The United States Congress approved gun control legislation – the most significant firearms bill in approximately thirty years. It enforces stricter checks on teenage buyers and encourages states to take guns from individuals considered a threat. Moreover, the move enjoyed bipartisan support, with fourteen GOP leaders joining Democrats in the House to approve the bill with 234/193 votes.

The long waited law against increasing gun violence has been approved by the US Congress. It is said that in the past few decades, there has been no significant law relating to firearms before like this one.#gunviolence #congress #guncontrolbill #firearms #gunviolenceawareness pic.twitter.com/QXFfZ3sGwT

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The gun control bill is now headed to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. On 23rd June, the Senate also passed the bill with the support of fifteen GOP senators. It ultimately passed in a late-night sixty-five-thirty-three vote. On Thursday, President Biden said after the Senate approval that after twenty-eight years of indecision, bipartisan Congress members worked together to pay attention to the call of families all over the country and enacted a bill to address the wave of gun violence in the U.S.

Reforms in the Gun Control Bill

The bill came into the discussion after last month’s mass shootings at a Buffalo supermarket in New York and a Uvalde school in Texas that left thirty-one people dead. The following are the reforms included in the gun control legislation:

• Strict background checks for gun buyers younger than twenty-one
• $15 billion in federal funding for school security upgrades and mental health programs
• Federal funding to assist states in executing red flag laws to capture weapons from people considered a threat
• Closing the boyfriend loophole by banning gun sales to those convicted of abusing unmarried personal partners

Joe Biden stressed bigger reforms – including a prohibition on assault weapons (the weapons used in the Buffalo and Texas mass shootings) or an increase in the buying age. It is believed that the Texas shooting culprit purchased two semi-automatic rifles some days after turning eighteen.

Significant Milestone

The gun control bill is also important because it is the first time in the last thirty years that suggested reforms received this level of bipartisan support. Previously, the Republican party blocked efforts to bolster United States gun laws. However, in the Senate, all fifty Democrats, including Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, the party’s most conservative members, voted in favor of the bill.

On the other hand, two-thirds of Senate GOP leaders opposed the bill, and all those who supported it – except for Todd Young from Indiana and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska – will not face voters in November 2022 or announced their plan not to seek re-election. In addition, Ted Cruz, the Texas Senator, condemned the bill as an effort to remove weapons from citizens rather than take serious moves to protect U.S. kids.

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In an overwhelmingly resounding vote Thursday, European Parliament members granted Ukrainian candidate status to the EU, advancing it closer to Western allies that have supplied it with massive amounts of armaments to resist Russia. It was a vote of 529 to 45, with 14 abstentions. Georgia and Moldova also received approval from the European Parliament to join the EU. In a tweet on Twitter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that this was a “historic moment in Ukrainian-EU relations. Ukraine’s future lies within the European Union.”

Europe has agreed to onboard Ukraine by granting the country proper EU membership. The move put forward Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Ukraine’s pressure will be eased, and the country will move closer to the West against Russia.#ukraine #EUUkraine #G7 #NATOSummit pic.twitter.com/dLOiT0AvV2

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He also posted on Instagram that they received the candidacy, which is their victory.” Earlier this week, the US announced it would offer Ukraine $450 million more in military assistance, including some medium-range rocket systems, on top of $1 billion a week ago. In a Facebook message, Ukrainian Parliament chair Ruslan Stefanchuk also expressed gratitude for the European lawmakers’ support. It is not just the battlefield that they fight for this right, but the legal sphere they fight for.”

Necessary Reforms

Three countries must undergo a series of economic and political reforms to join the twenty-seven-member European Union bloc. “Ukrainian government has implemented roughly seventy percent of the EU’s rules, standards, and norms,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. But more steps are needed regarding the rule of law, oligarchs, and anti-corruption.

It would be up to the heads of all twenty-seven EU governments to vote on Ukraine’s membership in the European Union. Furthermore, all votes must be cast unanimously. There is a possibility that the process could take a decade to complete, according to diplomats. In his speech, Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, said Ukrainians belong to the European family. As we embark on this long journey together, we mark the beginning of a long period of time.”

