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11:10 AM ET, June 15, 2016

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Top Republicans join Obama in condemning Trump's words — Top Republicans joined with President Obama and other Democrats Tuesday in sharply condemning Donald Trump's reaction to the nightclub massacre in Orlando, decrying his anti-Muslim rhetoric and his questioning of Obama's allegiances …

Discussion: Politico, The Federalist, Front Page Magazine, NBC News, Daily Kos, Hot Air, New York Times, The Last Tradition, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Guardian, U.S. ELECTIONS and The Atlantic

Erica Werner / Associated Press:

‘Highly offensive’: GOP lawmakers distance selves from Trump — WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismayed Republicans scrambled for cover Tuesday from Donald Trump's inflammatory response to the Orlando massacre, while President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton delivered fiery denunciations that underscored the potential peril for the GOP.

Discussion: NBC News and Political Wire

Leslie Odom Jr / CBS News:

Gauging Americans' views on Orlando mass shooting — By Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus, Sarah Dutton andJennifer De Pinto — A majority of Americans view the mass shooting over the weekend in Orlando, Florida as both an act of terrorism and a hate crime. They are divided over whether U …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Common Dreams

Kenneth R. Timmerman / The Hill:

Political correctness to blame for Orlando massacre — The FBI placed Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, 29, on its terrorist watch list in 2013 after co-workers reported that he had made “inflammatory comments” they felt showed his sympathies for terrorist groups.

Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Obama's tantrum a striking display of failed leadership

Discussion: The Jawa Report and The Last Tradition

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
In scathing remarks, Obama hits Trump head-on over radical Islam

Discussion: Instapundit, Washington Post, Liberty Unyielding and Blog Daily Listings RSS

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Hill Republicans despondent over Trump

Discussion: Washington Post

Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Trump gains slightly on Clinton after Florida attack: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Discussion: Business Insider, AOL and Talking Points Memo

Scott Clement / Washington Post:

Negative views of Donald Trump just hit a new campaign high: 7 in 10 Americans — In the latest sign Americans are dreading their general election options — and particularly one of them — negative views of Donald Trump have surged to their highest level of the 2016 campaign, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Guardian, The Week and Politico

ABC News:

Trump's Unfavorables Spike, But Clinton's Challenged, Too (POLL) — Seven in 10 Americans see Donald Trump unfavorably in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, up 10 points in just the past month to a new high since he announced his candidacy for president. But Hillary Clinton reached a new high for unfavorability as well, 55 percent.

Discussion: Washington Times and Political Wire

John McCormick / Bloomberg:

Clinton Has 12-Point Edge Over Trump in Bloomberg National Poll — Democrat Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over Republican Donald Trump, whose negatives remain unusually high for a presidential candidate amid early indications that the Orlando terrorist attack has had little direct impact on the 2016 race.

Discussion: ABC News, New York Times, NBC News, FiveThirtyEight, Politico, Washington Post, New York Magazine, The Last Refuge, RedState, Washington Times, Politicus USA, Hot Air, The Resurgent, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
WaPo/ABC poll: America decides it really dislikes its presidential options

Discussion: Instapundit

CNN:

Alligator grabs toddler, drags him into lagoon at Disney hotel, police say — Lake Buena Vista, Florida (CNN)An alligator grabbed a 2-year-old boy and dragged him into a lagoon Tuesday night at a Disney hotel near Orlando as his father desperately tried to save him.

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Christal Hayes / Orlando Sentinel:

Deputies: Gator drags child into water near Disney's Grand Floridian — Helicopters hover over the water next to Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Picture courtesy Twitter user @Menardness. — Privacy Policy — Deputies are searching for a young child who was dragged into the water …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Scared Monkeys, CBS Miami, abc7.com, CBS New York, Fox News and CBS Sacramento

Scott Fais / mynews13.com:

Mateen to News 13 producer: 'I'm the shooter. It's me.' — Matthew Gentili, a producer at News 13, took a call from someone who claimed to be Omar Mateen, 45 minutes after the shooting at Pulse had begun. — ORLANDO — In the midst of the chaos early Sunday morning at Pulse nightclub …

Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Mail, Business Insider and Mediaite

