What we know about the Uvalde shooting victims
The shooting at the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday claimed the lives of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers, and 17 others were injured in the incident. Local authorities said that 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered the local elementary school and opened fire on a group of students sitting in a fourth-grade classroom. Ramos was reportedly shot by authorities responding to the incident. Here is what we know about some of th
Read MoreJordan demands docs from Jan. 6 panel in face of subpoena
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), one of five Republican members subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, is asking the panel to turn over the bulk of the information it has collected on him as he weighs how to respond to the compulsory request for his testimony. In a six-page letter, Jordan berates the committee on a number of points before asking that they “provide all documents, videos, or other material in the possession of the Select Committee that you potentially anticipate using, introducing, or relying on during questioning.” Jord
Read MoreStudent arrested at Texas high school with pistol, rifle in his vehicle
Texas police reported on Wednesday that a high school student had been arrested after having what appeared to be a pistol and rifle in his vehicle just one day after an elementary school in the state became the scene of a mass shooting that left 19 children and two adults dead. Police in Richardson, Texas, located roughly 15 miles northeast of Dallas, said in a Facebook post they launched a search at Berkner High School following a call just before 11 a.m. local time reporting a male who looked like he was holding a rifle and had
Read MoreNotedDC — School shooting hits close to home for lawmakers
Shortly after Tuesday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) begged for an answer to a question that has plagued him for nearly a decade: “What are we doing?” Murphy became one of the Senate’s most outspoken gun control activists following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012, just a month after he was elected to the upper chamber. “I want people to really understand what a little kid’s body looks like when it is riddled with holes from an AR-15,” Murphy sai
Read MoreDefense & National Security —Biden heads to Alabama to tout response to Russia
Getty President Biden’s lead negotiator on nuclear talks with Iran has given a dim outlook for prospects of a return to the deal, telling a Senate panel it was “tenuous at best” despite nearly a year of talks to revive the agreemen
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