In addition, as EU leaders gathered in Brussels, they talked about the impact of the Russian war in Ukraine on global food security and the additional support to Kyiv that the European Union is providing economically, militarily, and humanitarian. According to Zelenskyy, Russian military forces continue to launch massive air and artillery strikes in the eastern Ukrainian Donbas region, aiming to ” destroy the entire Donbas along the way.”

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Senior United States government officials said that Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, will virtually address the NATO and G-7 summits that are going to be held over the coming week. Zelensky works to strengthen western support amid the crushing Russian invasion of his country. Furthermore, the Ukraine war will come over the Spain and Germany trip of United States President Joe Biden, where he will talk with several western leaders.

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will be addressing G7 and NATO via a virtual meeting in the upcoming week. This announcement came from the US administration, which also mentioned Zelenskyy’s intention to reinforce the West as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues. pic.twitter.com/NTG1EZU5m8

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At The Group of Seven (G-7) meeting, the officials said that the U.S. president would reveal steps along with allies to intensify pressure on Moscow for its aggression against Ukraine. Furthermore, the United States will announce moves at the NATO summit to reinforce European security, along with likely key new contributions from other leaders. However, officials denied sharing details regarding likely new sanctions against Russia in collaboration with G-7 allies.

On the other hand, officials acknowledged that with the increase in gas prices both at national and abroad levels, leaders participating would probably discuss the partial ban of the European Union on Russian oil, which they described as a set of shared moves to cut reliance on Russian energy which results in minimizing price impacts at home.

Beijing – the Key Issue for G-7 and NATO Groups

Beijing appeared as a key issue for NATO and G-7, which still focused on Ukraine and Russia and didn’t talk about China in their summits. However, at the 2021 G-7 summit in Cornwall, the U.S. president pushed fellow leaders into inserting difficult new language on human rights into a final official statement, and the group had intense discussions about their collective.

For the first time, leaders will include Beijing at the G-7 summit in the final strategic concept paper, specifically the long-term challenges the Asian largest economy poses to European security. Likewise, the summit will include leaders from Asia for the first time, including New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, and Japan.

President Biden will launch a global infrastructure partnership at the G-7 summit intended to advance low-and-middle-income nations, another effort to challenge Chinese reach. Additionally, the applications of Finland and Sweden will be a key topic of discussion at the NATO meeting. According to a senior official, the United States continues to bring Finland and Sweden into the NATO alliance instantly.

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For the first time in thirty years, Senate bargainers reached a deal Tuesday on significant gun control violence, a major step in moving the bill forward for a vote in the Senate by the end of the week in a highly polarized political climate. The landmark agreement would stand as the response of Congress to the deadly mass shootings in states like New York and Texas that shook the country.

On Tuesday, in a procedural vote, the Senate took a step closer to implementing bipartisan gun safety legislation. This is a significant step forward, as lawmakers seek to implement the measure in a highly polarized political climate.#GunControlNow #GunViolence #guncontrolbill pic.twitter.com/26gb44oJsv

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However, the bill still has several hurdles to clear as it will face two more critical votes in the Senate, first breaking a filibusterer and then for final approval. The vote to break a filibusterer will be a vital, high-stakes moment for lawmaking since it will need sixty votes to advance, which means at least ten GOP senators will require to join Democrats in support. So, if Senators successfully break a filibuster, the legislation will go on to a final approval vote. Afterward, the House would need to vote on it.

Senators released the eighty-page legislation nine days after settling on a framework for the plan and twenty-nine years after Congress last passed major gun control measures. In addition, the Senate cleared a preliminary procedural hurdle by 64/34, with fourteen GOP representatives joining all forty-eight Democratic leaders and two allied independents voting yes. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer strongly backed a prediction of approval later this week.

