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The shooter - identified as James T. Hodgkinson , of Belleville, Ill. - was shot by Capitol Police and later died. His page also reveals him to be a strong supporter of Democratic senator Bernie Sanders and that he belonged to a Facebook group called "Terminate the Republican Party".

Policemen work at the site of the gunshot at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia state, the United States , on June 14, 2017 . Congressman Bergman, a retired Marine Corps General, was waiting for his turn by a batting cage when he heard two shots .

Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks had bicycled nine miles to make the 6:30 a.m. start. After an all-members briefing where Democrats and Republicans held hands and prayed, House Speaker Paul Ryan and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi addressed the somber chamber and proclaimed lawmakers were "united".

Bystanders lifted wounded people from the back of cars as others hovered nearby as if in a daze, blood streaming down their faces. Amnesty International called the attack "a horrific act of violence and a heartbreaking reminder of the toll that Afghan civilians continue to pay in a conflict where armed groups deliberately target them and the government fails to protect them".

The president has railed against the Russian Federation investigation, which was taken over by Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller last month, as a "witch hunt". The possibility that Trump might at some point want to fire Mueller has to be viewed quite seriously. Former United States attorney Barbara McQuade, who served under the Barack Obama administration, told the Daily Beast if Trump fired Mueller "and it could be shown that his objective was to impede the investigation, ...

His condition is critical, and he will require additional operations. He said the gunman had "a rifle of some sort. a lot of ammo". "We were fortunate that Steve was out there, and if he wasn't out there, who knows how many people would have been killed or injured", Grothman said.

Those calls have escalated since fired FBI Director Comey cryptically told lawmakers last week that the bureau had expected Sessions to recuse himself weeks before he did from the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russian Federation during the 2016 presidential election.

Trump and had been chairman of the Trump campaign in Virginia . RICHMOND , Va. - After a surprisingly close race, Ed Gillespie clinched the Republican nomination for governor, reports the Associated Press . In the Republican primary, Gillespie beat Stewart 44 percent to 42 percent with Frank Wagner earning 14 percent of the vote. On the Republican side, Gillespie, a moderate Washington insider, is trying to fend off under-funded but spirited campaigns from Wagner and Stewart, an ...

Sessions is expected to face sharp questions from his former Senate colleagues about his role in FBI Director James Comey's firing, his Russian contacts during the campaign and his decision to step aside from the investigation involving Moscow and the Trump campaign.

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter offered a similar message, tweeting , "Now that we know TRUMP IS NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION, Sessions should take it back & fire Mueller ". Chairman Chuck Grassley has emerged as an aggressive force, pressing for Comey's written notes of his conversations with Trump and leaving the door open Tuesday to a possible obstruction of justice probe.

You remember when you were a kid, and your parents said something? "It's a good way to meet colleagues in a short period of time", said Scalise a few months after he took office in a special election to replace Bobby Jindal, who had just been elected governor.