Tag: Texas

States must take note and make sure those worshipping in churches, synagogues, and mosques have the tools they need to protect themselves. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Beltway Confidential

To worship freely churches, synagogues, and mosques should bear arms religiously

Philip Wegmann · November 6, 2017 5:39 pm

A man talks with a law enforcement official at the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing and wounding many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

National Security

Suspected Texas church shooter involved in ‘domestic situation’ with family

Melissa Quinn · November 6, 2017 5:08 pm

"Had it been a radical Islamic terrorist with a beard named Muhammad, Washington would be melting down right now," Scarborough said. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Joe Scarborough: DC would be ‘melting down’ if Texas church shooter were ‘named Muhammad’

Kara Zupkus · November 6, 2017 3:45 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., in the aftermath of the Texas church shooting, said it's not just Congress that needs to act, and reflected on his own experience at the GOP's baseball practice in June, where a shooter opened fire on Republican lawmakers. "We have to have a change in attitude and behavior." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jeff Flake calls for improved information-sharing between agencies after Texas church shooting

Melissa Quinn · November 6, 2017 3:08 pm

Community members come together for a candlelight vigil for the victims of a deadly church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Laura Skelding)

Beltway Confidential

Look at reactions to the Texas church shooting and the New York terror attack, and you’ll find hypocrisy from both sides

Siraj Hashmi · November 6, 2017 2:57 pm

"He just hurt so many people. Why wouldn't you want to take him down?" Johnnie Langendorff, a resident of Seguin, Texas, told multiple TV networks Monday morning. (William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

‘Why wouldn’t you want to take him down?’: Johnnie Langendorff recounts racing after Texas church shooter

Anna Giaritelli · November 6, 2017 2:40 pm

Local police have not confirmed Devin Patrick Kelley's name, but said the suspect behind the attack was a white male in his 20s. Kelley's former high school classmates described him as a depressed atheist. (KSAT via AP)

High school classmates say Texas church shooter preached atheism online

Anna Giaritelli · November 6, 2017 1:50 pm

President Trump said the Texas church shooting was not a "guns" issue, it was a "mental health" issue. "I think that mental health is your problem here. This was a very, based on preliminary reports, very deranged individual," he said. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Trump: Texas church shooting was about ‘mental health,’ not guns

Anna Giaritelli · November 6, 2017 1:16 pm

Investigators work at the scene of a deadly shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Sunday Nov. 5, 2017. A man opened fire inside of the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing more than 20 people. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

National Security

Weekend wrap: Trump’s trip and Robert Mueller’s investigation top the news until tragedy strikes in Texas

Kyle Feldscher · November 6, 2017 2:39 am

President Donald Trump, center right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center left, depart after having dinner with their wives at Ginza Ukai Tei restaurant, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump calls for Americans to unite after Texas church shooting: ‘Do what we do best’ and ‘pull together’

Kyle Feldscher · November 6, 2017 12:43 am

Law enforcement officials works at the scene of a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

White House: ‘May God comfort’ families of those killed in Sutherland Springs church shooting

Kyle Feldscher · November 5, 2017 11:09 pm

Law enforcement officials work the scene of a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Sutherland Springs church shooting is ‘heartbreaking,’ ‘devastating’: Lawmakers

Naomi Lim · November 5, 2017 9:25 pm