GOP Senators Who Voted in favor of Legislation

The following Republican Senators voted to advance the legislation:

• Thom Tillis of North Carolina
• John Cornyn of Texas
• Roy Blunt of Missouri
• Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
• Todd Young of Indiana
• Mitt Romney of Utah
• Joni Ernst of Iowa
• Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia
• Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
• Rob Portman of Ohio
• Susan Collins of Maine
• Burr of North Carolina
• Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
• Mitch McConnell of Kentucky

Capito, McConnell, and Ernst, who are in Republican leadership, and Young and Murkowski, were not part of the ten GOP leaders who primarily signed on to back the gun control framework. Moreover, the release of the legislation came after some days of senators bargaining over many sticking points, raising concerns over whether the effort would fall apart.

On Tuesday evening, Schumer praised the bipartisan senators and said that the legislation represents development towards curbing gun violence and will save lives. Moreover, on the Senate floor, the majority leader added in remarks that it is not everything they want; this bill is urgently necessary. Further, he said that they would move to the final passage as early as possible. The New York Democrat expressed his hope that the Senate would pass the bill by the end of the week.

What is in the Gun Control bill?

• Here below are the significant points of the legislation:
• $750 million to help states execute and run crisis involvement programs
• End of the boyfriend loophole
• To register more gun sellers as Federal Firearms License (FFL) Dealers
• Detailed reviews of individuals aged eighteen to twenty-one who want to buy guns
• Creates new federal statutes against straw trafficking and gun trafficking
• Increases funding for school security and mental health programs

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The leading candidate in the GOP primary for Arizona governor, Kari Lake, criticized the rising cultural influence of drag queens, taking advantage of the latest social grievance on the right. However, one of the most famous drag performers in Phoenix, Richard Stevens, criticized her over the weekend by saying she was a hypocrite who frequented his performances.

A Republican candidate for Arizona governor, Kari Lake, has voiced criticism of the country’s growing drag queen culture. However, one of the most popular drag performers in Phoenix slammed his comments over the weekend.#DragQueen #GOPcandidate #ArizonaGovernor #DragQueenCulture pic.twitter.com/mgZ8nmndKv

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According to Stevens, who performs as Barbra Seville, the former TV news anchor, Lake regularly attended drag shows and hired him to dress as Marilyn Monroe at a private party. Stevens posted screenshots of his conversations with her on his social media handles and photos of Lake posing with drag queens.

Two weeks before Arizona’s 2nd August primary, Lake’s dispute with the drag queen drew public attention, putting him on the defensive. Likewise, it drives a constant condemnation of Lake’s discussion from former Democratic President Barack Obama donor to former Republican President Donald Trump conservative.

Steven Response

The following day, Stevens responded by taking the social media platform to express that he had performed for her and her family. Further, he added that he met her children, has been in her home, and has her personal phone number and Facebook account. On Monday, Stevens told the Associated Press that he stayed even though he disagreed with Lake’s far-right campaign; he maintained contact with her and privately defended her. Further, he added that this hypocrisy bothered him when she came after drag queens.

Stevens expressed that he was personally offended by her tweet. He said that he initially met Lake in the late 1990s when he performed regularly at a gay bar near the KSAZ-TV studios, where he was an evening anchor. He added that she would ask him for sources to discuss matters affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) community, and he usually appeared on Fox 10 broadcasts.

Lake Condemned the Media

On Sunday, the campaign published a statement on Twitter to condemn the media for reporting the dispute and threatening to take legal action against Stevens for defamation. Furthermore, the statement said that, like most sensible individuals, Lake harshly opposed grown men or women dancing seductively for kids, especially at the taxpayer’s expense. Russ Trumble, a spokesman for Lake, denied commenting further Monday by saying it is a legal matter.

It is truly disgusting that this even has to be addressed, but adults should not undress in front of children or sexualize them in any way.

The Media is the Enemy of the People. And frankly — the right hand of the Devil.

Here’s our statement to recent defamatory stories: pic.twitter.com/oVUkPgkrax

— Kari Lake for AZ Governor (@KariLake) June 19, 2022

Lawmakers in many U.S. states introduced bills to ban kids from drag shows, and Republican Arizona Senate leaders say they have plans for similar legislation. On the other hand, Steven noted that drag existed forever. He has been doing the drag character longer than Kari has been a GOP representative.

