Sanjana Karanth
Reporter, HuffPost
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Congress Calls On 8chan Owner To Testify On Extremism After Mass Shootings
The House Homeland Security Committee wrote to Jim Watkins, owner of the online extremist site that's been linked to at least three mass shootings this year.
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El Paso Congresswoman Calls Out Trump For Refusing To Face His Racist Influence
Rep. Veronica Escobar said she declined to join the president during a post-shooting visit because she won't be "an accessory."
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ACLU Sues Trump Administration Over Expansion Of Fast-Track Deportations
The federal lawsuit challenges a new Department of Homeland Security rule expanding expedited removal proceedings that deny migrants a court hearing.
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Students And Gun Control Activists Protest Outside NRA Headquarters After Shootings
Hundreds of gun control activists gathered in front of the National Rifle Association's headquarters in Virginia to honor this weekend's shooting victims.
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Mitch McConnell Asks For Bipartisan Fix For Shootings That Isn't Gun Control
As a bill for universal background checks languishes, the Senate majority leader has asked three GOP leaders to discuss solutions for gun violence.
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Dayton Mayor Digs At Trump Over Naming Wrong Ohio City In Speech On Shootings
Mayor Nan Whaley took a jab at the president after Trump incorrectly identified Toledo, Ohio, as the site of Sunday's early-morning mass shooting.
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Dayton Community Members Demand Action Against Gun Violence After Mass Shooting
The crowd at a prayer vigil held for the victims of this weekend's mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, shouted "do something!" at Gov. Mike DeWine.
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El Paso Mass Shooting Being Treated As 'Domestic Terrorism'
Federal prosecutors are investigating the Saturday shooting that left at least 22 dead in a Texas Walmart as domestic terrorism and a possible hate crime.
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Anderson Cooper Challenges Marianne Williamson On Mental Health Remarks
While the presidential candidate kept trying to explain "normal human despair," the CNN anchor grilled her about comments related to clinical depression.
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Trump Supporters Cheer As Immigration Rights Sign Gets Torn At Rally
Protesters with banners that read "Immigrants Built America" and "Chinga La Migra" were escorted out of the event in Ohio.
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Ronald Reagan's Daughter Weighs In On His Racist 'Monkeys' Comment
"There is no defense, no rationalization, no suitable explanation for what my father said on that taped phone conversation," Patti Davis wrote in The Washington Post.
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Jay Inslee Calls Trump A White Nationalist During Democratic Debate
The Washington governor started his response to questions about immigration reform by saying Democrats should get white nationalists out of the White House.
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Senate Confirms Kelly Knight Craft As UN Ambassador
The confirmation of Craft, a Trump pick, ends a seven-month vacancy in an important diplomatic position.
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Hamza, Son Of Osama Bin Laden, Is Confirmed Dead
Two officials confirmed to The New York Times that the U.S. reportedly had a role in the killing of the man who was the heir to al Qaeda leadership.
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National Cathedral On Trump's Racist Comments: 'Have We No Decency?'
Faith leaders said Tuesday that the president's history of racism and his recent remarks about Baltimore are "a clarion call, and give cover, to white supremacists."