Cantor to Step Down After Election Shock
In a stunning primary defeat, Eric Cantor loses to Tea Party activist David Brat ending Cantor’s bid for reelection and triggering leadership realignment. Cantor will stay through this year and may back Kevin McCarthy as successor with an election set for June 19.
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Grassley Says Cantor Loss Should Remind Officials
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says Cantor's Virginia loss shows leaders must stay in touch with constituents. He notes Cantor's national focus may have reduced local contact and warns no one is indispensable in leadership roles. Grassley plans to run again in 2016 and urges vigilance against complacency.
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Oregon teen shooter used weapons from home at Reynolds High
The 15 year old Jared Padgett opened fire at Reynolds High in Troutdale after bringing an AR-15 style rifle and a semiautomatic pistol from his family home. He died in a shootout with police. a 14 year old student Emilio Hoffman was killed.
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