Phoenix and HuffPost
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion How Democrats can address our hopelessness about child massacres
Opinion How Democrats can address our hopelessness about child massacres
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New York Times, VICE, Mashable, The Hill, The Guardian, RedState, Wall Street Journal, Insider, The Daily Caller and The Decent America Newsletter
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
America's gun exceptionalism, by the numbers
America's gun exceptionalism, by the numbers
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Vox, WHYY, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Politico and New York Times
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate begins search for bipartisan gun deal after Schumer's green light
Senate begins search for bipartisan gun deal after Schumer's green light
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer tells colleagues not to expect a gun control vote anytime soon
Schumer tells colleagues not to expect a gun control vote anytime soon
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Joe Hernandez / NPR:
Guns are banned during Trump's upcoming speech at the NRA conference — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at the National Rifle Association's Annual Leadership Forum on Friday. But audience members at the group's annual meeting, being held this year in Houston, won't be able to carry guns during his address.
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New York Times:
Intensifying Inquiry Into Alternate Electors Focuses on Trump Lawyers — In recent subpoenas, federal prosecutors investigating alternate slates of pro-Trump electors sought information about Rudolph W. Giuliani, John Eastman and others. — The Justice Department has stepped …
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Insider, CNN, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Whistleblower report on baby formula didn't reach top FDA food safety official — A report alleging safety failures at a plant took four months to reach Frank Yiannas, the top food safety official — When a whistleblower sent a 34-page report to the Food and Drug Administration …
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Washington Examiner, CNN, Fortune, The Daily Signal, The Daily Caller, New York Times, CBS News, The Hill, Gizmodo, All Facts Matter, Townhall and Food Safety News
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Steve Israel / The Hill:
The haunting reason Congress won't pass sensible gun laws — THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — In one of those Capitol Hill elevators reserved for Members of Congress when there are votes on the House floor, I learned a tragic lesson …
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Insider, WV MetroNews and CBS News
New York Times:
Israel Tells U.S. It Killed Iranian Officer, Official Says — Israeli officials say the officer, Sayad Khodayee, was a leader of a covert unit tasked with abductions and killings of Israelis and other foreigners around the world. Iran does not acknowledge that the unit exists.
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and РИА …
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Just after Texas shooting, California Senate passes Texas-style bill targeting assault weapons, ghost guns — The California Senate passed a gun control bill to allow private citizens to file suit for at least $10,000 against makers or sellers of untraceable ghost guns or illegal assault weapons
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The Daily Wire, Breitbart, Los Angeles Times and NBC Los Angeles
Katie Tan / The Chronicle:
Duke School of Medicine professor describes mandatory equity training as “Maoist political propaganda,” refuses to attend — A Duke professor disputed with department members about mandatory training with the Office for Institutional Equity, calling the modules “left-wing Maoist political …
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The Daily Caller, The College Fix and Washington Examiner
CNBC:
Elon Musk backs ‘tight’ background checks for all gun sales in wake of mass shooting in Texas — In an email to CNBC, Musk blamed the media for giving murderers the attention he believes they crave by covering mass shootings. — He said he supports “tight” background checks …
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Louder With Crowder, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones and Otago Daily Times Online News
Drew Hinshaw / Wall Street Journal:
Hungary to Make Multinationals Cede Some Profits to State — WARSAW—Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban used newly acquired wartime powers to declare that multinational companies in his country must cede the bulk of their excess profits into new state funds dedicated to preparing …
Bloomberg:
California, Long Leery of Nuclear Power, Joins Bid to Save It — The push to make nuclear power a key tool to fight climate change is getting a boost from one of the most unlikely places on Earth: California. — The state, birthplace of the US anti-nuclear movement, is reconsidering plans …