Reuters:
Orlando investigators probe what gunman's wife knew of plan

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Sanders still in the race after meeting with Clinton … is staying in the Democratic presidential race after meeting with rival Hillary Clinton — , the party's presumptive nominee, for nearly two hours at a Washington, D.C. hotel on Tuesday night. — Sanders and Clinton met …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico, ABC News and Hot Air

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Agree to Work Together

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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Clinton wins D.C. primary

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, New York Times, ABC News, The Hill, Washington Post and Mother Jones

Patrick Howley / Breitbart:

Hillary Clinton Received Secret Memo Stating Obama Admin ‘Support’ for ISIS — WASHINGTON, DC — Hillary Clinton received a classified intelligence report stating that the Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State.

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress and Business Insider

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Donald Trump: I won't kick reporters out of White House press briefing room — While Donald Trump's campaign is refusing to give press credentials to reporters from The Washington Post and several other news outlets, he says the ban will not remain in effect if he is elected.

Discussion: RedState, USA Today, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Mediaite and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump responds: Obama was more angry at me than at shooter

Discussion: New York Times and Bloomberg

The Daily Caller:

DHS Secretary: Right-Wingers Pose Same Threat As Islamic Extremists — One month after the San Bernardino terrorist attack that left 14 innocent people dead, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told advisors that right wing extremists pose just as much of a threat to the country as Islamic extremists.

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller

The Daily Caller:
Syrian Immigrant Who Said 9/11 ‘Changed The World For Good’ Is A Homeland Security Adviser

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A Trump Rally in Greensboro “Anger in here is palpable” — in which a sane man live tweets insanity — Will be live tweeting from Trump's rally in Greensboro tonight. I'm sure it'll be measured and thoughtful. — Jared Yates Sexton — Trump event like a security state.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

New York Times:

The Corrosive Politics That Threaten L.G.B.T. Americans — As families began planning funerals for the victims of Sunday's rampage at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., gay Americans mourned a loss that extended beyond the lives cut short. — Omar Mateen shattered the tenuous …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Media Matters for America, The American Conservative, The Week, National Review and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Kristin Murphy / KSL-TV:

Lt. Gov. Cox speaks at vigil for Orlando: ‘My heart has changed’ — SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Lt. Governor Spencer Cox addressed a vigil held Monday night to honor the victims and survivors of the mass shooting in Orlando. Here is a transcript of his remarks: — Ladies and Gentlemen,

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Bill Clinton: More people would have died if clubgoers were armed — said Tuesday that more people would have died in the terrorist attack at a nightclub in Orlando over the weekend if clubgoers had been armed and shot back at the lone gunman. — In an interview with Bloomberg TV …

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com

Photos By / Washington Post:

Heartbreaking photos show what it's like living in a walled city of a brothel — Kajol with a customer. (Sandra Hoyn) — Women waiting for customers in the Kandapara brothel in Tangail. (Sandra Hoyn) — Bangladesh is one of the few Muslim countries in the world where prostitution is legal.

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

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Discussion: Politico, The Verge, Techdirt, The Week, Heat Street and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

Trump: U.S. troops stole money in Iraq — Donald Trump rang in the Army's 241st birthday in unusual fashion on Tuesday — by calling attention to theft of government funds by American soldiers in Iraq. — “Iraq, crooked as hell. How about bringing baskets of money …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and RedState

Reno Gazette-Journal:

Ralston Reports: Small turnout creates big ripples — The voters have spoken. — Well, some of them. Actually, very few of them, less than a fifth of those registered. — But minority though they may have been Tuesday, the voters did tell us something as storylines emerged …

Discussion: Washington Post and LasVegasSun.com

Cristina Marcos / The Hill:

House GOP leaders block LGBT vote after Orlando shooting — House GOP leaders won't allow a vote this week on a proposal to ensure that federal contractors can't discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. — Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), who is gay …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The New Civil Rights Movement, The Resurgent and New York Magazine

Steven Shepard / Politico:

Battleground boss: Clinton leads Trump across swing-state map — Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in the 11 pivotal states likely to determine the outcome of this year's presidential election, according to the debut of POLITICO's Battleground States polling average.