Jun 17, 2019

Philadelphia graduation party shooting kills 1, injures 7

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross. Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images

Philadelphia police say a graduation party shooting on Sunday night has left 1 person dead and at least 7 people injured, CBS Philly reports.

Details: About 60 people were at the party in southwest Philadelphia when an unidentified gunman fired at least eight shots about 10 p.m., according to NBC News. Four teenagers aged 15-17 were shot, along with 4 adults in their 20s, 1 of whom died after being taken to hospital, Police Commissioner Richard Ross told a news conference, per ABC News.

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Jonathan Swan

Exclusive: Trump's "Deep State" hit list

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Photos: WPA Pool/Getty Pool, Drew Angerer/Getty Staff

The Trump White House and its allies, over the past 18 months, assembled detailed lists of disloyal government officials to oust — and trusted pro-Trump people to replace them — according to more than a dozen sources familiar with the effort who spoke to Axios.

Driving the news: By the time President Trump instructed his 29-year-old former body man and new head of presidential personnel to rid his government of anti-Trump officials, he'd gathered reams of material to support his suspicions.

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Exclusive: Anti-Sanders campaign targets black South Carolina voters

Courtesy of The Big Tent Project

The Big Tent Project, a Democratic political group focused on promoting moderate presidential candidates, has sent hundreds of thousands of mailers bashing Bernie Sanders to black voters in South Carolina who voted in the state's 2016 primary.

Why it matters: Sanders' rise to the top of the pack, as dueling moderate candidates split their side of the vote, is worrying many in the Democratic political establishment who fear a socialist can't beat President Trump.

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Jonathan Swan

Inside the fight over FBI surveillance powers

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Over the past year, President Trump has told senior administration officials, including Attorney General Bill Barr, that he wants a major overhaul of national security surveillance powers and the secret court that approves them.

Behind the scenes: In one such discussion last year about the need to reauthorize government authorities to surveil U.S. citizens, Trump went so far as to say he'd rather get rid of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) altogether.

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