Monday's Headlines: 2 cities, 13 hours, 29 dead

Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre; GOP struggles to respond to weekend shootings

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2 cities, 13 hours, 29 dead Acquaintances described the alleged El Paso shooter, Patrick Crusius, 21, as "strange" and "off-putting," with few friends. By Annie Gowen, Mark Berman, Tim Craig and Hannah Natanson · Read more Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre The question is no longer whether President Trump will respond to a mass shooting as other presidents once did, but whether he contributed to the carnage. By Philip Rucker · Read more   GOP struggles to respond to weekend shootings There were thoughts and prayers, a presidential proclamation lowering flags at half-staff and praise for law enforcement — but few concrete proposals for action to stem the violence. By Felicia Sonmez and Paul Kane · Read more   Dayton gunman killed sister, 8 others in 30-second rampage Police said the shooter used a .223-caliber high-capacity magazine and was fatally shot by officers. By Kevin Williams, Hannah Knowles, Hannah Natanson and Peter Whoriskey · Read more   A weekend of carnage reflects how violence goes viral The events in El Paso, Dayton and Chicago illustrate how America's lone-wolf shooters aren't really alone. By Marc Fisher · Read more   FBI faces skepticism over its attempts to fight domestic terrorism The El Paso attack, which a suspected white supremacist has been accused of carrying out, roils debate over hate, violence and politics. By Devlin Barrett · Read more   U.S. web firm drops 8chan, forcing it offline Cloudflare, a San Francisco company that provides protection from cyber attacks, reversed its position on continuing to work with 8chan after the El Paso shooter apparently posted an anti-immigrant screed on the site. By Tim Elfrink · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions Trump makes it all worse. Here's how it could be different. By Editorial Board · Read more On guns and white nationalism, one side is right and one is wrong By E.J. Dionne · Read more The real debate winner was Donald Trump By Hugh Hewitt · Read more There are no lone wolves By Juliette Kayyem · Read more Mass shootings appall Texas politicians. So do the solutions. By Ross Ramsey · Read more The real story behind the Fed's interest rate cut? Jobs. By Robert Samuelson · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT   More News Hong Kong strike disrupts city as leader warns of 'dangerous situation' The strike caused the closure of thousands of businesses, crippled the city's subway system and caused hundreds of flight cancellations. By Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin · Read more   U.S. launches last-ditch effort to stop Turkish invasion of northeast Syria Syrian Kurds prepare for battle and warn that thousands of Islamic State fighters could break out of prison. By Karen DeYoung, Souad Mekhennet and Louisa Loveluck · Read more   India revokes special status of Kashmir, a move likely to trigger unrest India's army and air force were put on high alert and 8,000 troops were airlifted to Kashmir after the announcement, according to media reports. By Niha Masih · Read more   Perspective Does a sugar detox work? I'm on it and have had some surprising results. Before the detox I weighed 166 pounds. Twelve weeks later, I hit a new low adult weight. By Steven Petrow · Read more   Teenager arrested in 6-year-old boy's plunge from top of London's Tate Modern art gallery London police said the boy was in critical condition after he was thrown from the 10th-floor viewing platform and landed on a fifth-floor roof. By Associated Press · Read more

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