McKinley decries push for gun control in the wake of Orlando massacre

State First District Congressman David McKinley says the response to the Orlando shooting has focused too much on gun control and restricting the freedom of Americans rather than on stopping Islamic terrorism. The massacre left 49 dead and 53 wounded last Sunday when a man who pledged allegiance to ISIS opened fire in a gay nightclub.

Breitbart Reporters Interviewed at Immigration Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Breitbart Texas team members travelled to the nation's capital for an immigration briefing hosted by the Center for Immigration Studies . Following a reception featuring Senator Jeff Sessions , three Breitbart journalists agreed to an interview with Peter "DaTechGuy" Ingemi at The National Press Club.

Ap Fact Check: Facts undercut Trump’s post-Orlando arguments

In this June 3, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to a his camouflaged "Make America Great" hat at a campaign rally at the Redding Municipal Airport in Redding, Calif. Trump's prediction that he can win California in the November presidential election challenges the dismal history for Republican nominees in one of the nation's Democratic strongholds.

Ap Fact Check: Facts Undercut Trump’s Post-Orlando Arguments5 minutes ago

Donald Trump says the United States admits Syrian refugees without checking their backgrounds and that Hillary Clinton wants to allow "radical Islamic terrorists to pour into our country." Neither is so, part of a pattern of exaggeration that strains the credibility of his argument since the Orlando nightclub shooting that the U.S. faces apocalyptic danger from Muslim immigrants.

Senate approves defense bill, defies White House veto threat

Defying a White House veto threat, the Senate voted decisively Tuesday to approve a defense policy bill that authorizes $602 billion in military spending, bars shuttering the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and denies the Pentagon's bid to start a new round of military base closings. The GOP-led Senate's version of the National Defense Authorization Act passed 85 to 13, with all but seven members of the Democratic caucus backing the legislation.

Clinton calls on Republicans to embrace or reject Trump’s ‘bizarre rants and outright lies’

Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even... Sign if you agree: Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should the Senate.

British Journalist, 81, Denied Bail in Bangladesh

Reprieve's London office can be contacted on: communications [at] reprieve.org.uk / +44 207 553 8140. Reprieve US , based in New York City, can be contacted on Katherine [dot] oshea [at] reprieve.org WASHINGTON - An elderly British-Bangladeshi journalist who faces a potential death sentence in Bangladesh has been denied bail, sparking fears for his wellbeing in detention.

Libertarian VP candidate calls for anti-ISIS task force

Libertarian vice presidential candidate Bill Weld, right, chats with Joe Hunter, communications director for the Gary Johnson campaign, at the National Libertarian Party Convention on May 27 in Orlando. Bill Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts now running as the Libertarian Party's candidate for vice president, called today for a 1,000-agent task force to combat Islamic State adherents in the United States, and for a tip line where Muslims could inform on radicalism.

Did gunman in nightclub massacre have help?

U.S. authorities on Monday were investigating whether a gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando and declared his allegiance to Islamic State militants had received any help in carrying out the massacre. The FBI and other agencies were looking at evidence inside and in the closed-off streets around the Pulse nightclub, where New York-born Omar Mateen perpetrated the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, and the worst attack on U.S. soil since the Sept.