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The United States President Joe Biden hosted a virtual summit of major economies Friday to discuss climate change at a time when the world is still reliant on fossil fuels due to fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Taking office in 2021, Biden is holding his third meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate. On Friday, Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United States, said while comparing the oil and gas industry to Big Tobacco, financers and producers of fossil fuels have humanity by the throat.

Biden hosted a virtual summit of major economies to discuss climate change at a time when the world is still reliant on fossil fuels due to fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Taking office in 2021, the president is holding his third meeting of the MEF on Energy & Climate. pic.twitter.com/4xCEmnpSJ2

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On the other hand, U.S. President Joe Biden was not quite the craving for a fight. Instead, with both surging energy prices and global warming weighing on the world at the MEF (Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate), the U.S. president discussed the efforts to ease the pain of soaring fuel prices while urging more long-term green policies.

Rejecting the idea of raising gasoline production, the top diplomat of the United Nations (U.N.) threw out usual diplomatic niceties and openly criticized the fossil fuel industry at a virtual session that included oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, China, and European countries, which is hosting the next U.N. meeting on climate change. For the first time, Guterres compared the energy industry to tobacco interests by saying that they use the same outrageous tactics to delay action that is good for the Earth and individuals.

Guterres Dismissed More Drilling

The U.S. president repeated his intention to lower gasoline prices averaging a record $5 per gallon in the United States, while also shifting away from fossil fuels to limit climate change. Furthermore, President Biden is expected to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia next month. Recently, the White House acknowledged the kingdom after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) announced that it would drill more oil to boost the world supply.

Guterres rejected more oil pumping by saying that nothing could be more present than the danger of fossil fuel expansion. Further, he said that fossil fuels do not make economic or political sense. But, according to a senior United Nations official, the secretary-general decided to practical expression because of the industry’s effective efforts to use the war in Ukraine as a justification to start drilling projects.

Extreme Weather Events

Biden government officials said that they expect some nations to announce more striving climate targets as part of the landmark 2015 Paris deal reached. During his Oval Office interview on Thursday, President Biden sounded alarmed about extreme weather events. He said the U.S. would face more flooding, tornadoes, and hurricanes. However, the Russian aggression toward Ukraine pushed the president’s climate goals by raising the cost of gasoline.

The U.S. president comes to the climate conference with foreign leaders with far less of the climate goal and hopes he announced at the beginning of his presidency when he promised to make the U.S. a leader again in cutting fossil fuel emissions to avoid the worst scenarios of planet warming. Unfortunately, since then, GOP and some Democratic leaders stuck with no concluding stance but killed the most ambitious climate bill of the Democratic president.

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GOP and Democratic senators are divided Thursday over how to keep weaponry from dangerous individuals as bargainers faced hurdles to finalizing details of gun violence deals in time for the deadline to hold votes in Congress next week. However, lawmakers remained divided over how to elaborate on abusive dating partners who would be officially banned from acquiring firearms.

Democratic and Republican senators shared their differences of opinions on Thursday on approving legislation to stop increasing gun violence activities in the country. Lawmakers have described that they could not come to a conclusion. pic.twitter.com/gDYbRVivJ7

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Differences were still there over proposals to send money to states that run red flag laws that left officials temporarily seizing guns from dangerous individuals by courts and other states for their own violence prevention programs. Furthermore, the election-year dialogs seemed moved toward the deal, with Democrats and Republicans fearing punishment by voters if Congress did not react to the massacre of May’s mass shootings. During mass shootings, thirty-one individuals were killed at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, and a school in Uvalde, Texas.

United States President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer endorsed an agreement outline. However, a lead Republican bargainer, Senator John Cornyn of Texas, seemed noticeably unhappy as he left yesterday’s session after approximately two hours. In order to vote by next week, lawmakers say an agreement must be finalized and drafted into legislation by week’s end.

A GOP Senator Walks Out of Negotiations on Gun Control

John Cornyn, the Republican leader in negotiations with Democrats, has walked out of talks over what could be history’s first gun control bill. In the wake of mass shootings in Texas and New York, the Texas senator drafted the framework of a proposed firearms bill. Then, leaving Washington, he said to the media: “I’m done with talking.”

