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Shooting reported at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis — A shooting has occurred at the Capital Gazette in Anne Arundel County, a paper that is owned by The Baltimore Sun, according to reports from Gazette staff. — Anne Arundel County Police confirmed there was an “active shooter” …
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Five dead, others ‘gravely injured’ in shooting at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis — A shooting has occurred at the Capital Gazette in Anne Arundel County, a paper that is owned by The Baltimore Sun, according to reports from Gazette staff. — The Baltimore Sun
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Sean Hannity blames Maxine Waters for shooting at Maryland newsroom — Hannity: “I've been saying now for days that something horrible was going to happen because of the rhetoric. Really Maxine?” — From the June 28 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show: — Loading the player reg...
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Sean Hannity Immediately Blames Maxine Waters for ‘Capital Gazette’ Shooting … Within seconds of learning Thursday about a shooting inside the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland, Fox News host Sean Hannity laid blame at the feet of Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters.
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5 dead in shooting at newspaper building in Maryland, suspect in custody — ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Five people were killed Thursday in a shooting at a local newspaper building in Maryland, and several others were wounded, officials in Annapolis said. One suspect is in custody.
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‘Multiple’ deaths, suspect caught after reports of shots fired outside Maryland newspaper office, sheriff says
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Rep. Maxine Waters cancels events due to ‘very serious death threat’
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Shootings reported at newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland
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Sheriff: Multiple people dead in shooting at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis
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Capital Gazette shooting: 5 dead after shooting at Maryland newspaper; suspect in custody
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Maxine Waters says she's faced increased threats, cancels attending 2 events
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5 dead in Annapolis after gunman opened fire at Capital Gazette newspaper office
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Trump Weighing Senator Mike Lee for Supreme Court Vacancy, Sources Say — President sees confirmation advantage for GOP member of Senate — Lee opposition to Roe abortion ruling may complicate chances — President Donald Trump has asked advisers their opinions …
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Chuck Schumer Is Secretly Sabotaging the Next Democratic President — President Trump periodically registers his totally correct opinion that the legislative filibuster is a stupid relic that the Senate should abolish. Senate Republicans continue to oppose him out of the highly rational belief …
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Good News: The Supreme Court Just Lost Its Conservative Majority — After joining the majority on a raft of right-wing decisions aimed at crippling organized labor, abortion access, antitrust regulation, and other longtime targets of the conservative movement, Justice Anthony Kennedy finally retired from the Supreme Court.
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Jeff Flake says he won't stall Supreme Court pick over tariff dispute
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The fate of the Supreme Court could ride on these 2 senators
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Inside the coming campaign to block Trump's Supreme Court pick
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White House wants Trump to nominate a justice before Putin trip
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Kennedy's Replacement Should Be Judge Amy Coney Barrett
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Jill Abramson, Ex-New York Times Editor: The ‘Narcissistic’ NYT Is Making ‘Horrible Mistakes,’ Needs a ‘Course Correction’ … It may not have been the tweet heard ‘round the world, but it was certainly heard—like a thunderclap—at The New York Times’ headquarters at 620 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's victory points to a media failure that keeps repeating
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Trump Consults Advisers About Possible Replacement for Chief of Staff John Kelly — Kelly is Expected to Leave White House This Summer After One Year in Job — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has consulted with advisers in recent weeks about whom he should tap as his next chief of staff …
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Trump's short list for potential John Kelly replacements — President Trump is consulting with advisers about replacing Chief of Staff John Kelly, the WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus and Peter Nicholas first reported. — What we're hearing: Sources with direct knowledge of the situation have confirmed …


Trump is trying to destabilize the European Union — As President Trump heads to Europe next month for the NATO summit and then a historic meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his personal attacks on the European Union and other pillars of the Western order are overshadowing …
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CBS News interview with ICE whistleblower interrupted by surprise visit from government agents — In his first television interview, former Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson James Schwab opens up about why he abruptly resigned in March. Schwab admits both the Obama …
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Ex-Aide to Roger Stone Is Subpoenaed in Russia Investigation — A former aide to Roger J. Stone Jr., the longtime Trump adviser and self-described “dirty trickster,” was subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury hearing evidence in the Russia investigation and to hand over documents …
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Special counsel eyeing Russians granted unusual access to Trump inauguration parties — Several billionaires with deep ties to Russia attended exclusive, invitation-only receptions during Donald Trump's inauguration festivities, guest lists obtained by ABC News show.
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House Passes Resolution Demanding Justice Dept. Turn Over Documents — WASHINGTON — The House voted along party lines on Thursday to give the Justice Department seven days to produce sensitive documents about the Russia investigation, as conservative Republicans pointedly accused the leaders …
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Former ICE Chief Counsel Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Scheme — Former Chief Counsel Raphael A. Sanchez of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA) was sentenced to 48 months in prison …
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Trump Lied About Parents Of Korean War Vets, Now He's Lying About Returned Bodies — The president claims North Korea has returned 200 service members' remains. That has not happened. — WASHINGTON - Having already invented “thousands” of parents who begged him to bring home the bodies …
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Scott Pruitt Personally Involved in ‘Ratf*cking’ Ex-Aides Who He Feels Betrayed Him … On May 18, a top aide to Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt testified to a congressional committee that she had been tasked with procuring her boss a used mattress from the Trump International Hotel …
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How the ‘Bad Boys of Brexit’ forged ties with Russia and the Trump campaign — and came under investigators' scrutiny — BRISTOL, England — On Aug. 19, 2016, Arron Banks, a wealthy British businessman, sat down at the palatial residence of the Russian ambassador to London for a lunch …


Nearly 600 protesters at Women's March arrested on Capitol Hill — Several hundreds of protesters, mostly women, joined by Democratic lawmakers, took center stage on Capitol Hill in a protest of the president's immigration policies on Thursday. — Chanting “WE CARE” and “ABOLISH ICE,” …
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Trump Administration Report Warns: Separating Families Is a Lousy Idea … The Trump State Department released a global trafficking report Thursday that admonishes foreign governments not to institutionalize children caught up in smuggling—an awkward do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do moment …
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Mediaite Welcomes Former Red State Managing Editor Caleb Howe — Mediaite is excited to announce that Caleb Howe has joined our staff as Morning Editor. — Caleb is a thorough reporter and sharp conservative opinion writer who will now be covering the early morning cable news shows through to the day's biggest stories for us.


Shifting Public Views on Legal Immigration Into the U.S. — Many unaware that most immigrants in the U.S. are here legally — While there has been considerable attention on illegal immigration into the U.S. recently, opinions about legal immigration have undergone a long-term change.
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