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Live Updates: ‘We Have to Act,’ Biden Says After 21 Killed at Texas Elementary School — It was the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Conn. — 19 children and two adults are killed in a Texas elementary school shooting, the authorities say.

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Death toll in Texas elementary school shooting rises; 19 children, 3 adults killed by shooter — The suspect was identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, a student at Uvalde High School — Biden says ‘we have to act’ after Texas school shooting — UVALDE, Texas — The death toll …

Discussion: San Antonio Express-News, The Daily Beast, The Sun, ABC7, Breitbart, RedState, CBS News, Josh off The Press, Mediaite and The Wrap

NBC News:

19 children, 2 teachers killed in Texas elementary school shooting — ‘Why do we keep letting this happen?’: Biden speaks after Texas school shooting — UVALDE, Texas — At least 19 children and two teachers were killed Tuesday when a gunman opened fire in a Texas elementary school …

Discussion: CNN, Breitbart, Wall Street Journal, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, The Gateway Pundit, The Mahablog, TheBlaze, Conservative Review, CBS News, The Daily Wire and Blue Virginia

Washington Post:

Biden urges end to ‘carnage’ of gun violence after 19 children killed at Texas school … President Biden on Tuesday evening urged Congress to end the “carnage” of gun violence after more than a dozen elementary schoolchildren were killed by an 18-year-old in Texas.

Discussion: WPRI-TV, The Gateway Pundit and NewsNation

Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:

EXCLUSIVE: 'That's the picture of him buying a gun': Uvalde mass shooting suspect bought an AR-15 online last week — The Uvalde, Texas mass shooter frequently posted about guns and purchased a rifle online days ago. — Authorities say that 18 children and one teacher were killed …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Texas Tribune, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, NBC Los Angeles, Conservative Review and MEL Magazine

Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:

‘Spare me the bullshit’: Sen. Chris Murphy rips GOP colleagues after Texas shooting — Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., took to the Senate floor after Tuesday's deadly school shooting in Texas and pleaded with his Republican colleagues to take action against gun violence, saying what happened wasn't “inevitable.”

Discussion: ABC News, New York Post, The Hill, Insider, USA Today, Raw Story and The Daily Wire

Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:

Texas AG facing runoff says banning guns for public safety ‘ridiculous’ after school shooting — Increased gun control as a means to protect law-abiding citizens makes “no sense” and should not be the focus of lawmakers right now, said Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) …

Discussion: Politico, National Review, Mother Jones and Mediaite

Washington Post:

Georgia Gov. Kemp to face Abrams; McBath prevails in incumbent v. incumbent race … Welcome to special coverage of the Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas primaries and runoffs in Texas from Post Politics Now. — Today, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp won the GOP primary, handily defeating former senator David Perdue …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Times, Breitbart, Raw Story, Political Wire, NOQ Report, SHERO, Ringside at the Reckoning, Raw Story and CNBC

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

'We're going to go f—ing scorched-earth': How Brian Kemp crushed Trump in Georgia — When Brian Kemp's top donors huddled with the Georgia governor and his lieutenants at Atlanta's Capital City Club earlier this year, they had reason to worry that his political career was about to come to an end.

Discussion: Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, Breitbart, New York Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Shore News Network

NBC News:

Georgia Governor Primary Election Results — GOP incumbent Brian Kemp faces David Perdue, a primary challenge stoked by former President Donald Trump in an effort to oust a fellow Republican for not joining an effort to overturn the state's presidential election results two years ago.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Times, National Review, Raw Story, Associated Press and Bloomberg

New York Times:

Sarah Huckabee Sanders wins the G.O.P. nomination for Arkansas governor. — No surprise that Senator Raphael Warnock has trounced his opponent, Tamara Johnson-Shealey, to claim the Democratic nomination for re-election in November. Ms. Johnson-Shealey did have an interesting hook though …

Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump's picks in Tuesday's GOP primaries spent over $400,000 at Mar-a-Lago

Discussion: The Daily Beast, NPR, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, Arizona Republic and Political Wire

David French / The French Press:

Pass and Enforce Red Flag Laws. Now. — We know they can save lives. — I was intending to write about the Georgia Republican primary, but then—just as I was walking back to my hotel—I saw the horrific news out of Uvalde, Texas. Another school shooting. Another elementary school.

David Frum / The Atlantic:

America's Hands Are Full of Blood — Thoughts and prayers. It began as a cliché. It became a joke. It has putrefied into a national shame. — If tonight, Americans do turn heavenward in pain and grief for the lost children of Uvalde, Texas, they may hear the answer delivered in the Bible through the words of Isaiah:

Discussion: ABC13

Ryan Busse / The Bulwark: Even the Gun Industry Knew We Would End Up Here

CNN:

‘They were shooting directly at the journalists’: New evidence suggests Shireen Abu Akleh was killed in targeted attack by Israeli forces — This story contains a disturbing image. — (CNN)Several shots ring out in quick succession, cutting through a clear, blue spring morning in Jenin, in the West Bank.

Discussion: Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mediaite and The Times of Israel, more at Mediagazer »

Thomas Brewster / Forbes:

EXCLUSIVE: ISIS Plotting To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas — Two confidential informants and surveillance of the alleged plotter's WhatsApp account reveal plans to smuggle assassins into the U.S. to murder the former president, according to a search warrant application discovered by Forbes.

