Orlando shooting revives a fight over ‘Islamic’ label

" As news of the nightclub shooting in Orlando spread, Donald Trump revived the debate over what to call acts of violence by people inspired or directed by extremist groups like the Islamic State. Even before it was clear the presumed gunman, Omar Mateen, had expressed an allegiance to the Islamic State during the shooting that killed 49 people and wounded 53, the Republican presumptive nominee declared President Barack Obama should resign if he did not use the words "radical Islamic terrorism" to label the massacre.

Clinton, Trump take opposite tacks as shooting shakes race

File- This June 11, 2016 file photo shows Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gesturing during a campaign speech in Tampa, Fla. Trump plans Monday to further address the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history in a campaign speech originally intended to attack the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.

Analysis: Trump and Clinton contrasts in response

For Donald Trump , Sunday's mass shooting in Florida was a moment to redouble his call for tougher action against terrorism and to take credit for "being right" about the threat. For Hillary Clinton , it was a time to choose words carefully and reiterate her call for keeping "weapons of war" off America's streets.

Dread and Donald in the wake of Orlando

Tel Aviv University and an Honors Bachelors degree from the University of Toronto in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Jewish Studies, and English. [Less] Just a few days have passed since Tel Aviv was rattled by terrorists' gunfire slaying innocents who were enjoying an evening out, and again a bloody spectacle is the front page story in the Hebrew press.

Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 11 points in White House race

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 11 points in the U.S. presidential race, showing little change after she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee this week, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The online poll, conducted from Monday to Friday, shows 46 percent of likely voters support Clinton while 34.8 percent back Trump.

5 worst right-wing moments of the week – Donald Trump has a deranged new race ambassador

Stacey Dash lays out a plan for the GOP nominee to win the black vote, while Jeffrey Lord departs reality for good To the ongoing question of whether Trump and the Republicans can sink any lower, the answer this week and every week can only be characterized as a resounding yes! Yes, they can! Way, way lower! And it is not just Trump himself, it is the spectacular limbo-like contortions his defenders and supporters perform. From Paul Ryan's Yes, he's racist but I still back him , to CNN's Jeffrey Lord's Trump is a hero for calling out racism contention.

How Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Others Used Social Media to Reframe News of Orlando Shooting

As news updates rolled in about Sunday's shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub , politicians, public figures, activists and journalists took to Facebook and Twitter to send out unfiltered statements about the significance of the massacre. For prominent politicians in and seeking office, the shooting represented an obligation to comment as well as a challenge, as the tragedy touched on several highly charged issues and themes in the public sphere, including but not limited to: LGBTQ rights, homophobia, Islamophobia, gun control and terrorism.

updatedSanders to meet with Clinton Tuesday after final Dem primary

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Sunday he won't endorse Hillary Clinton for president until they meet and he measures her commitment to battling Wall Street, wealth inequality and other priorities that powered his rogue presidential campaign. "I look forward to sitting down with Secretary Clinton and see what kind of platform she is going to support and how aggressive she is going to be," he said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

Harry Reid Striving to Win 1 Last Campaign Before He Retires

So the canny 76-year-old is doing the next best thing as he heads into retirement after more than three decades: working the inside game as only he can, to ensure he leaves Democrats in control of the Senate, the White House and his home state of Nevada next year. Reid hand-picked the Democratic candidate to replace him, former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto.

20 years on, UN waits for working nuclear-test-ban treaty

The world was a more peaceful place when a newly sworn-in President Barack Obama pledged to "aggressively pursue" a global ban on nuclear arms tests. But as his term winds down, a working test-ban treaty remains a dream and some of the loudest voices out of Washington are hostile.

Clinton vs Trump: battle of the New Yorkers

Perhaps the only guarantee in Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's epic fight for the White House is that Americans will get their first New Yorker president since World War II. On a likely freezing January 20, 2017 either the adopted daughter who served twice as state senator or the Queens-born, Manhattan billionaire will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.

Romney loyalists ponder future with Trump

Donald Trump can be an effective president, and he's going to win with you or without you, Republican Chairman Reince Priebus told several hundred of the party's top donors and strategists Saturday. Trump is setting a dangerous example for Americans by promoting 'trickle-down racism,' and the party must look beyond this presidential election to find its future, the 2012 nominee Mitt Romney told the same group later that morning.

Trump to be hurt by controversial comments

US presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is taking heat yet again, this time for some controversial comments against a judge, as experts said this will hurt him in the presidential race. The brash New York billionaire is embroiled in a lawsuit over Trump University, as some students claimed they did not get their money's worth.

Trump’s no-apologies campaign tour hits hard on Romney, Warren

Donald Trump on Saturday kicked his unapologetic presidential campaign into high gear -- saying he won't apologize for his personal attacks on Sen. Elizabeth Warren and extending his feud with GOP establishment leader Mitt Romney. "The guy's a stone cold loser, a choker," Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, said about Romney at a rally in Tampa, Fla.