In his remarks, the lead Democratic negotiator expressed optimism that the bill could still be voted on next week. Two weeks after a racially motivated shooting in Buffalo, New York left ten dead, and nineteen young children and two adults gunned down at a school in Uvalde, Texas. Cornyn warned earlier that day that time was running out for a deal. In his conversation with Hugh Hewitt, he predicted that the clock might be ticking on whether or not the plan can be enacted next week.

Despite disagreements over red flag laws, which allow police to seize guns from dangerous people, senators say it is unclear what incentives states should apply to enacting them. Furthermore, talks are in progress to close the “boyfriend loophole,” which allows abusive partners to purchase firearms. A bill will pass through the Senate and House and head to President’s desk.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters Tuesday that the United States lawmakers could bring a bipartisan package strengthening gun control legislation to the floor of the Senate at the end of this week. Schumer said that the deal was something several believed was not possible some weeks ago, but Democratic leaders and GOP leaders said they would have to try.

It’s likely that US lawmakers will present a bipartisan package to control growing gun violence by the end of this week. The agreement was not possible a few days ago, but now it appears that a large number of members of both parties have reached a deal.#GunControlNow #deal pic.twitter.com/9xMKQGAIr0

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Ten Democrats and the same number of Republicans agreed over the weekend to the agreement outline that, if enacted, would fund mental health services and school security while encouraging states to expand red-flag laws. Furthermore, Schumer noted that the deal would represent the most considerable congressional move toward a gun control bill, which executed a 5-day waiting duration on the sales of handguns twenty years ago.

Schumer said that the deal would increase background checks for individuals under twenty-one, help states with their red flags laws to stop mass shootings before they occur, and make it difficult for domestic violence to require a weapon by closing the boyfriend gap. Yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that if the bill text reflects the framework, he will feel comfy voting for these new legislations.

Countrywide Mass Shootings

The move came together after recent mass shootings that took several American lives – most of them were young – with legally acquired, military-grade weapons. On Sunday, Joe Biden, the President of the United States, stated that the plan doesn’t do everything necessary. However, it reflects significant moves in the right direction and would be the most crucial gun safety bill to approve by Congress in decades.

Karine Jean-Pierree, the Press Secretary of the White House, said on Monday that the framework would help President Biden honor his vow to parents in Uvalde, to do something practical after a shooter killed nineteen children and two teachers on 24th May inside an elementary school. However, the gun control pact doesn’t include the president’s call for a ban on the sale of rapid-fire assault weapons, usually the shooters’ choice weapon in the country.

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The United Kingdom shared plans to ditch some parts of the post-Brexit agreement it agreed with the European Union in 2019. Moreover, the government wants to change the Northern Ireland Protocol to make it simpler for some specific goods to flow from the U.K. to Northern Ireland. However, the European Union resists the move, saying that going back on the agreement breaches international laws.

There has been a proposal by the UK Government to eliminate parts of the post-Brexit deal. In 2019, the administration agreed to the deal with Europe but now wants to change the decision to change the Northern Ireland Protocol.#BrexitDeal #UnitedKingdom #NorthernIrelandProtocol pic.twitter.com/KrTpebwawt

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The U.K. administration says there is no other way of safeguarding the key interests of Britain. Further, it adds that taken action must not seriously damage the primary interests of other states. In addition, the Parliament will discuss and vote on planned changes in the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill. Likewise, the government vows to remove needless documentation on goods checks, and businesses in Northern Ireland will receive the same tax breaks as other states in the United Kingdom.

Additionally, it adds that the bill will ensure that independent arbitration will resolve trade conflicts rather than the European Court of Justice. Liz Truss, the British Foreign Secretary, expressed that it was a practical and reasonable solution to the issues facing Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom. However, it could only progress via talks if the European Union is eager to change the protocol.

Negotiated Solution

The British government said it would wish for a negotiated solution with the European Union that avoids the need for the legislation approved to become law. Three political parties in Northern Ireland, such as the Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP), Alliance, and Sinn Féin, said the protocol is essential to lessen the effects of Brexit in Northern Ireland.

