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Texas mall shooting updates: 8 killed, 7 hospitalized — At least seven victims were transported to area hospitals, authorities said. — Eight people were killed, seven hospitalized with injuries with three in critical condition and four in stable condition in a shooting Saturday …
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Associated Press:
Police: 8 killed in Texas mall shooting, gunman also dead — A gunman killed eight people and wounded seven others - three critically - in a shooting at a Dallas-area mall before being fatally shot by a police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities said Saturday.
New York Times:
At Least 9 Dead, Including Gunman, in Shooting at Texas Mall — A police officer on an unrelated assignment nearby rushed toward the sounds of gunfire and killed the gunman. — Mary Beth Gahan reported from Allen, Texas. — A gunman opened fire at a crowded mall outside Dallas on Saturday …
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Victor Swezey / The Daily Beast:
Armed-to-Teeth Mass Killer Kills 8, Wounds 7 at Texas Mall — A police officer shot the gunman dead. The motive is unknown. — Intern — A gunman rampaged through an outlet mall in a Dallas suburb on Saturday—killing eight people and wounding seven others before being shot dead by police.
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Briauna Brown / WFAA-TV:
Allen mall shooting: Investigation underway after deadly shooting at Allen Premium Outlets, officials say — According to reports, the shooting occurred at about 3:30 p.m. at Allen Premium Outlets located at 820 W. Stacy Road. — ALLEN, Texas — Several law enforcement agencies are responding …
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Reuters:
At least 8 people killed by gunman at Texas mall; shooter killed by police
At least 8 people killed by gunman at Texas mall; shooter killed by police
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New York Post, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Breitbart, CBS News, WGN-TV and Associated Press
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 6, 2023 — For years now, after one massacre or another, I have written some version of the same article, explaining that the nation's current gun free-for-all is not traditional but, rather, is a symptom of the takeover of our nation by a radical extremist minority.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump plays the inside game to stave off '16-like convention chaos — The former president has been wooing delegates at his club and over the phone. — When Former President Donald Trump quietly huddled last month with a group of Louisiana Republican Party leaders at his Mar-a-Lago estate …
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Washington Post:
Biden faces broad negative ratings at start of campaign, Post-ABC poll finds — The president's approval ratings slip to a new low, more Americans than not doubt his mental acuity, and his support against leading GOP challengers is far shakier than at this point four years ago
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Tucker Carlson ready to torch Fox News — Tucker Carlson is preparing to unleash allies to attack Fox News in an effort to bully the network into letting him work for — or start — a right-wing rival, sources close to him tell Axios. — Bryan Freedman, the high-powered Hollywood …
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David Harrison / Wall Street Journal:
Biden, Lawmakers Look to Break Impasse on Debt Ceiling — WASHINGTON—Top Democrats and Republicans are racing to try to find a politically acceptable way to raise the nation's borrowing limit in the coming weeks, diving into talks that President Biden has avoided during months of impasse.
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ABC News:
Don't ‘piss off his voters’: Recordings reveal DeSantis' 2018 thoughts on dealing with Trump — ABC News exclusively obtained footage of DeSantis' 2018 debate prep sessions. — During his first bid for statewide office in 2018, Ron DeSantis was grappling with a key issue …
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Raw Story, Florida Politics and HotAir
Ursula Perano / The Daily Beast:
Rebrand of the Rebrand: MAGA Oz Pivots Back to Being Dr. Oz — Following his defeat in Pennsylvania's Senate race, Mehmet Oz may be passing up a political comeback for a chance to get his old career back. — For most losing political candidates, the months that follow defeat …
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Call It Trump's Coup Attempt, Because It Damned Well Was — By failing to remind our audience what Trump did each and every time we mention him, journalists normalize his attempt to end American democracy on that January day. — Donald Trump once famously bragged that he could shoot someone …
Maya Boddie / Raw Story:
'Now it's God's fault': Texas Republican slammed for claiming ‘the almighty’ controls shootings — Another day, another mass shooting in the United States. — A gunman, who is now dead, opened fire at an outlet mall in the town of Allen, Texas, Saturday afternoon, taking “multiple” …