Tipsheet: Questions sharpen for Trump after New Zealand massacre

View in your browser     Questions sharpen for Trump after New Zealand massacre BY NIALL STANAGE Friday’s mass shooting in New Zealand is sharpening scrutiny of the rhetoric of international political figures, including President Trump.  Even trenchant Trump critics have not accused him of direct culpability for the shooting at two mosques in Christchurch that left at least 49 people dead. But the massacre has reinvigorated criticism that Trump has empowered extremists and Islamophobes globally since his 2015 call for a “complete and total shutdown” of Muslim immigration to the United States.  Read the full story here     Live video of New Zealand shooting puts tech on defensive BY EMILY BIRNBAUM Social media giants, including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, are facing new criticism after they struggled to block livestreamed footage of a gunman shooting worshippers at a mosque in New Zealand. Read the full story here     Dems prepare next steps after Trump's veto BY CRISTINA MARCOS AND MIKE LILLIS Democrats are planning a vote that aims to override President Trump's veto of legislation blocking his emergency declaration, an effort that’s all but certain to fail. Read the full story here     New Zealand mosque killings raise fears among US Muslims BY MIKE LILLIS Islamic communities across the United States were on heightened alert Friday on the heels of horrific mass shootings at a pair of New Zealand mosques said to be orchestrated by a white supremacist targeting Muslims. Read the full story here       New Zealand prime minister says gun laws will change after attack BY TAL AXELROD   New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed that her country’s gun laws will change in the aftermath of Friday's mass shooting at two mosques that killed 49 worshippers and left dozens of others injured. Read the full story here     Trump says he sees no rise in white nationalism after New Zealand attack BY MORGAN CHALFANT President Trump on Friday said he doesn’t see a rise in white nationalism, despite a deadly gun attack at two mosques in New Zealand that killed at least 49 people. Read the full story here     Mueller, Gates attorneys request sentencing delay due to cooperation in 'several' probes BY MORGAN CHALFANT Special counsel Robert Mueller and attorneys for former Trump campaign aide Richard Gates on Friday asked a federal judge to further postpone his sentencing on account of cooperation in “several ongoing investigations.” Read the full story here     North Carolina House race redo draws nearly a dozen GOP candidates BY MAX GREENWOOD A crowded field of Republicans is lining up to challenge Democrat Dan McCready in the new election for North Carolina’s 9th District. Read the full story here     Sanders campaign says staff has decided to unionize BY TAL AXELROD Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign announced Friday it will have a unionized workforce, a first for a major party candidate. Read the full story here     O'Rourke says he'll be 'more thoughtful' in talking about his family BY TAL AXELROD  Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke was forced to issue two mea culpas on Friday within the first 48 hours of launching his campaign: One over his previous remarks about his family, and another about his time being in a hacking group while a teenager. Read the full story here     White supremacist terror can no longer be ignored BY ABBAS BARZEGAR Opinion | Whether it's ISIS, Nazi fascism, or any other ideology of racial and religious supremacy: hate has the same DNA. Perpetrators of ethno-nationalist violence, whether in Raqqa, Pittsburg, Charleston, S.C., or Christchurch, New Zealand, all espouse a fundamental narrative that can be described as Trojan Horse ideology meets clash of civilizations.  Read the full story here     Life after Brexit need not be a disaster for the UK BY CHRISTOPHER M. SCHNAUBELT AND HOWARD J. SHATZ Opinion | In looking beyond Brexit, the U.K. government could publicly begin charting an economic and policy path to ensure that all else is not equal and to signal that the U.K., in moving away from the EU, will remain a strong economy and an inviting place to invest and do business. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: The Christchurch mosque shooter, steeped in online culture, knew how to make his massacre go viral BY ABBY OHLHEISER As the gunman accused of killing 49 people in attacks on two New Zealand mosques put his murderous plan into action, he had an audience. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Beto O’Rourke is 46. Bernie Sanders is 77. Does Age Matter Anymore for Democrats? BY MATT FLEGENHEIMER AND JONATHAN MARTIN As party activists appraise the field, they are already grappling with whether to once again embrace a younger candidate who reflects the future or shrug off age and elevate a veteran politician. Read the full story here     CNN: White House and House Democrats battle over John Kelly, ex-officials in Trump probes BY MANU RAJU, KAITLAN COLLINS AND PAMELA BROWN House Democrats, eager to investigate all aspects of the Trump White House, have identified former administration officials they need to carry out their probes. But the White House isn't making it easy. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: For Syrians, 8 years of war leaves stories of loss and hope BY SARAH EL DEEB War is personal. And in Syria, after eight years of a grinding conflict, there are as many stories of loss, dispossession and desperate hope as there are people. Read the full story here     NPR: In New Zealand, Mass Shootings Are Very Rare BY MERRIT KENNEDY One of the most shocking aspects of the massacre that unfolded Friday at two mosques in Christchurch is that it happened in New Zealand — a country where low crime rates are a part of its identity and mass shootings are extremely rare. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.