DUP, the Democratic Unionist Party, the second leading party in the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections, argues it establishes a divide that could result in the break-up of the United Kingdom. As a result, it refused to establish a new ruling in Northern Ireland Executive with Sinn Féin, which won the majority in the election until changes were made to it. Michelle O’Neill, the Stormont leader of Sinn Féin, blamed the prime minister for producing more ambiguity and uncertainty in the country.

Furthermore, the administration argued that protecting the Good Friday Agreement, establishing peace in Northern Ireland, and maintaining social & economic ties between Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom are fundamental interests of Great Britain. However, it adds that the current protocol is a standoff to form a new governing executive in Northern Ireland.

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On Sunday, Senate negotiators announced the framework of a bipartisan response against the violent mass shootings last month. The recent move is a significant but limited breakthrough offering the latest gun control and bolstering efforts to improve mental health programs and enhance school safety.

The measure falls far short of stricter actions long sought by United States President Joe Biden and several Democratic leaders. Yet, the president embraced the agreement, and legislation would indicate a significant turnabout after several years of gun violence that yielded little but standoff in Congress.

On Sunday, US lawmakers introduced a new framework to address increasing gun violence. A series of measures have been put in place to improve school safety, mental health problems, and other issues related to uncontrolled gun violence.#gunviolence #GunSafetyNow #SchoolSafety pic.twitter.com/wxJTYM8eP1

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Furthermore, the U.S. president stated that the framework doesn’t do everything needed, but it reflects crucial steps on the right track and would be the most critical gun safety law to enact in Congress in decades. He added that with the bipartisan support, there are no excuses for further delay from the Senate and House.

Leaders of both parties hope to push any accord into law as early as possible, and they probably expect to pass this month before the political momentum fades. However, the push has been driven by the recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, resulting in the loss of several lives.

Senators Calling for the enaction of Legislation

Participants advised that final details and parliamentary language remain to be completed, indicating fresh delays and conflicts might emerge. However, in a significant development, twenty senators, including ten GOP senators, released a statement calling for the approval of legislation. That is important because the foremost hurdle to authorizing the legislation is likely in the fifty-fifty Senate, where at least ten Republican votes will require achieving the usual sixty-vote threshold for approval.

The deal, after approval, would offer money to states to approve and put in place red flag laws that make it comfortable to take guns from individuals considered likely violent momentarily and funds to strengthen school safety and launch mental health programs. In addition, some Americans who unofficially sell guns for profit would need to obtain licenses from federal dealers, resulting in buyers’ background checks.

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A wave of countrywide mass shootings shook the United States and ignited a debate about addressing gun violence. As some United States lawmakers intend to end approximately three decades of congressional lethargy on gun legislation, state administrations are taking diverging approaches to combat mass shootings.

This week, Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul of New York signed legislation into law that raises the minimum age to buy semiautomatic rifles from eighteen to twenty-one, bolsters the state’s red-flag law, and impedes the sale of body armor. In addition, the amendments in the law will heighten reporting requirements for law enforcement officers and mental health workers.

In the wake of recent incidents of gun violence and mass shootings, US lawmakers are considering different approaches to reestablish policies after almost three decades of inaction. This includes increasing the age at which gun purchases can be made.#GunControlNow #GunReformNow pic.twitter.com/HyDgaXEQPA

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State representatives enacted the move some days after an eighteen-year-old wielding an assault-style gun opened fire brutally inside a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing ten innocent people. Just ten days after the last shooting, another eighteen-year-old teen shot and killed nineteen students and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

During a bill-signing ceremony, the New York governor said mass shootings are happening again and again. He asked when states announced moves to become a nation to reverse the right to have the ability to have a gun over the right of a kid to stay alive. The latest move of New York state for stricter gun restrictions comes as the United States Supreme is set to make a judgment this month on a hundred-year-old New York law that firmly limits the ability of an individual to carry handguns.

