Tag: Terrorism

Obama: Gun Control Now or More Terrorism Later

Chris Deaton · June 14, 2016 5:46 pm

The statement said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was "transported in a vehicle" but "his health status was unknown."Â (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

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Pentagon: No evidence Islamic State leader Baghdadi killed

Jamie McIntyre · June 14, 2016 4:43 pm

President Obama said that lone wolf or small-group attacks are "very hard to detect and very hard to prevent, but across our government, at every level … we are doing everything in our power to stop these kinds of attacks." (Screenshot)

Obama: Feds doing ‘everything in our power’ to stop terror attacks

Nicole Duran · June 14, 2016 4:34 pm

House GOP to vote on package of anti-terrorism legislation that lawmakers approved earlier this year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House to re-vote anti-terror bills after Orlando

Susan Ferrechio · June 14, 2016 4:15 pm

"According to several officials who are familiar with what she has told the FBI, she has said that she drove him at least once to the Pulse nightclub because he wanted to see it in advance, and that she was with him when he bought a holster and some ammunition," NBC's Pete Williams reported Tuesday of Noor Zahi Salman. (Image courtesy screenshot)

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Report: Orlando shooter’s wife tried to talk him out of attack

Kelly Cohen · June 14, 2016 4:00 pm

Army Reserve Capt. Antonio Davon Brown, 29, was a Florida native. He is among the 49 killed and 53 injured when a gunman stormed Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday. (Screenshot: Florida A&M news site)

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Army reservist among those killed at Orlando nightclub

David Wilkes · June 14, 2016 3:15 pm

"Nothing, nada, zip," Crowley said when describing what Republicans have done so far. "They would rather these events just continue to happen, I guess." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

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Dem: GOP wants shootings to ‘continue to happen’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 14, 2016 3:12 pm

CNN expert: ‘Not clear to me’ Orlando shooting was terrorism

Eddie Scarry · June 14, 2016 2:30 pm

"I understand that federal agents must be capable of protecting themselves, but what we have observed goes far beyond providing necessary protection," Chris Stewart said. (AP file photo/Rick Bowmer)

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GOP lawmaker: ‘Shocked’ if others weren’t involved in Orlando

Sarah Bedford · June 14, 2016 1:00 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims and people from certain regions from entering the United States won't work. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

DHS chief: Trump’s Muslim ban ‘will not work’

Kelly Cohen · June 14, 2016 12:47 pm

President Obama is standing by his pledge to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama won’t budge on Syrian refugees even after Orlando

Susan Crabtree · June 14, 2016 4:01 am

It’s ‘Islamic terrorism,’ Mr President. You need to say it

Washington Examiner · June 14, 2016 4:01 am