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CNN’s Barbara Starr: The real danger in Orlando
One of the most senior and experienced counterterrorism officials in the Middle East recently told me the West is failing to fully understand the impact of ISIS.

Poll: 70% have unfavorable opinion of Trump
Donald Trump’s unfavorability level is at 70%, the highest since announcing his presidential campaign, according to a new poll out Tuesday.

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Muslim, Arab and gay: Hamed Sinno speaks out on Orlando
Hamed Sinno is the frontman of Lebanese indie rock band Mashrou Leila and an openly gay Arab American from a Muslim family. He reacted strongly to a crowd following the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub, lamenting the attack against the LGBT community as well as the rhetoric against Muslims and Arabs that followed.

How Ruth Bader Ginsburg steered the court on Texas’ abortion law
Stephanie Toti, a lawyer representing Texas abortion clinics, stepped to the podium at the Supreme Court last March to argue against a law that she said would close all but a handful of clinics in the state.

5 ways GOP lawmakers answer Trump questions — or don’t
It’s not easy working in the shadow of a Republican nominee that’s always dominating the news with impolitic statements; just ask the House and Senate Republicans who spend much of their day at the Capitol responding to the latest stunning statement by Donald Trump.

Gays for Trump? Activist plans new effort
A prominent gay Republican is coordinating an effort to mobilize a coalition of conservative lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) voters in support of Donald Trump, CNN has learned, a project that has intensified in the wake of a terrorist attack at a gay club in Orlando, Florida.

Trump references soldiers stealing money in wake of Iraq War
Donald Trump insinuated some soldiers in Iraq stole recovery funds delivered to the country in the wake of the Iraq War, during a speech Tuesday night in Greensboro, North Carolina.

9-in-10 on terror watch list who sought guns were approved in 2015
People on the United States’ terrorist watch list passed background checks and have been allowed to purchase firearms 91% of the time in 2015, updated federal data shows.

Clinton finds groove in post-Orlando politics
Hillary Clinton is finding her political sweet spot.

Trump: Obama ‘was more angry at me than he was at the shooter’
Donald Trump on Tuesday accused President Barack Obama of being angrier at him than at the gunman who perpetrated the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.

Obama: My daughters ‘think it’s weird’ no female president yet
President Barack Obama may have canceled his first campaign appearance with Hillary Clinton, but he’s not avoiding touting her history-making campaign.

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CNN’s Anderson Cooper grills Florida AG Bondi over gay rights record
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday struggled to reconcile her role in the state’s fight against same-sex marriage with her response to the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

Poll: Clinton leads Trump by double digits
Hillary Clinton has a 12-point lead over Donald Trump nationally, a new Bloomberg Politics poll shows.

Gingrich wants new House Un-American Activities Committee
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is calling for the creation of a new House Committee on Un-American Activities, invoking the infamous “Red Scare”-era congressional body as a blueprint for weeding out American ISIS adherents and sympathizers.

Democrats warn Rubio: Lose re-election and you’ll never recover
Top Democrats are plotting a new effort to derail Marco Rubio if he seeks re-election to his Senate seat, saying they will pour millions to defeat the Florida senator in the hopes that a defeat would end his once-rising political career.

Court reverses $1.35M awarded to Jesse Ventura in ‘American Sniper’ defamation case
A Minnesota federal appeals court has reversed an earlier ruling that awarded $1.35 million to former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura from the estate of Chris Kyle, the deceased former Navy SEAL, over a defamation lawsuit.

Navy helicopter crashes in river
An MH-60S helicopter crashed in the James River in Virginia during a training mission Tuesday but all crew members were rescued, the Navy said.

Clinton hits Trump for pushing ‘conspiracy theories’
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday offered a point-by-point rebuttal to Donald Trump’s plan to combat terrorism, accusing the presumptive Republican nominee of peddling “lies” because “he has to distract us from the fact he has nothing substantive to say.”

Sanders aides not expecting campaign suspension Tuesday
Bernie Sanders is not poised to suspend his campaign or immediately endorse presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton after their meeting Tuesday night, but he intends to keep his pledge to help defeat Donald Trump, two people close to Sanders told CNN.

