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Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to an active shooter situation at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday where at least 20 people were killed, according to local and national media reports. Texas Gov.

Police responded to reports of a gunman opening fire at an El Paso Walmart Saturday morning. While numbers have been fluctuating, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen told reporters that there are at least 20 casualties and 26 injuries.

“Today’s shooting in El Paso, Texas was not only tragic, it was an act of cowardice. I know that I stand with everyone in this Country to condemn today’s hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people,” the president wrote on Twitter. “Melania and I send our heartfelt thoughts and prayers to the great people of Texas.” Gov.

Karem made the announcement on Twitter Friday evening, writing that he received an email that asserted that he “failed to abide by basic norms of decorum and order” on July 11– the day of the “Rose Garden brawl.” “Received an email today shortly before 5 p.m.

The one-hour-long in-studio exclusive interview which aired on Breitbart News Saturday and will air again on Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM 125 the Patriot Channel, is the first and most comprehensive the House’s leading Republican has given detailing such plans by the GOP. In addition to the political focus in this interview, McCarthy also discussed immigration policy and tech policy with Breitbart News.

DETROIT —Former vice president Joe Biden, the front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, faced down a barrage of criticism Wednesday night as his opponents sought to cast him as a relic of a bygone era, ill-equipped to lead his party as it grapples with urgent questions about race, immigration, and the best way to beat President Trump. One by one they dug in, denigrating Biden’s health care plan, criminal justice record, support for free trade policies, and the immigration policies pursued by President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday abruptly dropped his plan to nominate Representative John Ratcliffe, Republican of Texas, as the nation’s top intelligence official, following bipartisan questions about his qualifications and concern over whether he had exaggerated his résumé. Ratcliffe, an outspoken supporter of Trump, has come under intense scrutiny since the president declared Sunday on Twitter that the lawmaker was his pick to succeed Dan Coats, who is stepping down as director of national intelligence on Aug. 15.

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke canceled a visit to California’s San Quentin State Prison to head back to his native El Paso, on Texas’ border with Mexico, in the wake of a mass shooting at a shopping mall there. Police responded early Saturday afternoon to an active shooter scene amid back to school shopping at the Cielo Vista Mall, which is near Interstate 10 on El Paso’s east side.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates expressed outrage Saturday that mass shootings have become chillingly common nationwide and blamed the National Rifle Association and its congressional allies after a gunman opened fire at a shopping area near the Texas-Mexico border. ‘‘It’s not just today, it has happened several times this week. It’s happened here in Las Vegas where some lunatic killed 50 some odd people,’’ Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said as he and 18 other White House hopefuls were in Nevada to address the nation’s largest public employees union.

A little girl attending a recent campaign rally for Senator Elizabeth Warren got a little one-on-one time with the presidential candidate and in a photograph shared on Twitter by the girl’s father, appeared to be making a promise to one another. Warren, who has said that she regularly does pinky swears with little girls on the campaign trail, retweeted the photo by repeating her refrain about women (and girls) running for president. “Whenever I meet a little girl, I say: “I’m running for president, because t