Thursday's Headlines: Trump attacks local leaders as he visits two grieving cities

Some El Paso victims declined to meet Trump, medical center spokesman says; Trump's openness to extensive background checks for gun buys draws warning from NRA

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Trump attacks local leaders as he visits two grieving cities President Trump vowed to tone down his rhetoric and help the country heal — but then laced his visits to El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, with a flurry of vitriol against local leaders and memorialized his trips with grinning thumbs-up photos. By Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, Jenna Johnson and Felicia Sonmez · Read more Some El Paso victims declined to meet Trump, medical center spokesman says The hospitalized patients also declined to meet with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), but they had met with a number of elected officials in recent days. By Robert Moore · Read more   Trump's openness to extensive background checks for gun buys draws warning from NRA NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre told President Trump on Tuesday that such a move would not be popular among the president's supporters. By Josh Dawsey and Seung Min Kim · Read more   Denied asylum, migrants in Europe live in limbo For logistical and geopolitical reasons, migrants handed orders to leave are overwhelmingly not being deported. By Chico Harlan · Read more   ICE agents arrest 680 people across Mississippi in massive raid The wave of arrests in six cities was the result of year-long criminal investigations. Officials said it is the largest single-state immigration enforcement action in U.S. history. By Abigail Hauslohner · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Opinions No, Mr. President. Hate is not a mental illness. By Pete Earley · Read more If Trump is to blame for El Paso, Democrats are to blame for Dayton By Marc Thiessen · Read more I understand the temptation to dismiss QAnon. Here's why we can't. By Alyssa Rosenberg · Read more Guide dogs don't lead blind people. We wander as one. By Haben Girma · Read more More than 600 days of silence since U.S. Park Police killed an unarmed man By Editorial Board · Read more Trump boasted about making Air Force One cheaper. He didn't. By Dana Milbank · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT   More News Agriculture, land misuse also driving climate change, U.N. report warns The report says the world cannot avoid the worst effects of climate change without making serious changes to the ways humans grow food, raise livestock and manage forests. By Brady Dennis · Read more   'Robbery, hate, homicide': Man fatally stabs four people, wounds two in Orange County Investigators in Garden Grove, Calif., are piecing together the deadly outburst, which left slashed and stabbed victims at an apartment complex, a gas station, an insurance business, a 7-Eleven store and a Subway restaurant. By Tim Elfrink · Read more   NRA chief sought purchase of mansion in wake of Parkland shooting Wayne LaPierre told associates he was worried about being targeted, but he and his wife, Susan, rejected an upscale high rise with numerous security features in favor of an estate with lakefront and golf course views, according to emails and text messages described to The Post. By Carol Leonnig and Beth Reinhard · Read more   Today's WorldView | Analysis Modi's Kashmir move proves his fiercest critics right When he first came to power in 2014, Narendra Modi cloaked his Hindu nationalist views with ideas of economic reform. But as the latter has stalled, he's fallen back on the easier option. By Adam Taylor · Read more   Simone Biles blasts USA Gymnastics: 'You had one job … and you couldn't protect us!' The Olympic gold medalist was in tears ahead of the U.S. gymnastics championships as she talked about the organization's failure in the Larry Nassar scandal. By Liz Clarke · Read more   Billionaire owner of SoulCycle, Miami Dolphins faces backlash over Trump fundraiser Gay celebrities called for boycott of the luxury fitness brands while National Football League player Kenny Stills criticized the event on Twitter. By Michelle Lee · Read more

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