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U.S. Department of Justice:
Ohio man charged with aiding and abetting plot to murder former President

Discussion: WCMH-TV, New York Times, The Daily Wire and MLive.com

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:

Crypto billionaire says he could spend a record-breaking $1 billion in 2024 election — Democratic cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried says he expects to spend “north of $100 million” in 2024, with “soft ceiling” of $1 billion — WASHINGTON —Democratic billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried …

Amy B Wang / Washington Post:

5 GOP candidates in Michigan ineligible after fraud, election office says — Five of 10 Republican candidates for the gubernatorial nomination in Michigan are ineligible to appear on the ballot because of invalid signatures on their nominating petitions, the Michigan elections bureau said in a report Monday …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, CNN, Bridge Michigan, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Perry Johnson for Governor, MLive.com, HuffPost, Fox News and Washington Examiner

Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Republicans May Have Sabotaged Their Best Chance to Beat Gretchen Whitmer

Discussion: Raw Story and TheBlaze

Techno Fog / The Reactionary:

How FBI HQ hamstrung the Alfa Bank investigation — The latest from the Michael Sussmann Trial — Today in the Michael Sussmann trial, we received additional information regarding the FBI leadership's involvement in the opening - and execution - of the Alfa Bank/Trump investigation.

John Sexton / HotAir:
Sussmann trial reveals FBI internal investigation of Crossfire Hurricane agents

Discussion: CNN, New York Post, Politico, National Review and Twitchy

Eric Levai / The Daily Dot:

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Loudermilk's ‘dear friend’ delivered him wildly conspiratorial documents on Jan. 6 to help overturn the 2020 election — Maria Zack has long ties to Loudermilk, and gave him documents about ‘Italygate’ on Jan. 6. — A far-right operative with close ties to Rep. Barry Loudermilk …

CNN:
Video released of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys leaders meeting 24 hours before January 6 attack

Discussion: Washington Post

Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:

Henry Kissinger says Ukraine must make Russia concessions to end conflict — Kissinger warns against escalating Ukraine conflict, urges peace deal with Russia — Fox News Flash top headlines for May 24 — Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said Tuesday that Ukraine must …

Discussion: New York Times, Washington Examiner and East Bay Times

The Kyiv Independent:
The Kyiv Independent's response to the New York Times editorial board

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Examiner and CNSNews

Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:

Will Biden Run in 2024? — Spoiler: There is no alternative. — 1. Plan B — I've been saying since November 2020 that, barring a health event, Biden will run for re-election in 2024 for one simple reason: There is no other option. — The Democratic coalition is currently …

Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
There Has to Be a Backup Plan. There's a Backup Plan, Right?

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Meaning In History, Very Serious, Twitchy, Precipice, RedState, Raw Story, HotAir, No More Mister Nice Blog, POLITICUSUSA and Politico

Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:

Count the Disputed Mail-In Votes in Pennsylvania Primary for GOP Senate Nomination — As the Wall Street Journal relates in an editorial published Monday evening, a dispute has arisen over the counting of mail-in ballots in the closely contested Republican primary election in Pennsylvania between David McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz.

Discussion: Politico, Washington Examiner, TheBlaze, Washington Times, The Federalist and Wall Street Journal

Sarah Emerson / BuzzFeed News:

Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape, Which Was Supposed To Star In His New Show — Actor and producer Seth Green was robbed of several NFTs this month after succumbing to a phishing scam that inadvertently threw a monkey wrench into the plan for his new animated series.

Discussion: Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At, The A.V. Club and The Mary Sue

Marina Pitofsky / USA Today:

Pelosi responds after archbishop denies her Holy Communion for supporting abortion rights — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Tuesday responded after San Francisco's Catholic archbishop decided to deny her Communion over her support for abortion access in the United States.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, East Bay Times and Washington Times

ABC News:

Fort Bragg to be renamed Fort Liberty among Army bases losing Confederate names: Exclusive — The Army Naming Commission has recommended new names for nine bases named after Confederate leaders with Fort Bragg to be renamed Fort Liberty. — One of the entrances to Fort Bragg in Fayetteville …

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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:

Jen Psaki joins MSNBC — MSNBC on Tuesday announced the hiring of former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. — Psaki, who left the White House earlier this month, will appear on NBC's various channels and platforms as part of its politics coverage this fall and will eventually host …

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:

Marjorie Taylor Greene wins her primary, dashing establishment G.O.P. hopes. — Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose far-right beliefs and confrontational behavior earned her opposition in both parties, won the Republican primary in her Northwest Georgia House district …

Discussion: Insider, Associated Press and The Daily Caller

Peter White / Deadline:

CBS Pulls ‘FBI’ Season Finale After Tragic School Shooting In Texas — The season finale of FBI has been pulled by CBS after the tragic school shooting in Texas. — The episode titled “Prodigal Son” hits close to the news given that it involves the team preventing a school shooting.

Discussion: The Hill, New York Post, The Wrap, Hollywood Reporter and CBS News

Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:

Ethics law offers possible path for Trump prosecution — As federal investigators weigh the potential criminality of former President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, legal experts say a decades-old ethics law — one routinely violated by members of Trump's inner circle — could provide them a glide path to prosecution.