Tipsheet: Five killed, 21 injured in West Texas mass shooting

View in your browser     Five killed, 21 injured in West Texas mass shooting BY JOHN BOWDEN  Multiple people, including three members of law enforcement, were reported to have been shot Saturday at a movie theater and on a highway in West Texas. At least five people were reportedly killed. Read the full story here     Democrats call for action after Texas mass shooting BY JOHN BOWDEN Numerous Democratic presidential candidates spoke out Saturday after a gunman in West Texas killed five people and wounded more than a dozen others. Read the full story here     O'Rourke calls out lawmakers after Odessa shooting: 'This is f---ed up' BY MARINA PITOFSKY After a gunman in west Texas killed five people and injured more than 20in Midland and Odessa Saturday, White House hopeful and former Texas lawmaker Beto O’Rourke (D) said that, while the facts of the shooting have not been released by officials, “we do know this is f——— up." Read the full story here     Unconfirmed by Senate, Cuccinelli sees power, influence grow on immigration BY BRETT SAMUELS  Ken Cuccinelli is wielding immense power as the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), where he has rolled out multiple significant and controversial policies in recent weeks. Read the full story here       Warren, Sanders battle to be main alternative to Biden BY AMIE PARNES   Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are battling to be seen as the main alternative to former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential race. Read the full story here     DNC announces Oct. 15 date for debate BY TAL AXELROD The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced Saturday it will hold its fourth presidential primary debate on Oct. 15 in Ohio. Read the full story here     Trump's roller coaster August: a timeline BY TAL AXELROD Even by the standards of today's breakneck political cycle, President Trump’s August was a roller coaster.  Read the full story here     Media takes hits in bitter partisan era BY JONATHAN EASLEY The news media is taking hits from all sides, underscoring the bitter partisan divide and fierce war over the “official story” coming out of President Trump’s Washington. Read the full story here     Health advocates fear Planned Parenthood funding loss could worsen STD crisis BY JESSIE HELLMANN Public health advocates are warning that record-high rates of sexually transmitted diseases could worsen as Planned Parenthood, a major provider of STD testing and treatment, faces a loss of federal funding under a new Trump rule. Read the full story here     North Korea hits Pompeo for 'thoughtless' comments, warns hopes for talks are dimming BY JESSICA CAMPISI A senior North Korean diplomat fired back at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday after the U.S. official called the nation's behavior “rogue,” warning that hopes for talks between Washington and Pyongyang are fading. Read the full story here     What Greenland, the Amazon and nuking hurricanes have in common BY LIONEL BEEHNER Opinion | The Amazon is on fire and Greenland is for not sale. Such headlines can numb the senses and invite apathy bordering on paralysis. Yet, they all point to a planet imperiled and an inability of governments to forge collective solutions to transnational problems. Read the full story here     Trump and the crisis in Hong Kong BY BRIAN T. KENNEDY Opinion | Lost in the escalating crisis in Hong Kong is the simple question of, ‘why now?’ Why did President Xi Jinping choose, in the middle of sensitive trade talks with the United States, to provoke a crisis in Hong Kong over a proposed extradition law. The answer is simple: to make trade negotiations more complicated, to put President Donald Trump in a seemingly no-win situation, and to demonstrate to Hong Kong, Taiwan and surrounding areas who is master of Asia. Understanding this is paramount. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Fierce Hurricane Dorian now threatens wider stretch of US BY ARIAN CAMPO-FLORES AND VALERIE BAUERLEIN Storm path could veer closer to Georgia, South Carolina.  Read the full story here     The New York Times: As Trump escalates trade war, US and China move further apart with no end in sight BY ANA SWANSON President Trump’s trade war with China entered new territory on Sunday as his next round of tariffs took effect, changing the rules of trade in ways that have no recent historic precedent and driving the world’s two largest economies further apart. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: The 2020 electoral map could be the smallest in years. Here’s why. BY DAN BALZ Four states — Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — are likely to decide who wins. Both sides say they can expand the 2016 map, but only a few states currently appear likely to flip. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Justice Ginsburg reports she’s on way to ‘well’ after cancer BY JESSICA GRESKO Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Saturday she’s “alive” and on her way to being “very well” following radiation treatment for cancer. Read the full story here     Reuters: US, Taliban near Afghanistan deal, fighting intensifies in north BY ABDUL QADIR SEDIQI U.S. and Taliban negotiators are close to a deal that would open the way for peace in Afghanistan, a top U.S. official said on Sunday, as the insurgents followed their weekend assault on the strategic center of Kunduz by attacking a second northern city. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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