May 30 Watch 6:00 Biden pledges push for new gun laws as funeral visitations begin in Uvalde Nearly a week has passed since the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were murdered. The Justice Department said Sunday it will investigate law enforcement’s response to the massacre as questions and frustration mount. Tony… Continue watching
May 30 Watch 8:40 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the debate over guns after the massacre in Uvalde NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join William Brangham to discuss the latest political news, including the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, Washington’s familiar debate over guns, and former President Trump’s… Continue watching
May 29 Watch 3:14 News Wrap: Biden pays his respects in Uvalde, Texas following school massacre In our news wrap Sunday, President Biden and first lady Jill Biden traveled to Texas to pay their respects and console a community in mourning, the Justice Department will conduct an independent review of law enforcement's response to the Uvalde… Continue watching
May 29 Justice Department to review police response to Texas school shooting By Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The review comes amid mounting pressure and questions about the shifting and at times contradictory information of what happened in the shooting last Tuesday at Robb Elementary School and how police responded. Continue reading
May 29 WATCH: Biden, first lady visit memorial at Uvalde elementary school By Zeke Miller, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden offered comfort Sunday to a city gripped by grief and anger as they paid respects at a memorial to 19 students and two teachers slain during a mass shooting at a Texas… Continue reading
May 29 Governors divided on gun control, mirroring the nation’s partisan split By David A. Lieb, Associated Press As the U.S. mourns the victims of its latest mass shooting — 19 elementary school students and two teachers gunned down in Texas — Democratic governors are amplifying their calls for greater restrictions on guns. Many Republican governors are emphasizing… Continue reading
May 29 U.S. schools increase security following Uvalde mass shooting By Terry Tang, Associated Press For some families and educators it all has added to uneasiness in the wake of the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Continue reading
May 28 Uvalde shooting investigation focuses on police response By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers moved swiftly to the center of the investigation into this week’s shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, The delay in… Continue reading
May 27 Watch 9:47 Anger, torment grip Uvalde residents as details emerge on police response to the shooting By Amna Nawaz, Lorna Baldwin, Frank Carlson, Sam Lane, Alexis Cox, Lizz Bolaji Friday was supposed to be the first day of summer break for students in Uvalde, Texas. Instead the community is still reeling from the shooting that left 19 children and two school teachers dead. Days after the attack, new details… Continue watching
May 27 Watch 7:30 How police officers should have reacted to the Texas elementary school shooting Law enforcement in Uvalde, Texas is facing the ire of a grieving community as officers there admitted Friday that key decisions made during the time of the elementary school shooting were wrong. Fred Fletcher, retired Chattanooga police chief and former… Continue watching