Giuliani ‘disturbed’ Obama won’t say radical Islamic terror
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized President Barack Obama in the wake of the Orlando gay club shooting, saying he’s “disturbed’ by the President’s resistance to the term “radical Islamic terror.”

Trump talking to House GOP July 7
Donald Trump will address House Republicans July 7, a top House Republican staffer said Tuesday, fulfilling a request House Republicans made shortly after Trump became the presumptive nominee.

U.S. uses Apache helicopter to hit ISIS
A U.S. Army Apache helicopter gunship for the first time in more than a year fired on an ISIS target in Iraq, a defense official told CNN.

Ryan stands by his opposition to Trump’s proposed Muslim ban
House Speaker Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are again on opposite sides of the debate over whether Muslims should be banned from entering the United States.

Judge: State Department staffer’s immunity deal stays sealed
A federal judge on Tuesday approved a request by a former State Department IT staffer to conceal the details of his immunity deal with the Justice Department, while also denying the staffer’s request to prevent an upcoming deposition from being filmed.

2016 primaries to come to a close in D.C.
Democrats in the District of Columbia on Tuesday will cast the last votes of the primary season, a contest that nevertheless will not change the general election match-up.

Russian hackers stole Dems’ Trump files, firm says
Hackers connected to the Russian government broke into the servers of the Democratic National Committee and stole opposition research on Donald Trump, according to the cybersecurity experts who responded to the intrusion.

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Obama goes on tirade against Trump
President Barack Obama on Tuesday pushed back against criticism that he doesn’t use the term “radical Islamic terrorism,” calling it “loose talk.”

Jeh Johnson calls for ‘building bridges’ to Muslim communities
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Tuesday that Americans must “build bridges” to Muslim communities to help fight acts of terrorism like the kind which led to a deadly shooting spree at an Orlando gay club over the weekend.

Trump definitely turned 70 years old on Tuesday
Tuesday is Donald Trump’s 70th birthday — and thanks to comedian Bill Maher, we have proof.

Supreme Court to act on gun ownership cases
Days after the worst mass shooting in the United States, the Supreme Court is poised to act on two cases highlighting the raging debate over what types of guns and ammunition may be banned and who should have the right to possess firearms.

Trump, Clinton show clashing styles during crisis
National tragedies can lay bare politicians’ souls.

Rick Scott: Nothing nefarious in Trump’s Obama comments
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Monday that there is nothing nefarious in Donald Trump’s suggestion that President Barack Obama has an ulterior motive when it comes to counterterrorism.

House Democrats protest lack of action on gun legislation
Frustrated Democrats chanted “where’s the bill, where’s the bill” on the House floor Monday as they tried to demand action from the Republican majority on gun control legislation.

Obama to travel to Orlando on Thursday
President Barack Obama on Thursday will pay his respects in Orlando to the victims of the country’s worst shooting massacre.

An incomplete list of all the things Trump has taken credit for
It is hard for anyone to understate Donald Trump’s influence on the 2016 presidential race.

Will beating ISIS abroad prevent another Orlando?
ISIS in recent weeks has suffered significant battlefield setbacks in Syria, Iraq and Libya, but questions remain whether the counter-ISIS military campaign can reduce the likelihood of terrorist attacks like Sunday morning’s deadly Orlando massacre that killed 49 people.

Trump to LGBT community: I’m a ‘real friend’
Donald Trump sought to portray himself Monday as an ally of the LGBT community in the wake of the terrorist attack on an Orlando gay nightclub.

NATO chief: 4 battalions to Eastern Europe amid tensions with Russia
NATO announced Monday that the alliance will deploy four multinational battalions to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, as tensions with Russia remain high in the wake of Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine.

8 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history
There have been eight shootings in U.S. history where 14 or more people were killed.

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Hill Democrats to push gun legislation despite poor odds
Senate Democrats as early as this week will push for another vote on legislation that would prevent people on the federal government’s terrorism watch list from buying guns, joining Hillary Clinton in trying to seize momentum in the debate over gun restrictions even though it’s unlikely to be approved in the Republican-led chamber.