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Obama in Orlando to console grieving families President   Barack Obama   arrived in Orlando, where he will console loved ones devastated by a shooting rampage that has fueled America's culture wars and a fresh push for gun controls. Air Force One touched down shortly before 1:00 p.m. (1700 GMT) in Florida, where Obama will call for national unity and meet families whose lives have been ripped apart by a tragedy of national proportions. The massacre of 49 people at the   Pulse   nightclub last Sunday was the deadliest mass shooting in the history of a country that is depressingly familiar with such events. Another 53 people were wounded. "This will be, I think, an emotional trip," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. In a rare symbolic show of bipartisanship, Obama arrived with Republican one-time presidential hopeful   Marco Rubio   and was greeted on the tarmac by Republican Florida governor Rick Scott and Vice President Joe Biden. Obam...

Will make identifying lone wolves a top priority: Hillary Clinton Ridiculing Donald Trump over his fixation with the phrase "radical Islam", presumptive Democratic presidential nominee   Hillary Clinton   has said her Republican rival's "reckless" ideas like banning Muslims from entering the US would put the country in greater danger. Clinton alleged that Trump's remarks have become inflammatory in the aftermath of the Orlando terrorist attack by an Afghan-origin American youth. 68-year-old Clinton said it is apparent that   Donald Trump   does not seem to grasp any of the issues. "He has been fixated on the phrase, and I quote, 'radical Islam', as if those are magic words that, once uttered, will stop terrorists from coming after us," she charged. Trump, she alleged, wants to ban all Muslims from entering our country and suspend immigration from large parts of the world. "His comments have become even more inflammatory...