Texas Governor Who Recently Blamed Gun Violence on Godlessness Now Says He’ll Do Something
Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At a press briefing Friday afternoon, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has traditionally been a staunch gun rights supporter, called the Santa Fe High School shooting the “worst disaster ever to strike this community” and said, this time, thoughts and prayers weren’t enough.…
There’s a 700,000-Case Backlog in Immigration Courts. Jeff Sessions Just Decided to Pile On More.
Susan Walsh/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the past 10 years, the backlog in America’s immigration courts has nearly quadrupled to roughly 700,000 cases. On Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a decision that could dramatically expand that backlog at a time when immigrants often wait years before judges…
“Enough Is Enough”: Here’s What Parkland Parents Are Saying About the Texas Massacre
Fred Guttenberg, father of Jaime Guttenberg, holds a picture of his daughter, who was murdered in Parkland.Jose A. Iglesias/Miami Herald via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, 10 people were murdered and another 10 were injured when a gunman opened fire at Santa Fe High School near Houston. The…
If China Really Wants to Buy $200 Billion More Stuff From Us, We Can Make It For Them
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The New York Times warns that concessions by the Chinese in trade negotiations are probably a mirage: Chinese negotiators are preparing to offer the administration a deal to buy up to $200 billion worth of American goods….But the Chinese promises would be largely illusory, economists…
Today’s High School Massacre Is Texas’s 8th Mass Shooting Since 1984
A county sheriff’s officer at the scene of Santa Fe High School. Stuart Villanueva/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Texas has a unique and prominent gun culture—and mass shootings are becoming an ever more prominent part of it. The state has seen at least 8 mass shootings since 1984, including…
“I’ve Always Kind of Felt Like Eventually It Was Going to Happen Here Too”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Shortly after at least eight people were killed inside Santa Fe High School in Texas Friday, a 17-year-old student who survived the shooting appeared on ABC’s Houston affiliate station to share details of the harrowing experience. Her head down for most of the interview, Paige…