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The Latest Breaking News from Greg Abbott

Trump, Cruz scheduled to address NRA forum after Texas shooting

The powerful National Rifle Association’s annual convention is scheduled to be held across three days in Houston, Texas.

Al Jazeera

Salvador Ramos shot grandmother in face after ‘fighting over graduation’ before school attack

Gov Greg Abbott said Tuesday that Ramos sent Facebook messages threatening to shoot both his grandmother and an elementary school

The Independent UK

Abbott fundraises after Uvalde shooting

Abbott is also scheduled to address an NRA event on Friday

Salon

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Afternoon Edition: May 25, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

GOP erupts after Beto cuts off Abbott

“You said this was not predictable, this was totally predictable, and you choose not to do anything"

Salon

Texas school shooter warned on Facebook that he was going to shoot up a school 30 minutes before massacre

Salvador Ramos updated his Facebook friends on his day as he shot his grandmother, then killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school, police said Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Mum of Texas school shooter who massacred 19 kids says he 'wasn't a violent person'

Adriana Reyes said her son Salvador Ramos was a loner but insisted that he was not a violent person following the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

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Pritzker, Lightfoot, other local Democrats rip Texas governor for injecting Chicago into school shooting debate

“I hate to say this, there are more people that are shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweeted, “Shame on you.” Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) tweeted that the Republican governor was an “@sshole” and should” keep…

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas gunman: ‘I’m going to shoot an elementary school’

UVALDE, Texas — A gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in one of the deadliest school massacres in U.S. history posted his intentions before barricading himself inside a fourth-grade classroom, where all the fatalities and injuries occurred, state and federal officials said Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

Texas gunman sent Facebook messages that he was ‘going to shoot an elementary school’ minutes before attack

Suspect killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School after shooting grandmother

The Independent UK

‘Complete evil’: New details of deadly Texas shooting released

Gunman barricaded himself in classroom at Uvalde primary school and shot ‘anyone in his way’, Texas official says.

Al Jazeera

‘This is on you’: Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas governor over mass shooting

Democratic gubernatorial candidate confronts Republican Greg Abbott during press conference, saying: ‘You are doing nothing’

The Guardian - US

Texas shooting: Teenage gunman posted ‘lil secret’ Instagram message before shooting 21 people dead

Salvador Ramos told woman ‘I’m about to’ as he hinted at attack just hours earlier

The Independent UK

What are the gun laws in Texas? Recent changes have made it even easier to carry a handgun in public

Texas has some of the loosest gun laws in the United States. Governor Greg Abbott last year signed into law several pieces of legislation to further ease restrictions, including making it easier to carry a handgun in public.

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Beto O'Rourke interrupts Texas Gov. Abbott's press conference: "You're offering us nothing"

O'Rourke is challenging Abbott for the governorship and has been highly critical of the incumbent's support of gun rights.

The Independent UK

Texas gunman posted on Facebook that he was ‘going to shoot an elementary school’ minutes before attack

Suspect killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School after shooting grandmother

The Independent UK

Beto O’Rourke thrown out of Texas shooting press conference after shouting down speakers

Mr O’Rourke told Mr Abbott that the shooting was ‘on him’ and ‘totally predictable’

Daily Mirror

Inside America's obsession with guns as younger people demand stricter laws

The devastating shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which claimed 21 lives - including pupils and teachers - is another indelible stain on the fabric of US society, seeping in its children’s blood

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The Independent UK

Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz, and other Texas authorities will hold press conference on Uvalde shooting this afternoon

A presser at 1:30pm EST will give ‘an update on the state’s coordinated response on the Robb Elementary School shooting,’ Mr Abbott’s office says

The Guardian - US

Texas Republican leaders’ response to the mass shooting: more guns in schools

Last year Governor Greg Abbott signed into law several measures making it easier to own and carry guns in the state

Salon

Texas GOP eased gun laws after massacres

"We're supposed to keep children safe. And here we’ve done exactly the opposite," said state Sen. Roland Gutierrez

Salon

Newspaper slams Abbott's "cowardice"

Chronicle editorial board slams governor's "bald face lie" on shootings after he loosened gun laws

Irish Mirror

Texas school massacre continues grim run of mass shootings in US state

More than 85 people have been killed in mass shootings in Texas in the last five years

The Independent UK

Trump refuses to back out of National Rifle Association convention in Texas despite school massacre

Former president Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Senator Ted Cruz are set to be featured speakers at the pro-gun confab

The Guardian - UK

America howls with pain after Texas. Yet again we ask: ‘When are we going to do something?’

It’s absurd that Joe Biden cannot overturn the bizarre relationship between Americans and their guns, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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