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Trump says attack on Capital Gazette newspaper ‘shocked conscience of the nation’
Prosecutor Wes Adams said during Friday's news conference that the defendant was a "danger to our community". Journalists crawled under desks and sought other hiding places, describing agonizing minutes of terror as they heard the gunman's footsteps and the repeated blasts of the weapon. [Full Article...]
European Union leaders reach deal on migration at summit
Matteo Salvini, Italy's firebrand interior minister, has been instrumental in raising the level of confrontation in Europe by preventing rescue shops carrying migrants from docking at Italian ports, saying: "We can not take one person more". [Full Article...]
Multiple people shot at newspaper in Maryland
In a subsequent interview with the Baltimore Sun , Davis said the scene was " like a war zone " and said the reporters remained under their desks after the gunfire stopped. According to the Capital Gazette's website, their daily newspaper and sister publications have an editorial staff of 45, plus a sales and advertising team of 10. [Full Article...]
Newspaper Shooter Wanted 'to Kill as Many People as He Could'
Following the deaths of five newspaper employees at the hands of a shooter in the newsroom of the Annapolis, Md ., Capital Gazette on Thursday afternoon, people around the country have been searching for ways to honor victims of the tragedy. [Full Article...]
President Trump praises groundbreaking of Foxconn plant
Trump said the decision by the Taiwan-based maker of LCD screens and assembler of Apple iPhones to build the facility showed that "America is open for business". But Walker and backers say the project will be transformational for the state's economy. President Donald Trump is attending a pair of fundraising events in Milwaukee benefiting a joint effort between the Republican Party and his re-ele... [Full Article...]
Trump gives statement of support for journalists after newspaper shooting
Police said the suspect was a white man in his late 30s whose shotgun rampage at The Capital Gazette followed social media threats directed at the newspaper. The paper is owned by Baltimore Sun Media Group. Federal officials told news organizations those precautions are common in the wake of mass shootings like the one at the Capital Gazette , where five journalists were killed in the ... [Full Article...]
Trump, Putin set to hold summit in 'third country'
Ushakov said the subject of U.S. sanctions on Russian Federation had not come up on Wednesday and named four main summit themes: Strategic nuclear stability, the fight against global terrorism, regional issues like the Ukraine and Syria conflicts, and U.S. [Full Article...]
Battle already brewing over Trump's next Supreme Court pick
Though Trump, who has little fixed ideology, has been an unpredictable and at times frustrating governing partner for the Republican leadership, he has largely adhered to GOP orthodoxy when it comes to judicial appointments, including his selection of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court a year ago. [Full Article...]