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AP fact check: Trump twists facts on gun control and tariffs

By Hope Yen, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

Battling dual crises of gun violence and trade, President Donald Trump is twisting the facts in regards to gun control and exaggerating his case for tariffs against China. Here's a look at the president's claims.

WATCH: Trump defends rhetoric as he visits Dayton, El Paso after shootings

By Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

President Donald Trump defended his rhetoric Wednesday as he headed out to offer a message of healing and unity in El Paso and Dayton, where he was to be met by unusual hostility from people who fault his own incendiary…

Biden: Trump ‘using the language’ of ‘white nationalists’

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

After two mass shootings that killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Monday that he'd push for a federal buyback program to encourage Americans to give up their military-style weapons and ammunition.

WATCH: Booker gives gun policy speech at 2015 church slaying site

By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

The speech — following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that killed 31 people — came as White House hopefuls grapple with how to respond to the violence.

El Paso, with deep Mexican American past, rallies amid pain

By Russell Contreras, John L. Mone, Associated Press

The massacre that killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes of racial violence in the past.

Congress has 110 gun bills on the table. Here’s where they stand.

By Lisa Desjardins

The weekend’s bloody spate of mass shootings, and another shooting the weekend before, have again raised the question of what can be done to prevent such violence in America.

‘Words matter.’ Anger, fear await Trump in El Paso

By Daniel Bush

Across the Hispanic community in El Paso, the initial shock from the deadly shooting Saturday has given way to anger and fear as the city prepares to welcome President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Gilroy shooter had ‘target list,’ FBI says

By Associated Press

The gunman in the California mass shooting a compiled a list of nationwide religious institutions, federal buildings, courthouses and both major political parties, prompting the FBI to open a domestic terrorism investigation into the case.

Ohio gunman’s ex-classmates decry missed chances to stop him

By Michael Biesecker, Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended years ago for compiling a "hit list" and a "rape list," and questioned how he could have been allowed to buy the military-style…