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20 dead, multiple injured in El Paso Walmart shooting — UPDATE: 6:11 p.m. - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed that three of the 20 victims killed in Saturday's shooting are Mexican citizens. — Lopez Obrador says the CRE and the Mexican consulate are assisting the Mexican national victims and their families.
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El Paso police say multiple people killed in shooting at shopping mall — Multiple people were killed and one person was in custody after a shooter went on a rampage Saturday at a shopping mall, police in the Texas border town of El Paso said. Police responded in the early afternoon …
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At least 20 dead in El Paso shopping center shooting as authorities investigate Texas man and manifesto — EL PASO, Texas — A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle killed at least 20 people and injured 26 more on Saturday at a busy Walmart and shopping mall not far from the Mexican border …
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El Paso Walmart Shooting: 20 People Are Dead in Massacre — RIGHT NOW 20 people were killed in the shooting, the governor said. Twenty-six others were injured in the attack. — Here's what you need to know: — El Paso has been at the center of the migrant crisis. — Officials expressed their sympathies.
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Mass Shooting at El Paso Walmart Leaves 20 Dead — The gunman “started shooting everyone, aisle by aisle,” an eyewitness says. — JORDYN ROZENSKY, JUSTIN HAMEL, ANNA KAPLAN8.3.19 1:51 PM ET — EL PASO—A lone gunman killed at least 20 people inside a crowded Walmart on Saturday morning, according to eyewitnesses and officials.
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El Paso mall shooting: At least 18 people dead, suspect in custody, police say — “We're praying for the victims, the community & our associates, as well as the first responders,” Walmart said in a statement on Twitter. — At least 18 people are dead, and other taken to hospitals Saturday …
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‘God be with you all’: Trump pledges full support for El Paso shooting victims as lawmakers also grieve — WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pledged the “total support” of the federal government in the wake of a mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart that left multiple victims dead and many more wounded.
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Deadly violence heightens concerns about domestic terrorism and white supremacists — When a gunman died after killing three people and injuring 15 others at the Gilroy Garlic Festival last weekend, authorities were left to discern a motive for his attack. — Evidence compiled …
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Texas Lt. Gov. tells Antifa to ‘stay out’ of El Paso after Walmart shooting — Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick explicitly warned the left-wing group Antifa against coming to the state following the mass shooting that resulted in more than a dozen casualties at an El Paso Walmart on Saturday.
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Mass shooting leaves at least 20 dead, dozens injured in El Paso, police say — Twenty people were killed and dozens more injured on Saturday morning in a massacre at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart that was packed with back-to-school shoppers, making it one of the ten deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, officials said.
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Between 15 and 20 people shot at El Paso Walmart, one person in custody, officials say — Between 15 and 20 people were shot at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas Saturday morning, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Fox News, while city police said one suspect was in custody.
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Michael Avenatti is mulling a run for president again after declaring he would not seek nomination — KEY POINTS — Michael Avenatti, who in the past represented porn star Stormy Daniels against the likes of President Donald Trump and his then fixer Michael Cohen, told CNBC late on Friday …
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Why a Race-Baiting Trump Is Courting Black Voters — DETROIT — Mark Greer is a black Detroiter so outraged by President Trump's regular stream of invective toward people of color that he does his best to avoid exposure to him. — So when he clicked on a YouTube link last month to watch an episode of …
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Deprived of Power, House Republicans Head for the Exits — WASHINGTON — Imagine being swept out of power in Congress and relegated to the role of spectator and naysayer as your political opponents dictate the terms of legislative debate. Add in the specter of a painful slog to re-election …
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Baltimore Sun Torches Donald Trump: ‘Dancing On Graves’ Of City's Dead — “This is the behavior of a jerk, a clod, a dolt, a schmuck.” — The Baltimore Sun's editorial board on Friday published yet another blistering opinion piece about President Donald Trump, in which it took him to task …
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The pitiful day a U.S. president used a political rally to mock Baltimore's homicide rate
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The Problem With Greta Thunberg's Climate Activism — Her radical approach is at odds with democracy. — Mr. Caldwell is the author of “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West.” — Climate activists in Western Europe had already been radicalizing …

John Ratcliffe (R-Loser) Gets the Full Trump Treatment — The resume-padding backbencher raved at Mueller on camera and found himself at the peak of Trump's regard. But like a gram of pure coke, there are consequences when the fun stops. — By RICK WILSON8.2.19 8:31 PM ET
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BREAKING: DSA votes to endorse Open Borders and a Green New Deal program at Atlanta Convention — Delegates of the Democratic Socialists of America convened in Atlanta for their 2019 National Convention, where they overwhelmingly voted in favor of resolutions that, among other things …
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The Reverend Bill Owens Stands Behind Trump — During the past several weeks, President Trump has been ramping up his racist and inflammatory attacks on nonwhite lawmakers and activists. After telling four lawmakers of color to “go back” to where they came from, he targeted Representative Elijah Cummings …
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Fox News Host: 'I Don't Know Where To Begin' Debunking Donald Trump's Latest Lie — Neil Cavuto fact-checked Trump's latest false claims about U.S. tariffs on products imported from China. — Fox News' Neil Cavuto wasted no time in fact-checking President Donald Trump's latest claims …

Bill Maher Goes Full Marianne Williamson on Antidepressants — While critics have tried to paint the 2020 candidate as a “crazy lady,” Maher declared, “I agree with everything.” — In the days after she became the most-Googled candidate at the first of two Democratic primary debates this week …

Defying U.S. Sanctions, China and Others Take Oil From 12 Iranian Tankers — China and other countries are receiving oil shipments from a larger number of Iranian tankers than was previously known, defying sanctions imposed by the United States to choke off Tehran's main source of income …
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Biden mounts fierce defense of Obama legacy after debate attacks — LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden mounted a fierce defense of Barack Obama's legacy on Saturday after several of his White House rivals attacked that record in debates this week.
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