Diverging Approaches of States

Some Democratic-led states look to strengthen or approve gun control laws. On the other hand, many GOP-led states are considering different ways to combat mass shootings, which number, according to GunViolenceArchieve.org, is over two hundred and fifty in the U.S. this year. Last week, Ohio’s legislature approved legislation allowing school boards statewide to enact teachers to carry weapons in the classroom. Likewise, the state lawmakers seized funds to boost security moves at university campuses and school buildings.

In Texas, GOP officials and lawmakers proposed moving from restricting entrances to schools and boosting the number of armed school security officers. Speaking recently on Fox News, Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas, said they need to toughen targets to stop would-be shooters from getting into learning institutions, except through one entrance. Maybe that would help and would contain someone from violence.

Common Arguments on Capitol Hill

A bipartisan senator’s group is trying to reach a set of gun violence prevention moves that can enact the consistently divided chamber. But, while talks continue, typical arguments made on Capitol Hill for and against gun control. A Louisiana Republican said on Fox News Sunday that the discussions instantly became about Democratic leaders wanting to take away guns.

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In its report on the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the House panel placed the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday. The panel said the insurrection was no accident but the result of Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 Presidential Election results.

The House panel probing the Jan 6 riot at the US Capitol laid the blame on former President Trump and said that the assault was barely unplanned but an attempted takeover and a direct result of Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the Presidential Election 2020. pic.twitter.com/7GtyEBSzqU

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In their report, the 1/6 committee presented a twelve-minute video depicting extremist groups leading the deadly blockade and startling testimony from Trump’s closest associates, in which they argued that Trump’s repeated lies about election fraud and his desire to prevent Democratic Joe Biden’s victory culminated in the attack and jeopardized the U.S. democracy.

During the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory on January 6, 2021, Trump supporters stormed Congress. Then, on Thursday evening, in the wake of almost a year of investigation, a House select committee led by Democrats showed clips from interviews it conducted with members of the inner circle of the former president.

American views on the Capitol attack may not change due to the hearings, but the panel’s investigation will stand as a public record. Its final report released ahead of this fall’s midterm elections and as the former president considers another run for the presidency, aims to explain why the Capitol was attacked so brutally in 1814 and prevent such occurrences in the future.

The Capitol Riot

During Thursday’s congressional testimony, Donald Trump professed desperation for his false claims of election fraud, encouraging supporters to go to Capitol on January 6 when Congress would certify the results, despite those around him insisting Democratic Biden had won the election. During the riot, pro-Trump rioters used pipes, bats, bear spray, and other weapons to attack the Capitol and wound at least 100 police officers. Likewise, a woman shot by the police and killed during the rioting was among the nine who died.

Democrats face political headwinds in the fifth month before the midterm elections, so the Republican opposition has dismissed the probe as a ploy. The nation will vote in November, and polls suggest that Democrats may lose control of the House and possibly even the Senate. The House voted to impeach Mr. Trump following the riot a week after taking office. Additionally, the Senate acquitted him after accusing him of inciting insurrection.

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After recent brutal mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, the House passed a gun control bill Wednesday that raises the age limit for purchasing semiautomatic rifles and prohibits the sale of ammunition magazines. There were 223-204 votes in favor of the legislation on a mostly party-line basis.

Furthermore, there is almost no chance that it will become law since the Senate is negotiating to improve mental health programs, strengthen school security, and enhance background checks. Democrats have an opportunity in November to frame their positions on policies that polls show are generally supported by voters if they support the House bill.

The House approved several of the most aggressive gun-control moves after years of struggle. These measures include raising the minimum age to buy semiautomatic rifles to 21 and banning high-capacity magazines as government seeks to mount a strict response against mass shootings. pic.twitter.com/TAo8selasj

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A Texas Democratic Representative, Veronica Escobar, said they could not save every life, but at least they could try. Today, the House is trying to take action on Americans’ demands across the country. Furthermore, House committee members heard heartbreaking testimony from families and friends of recent shooting victims. For example, Miah Cerrillo, 11, covered herself with the blood of a dead class fellow to avoid being killed by the shooter at the Uvalde elementary school.

The recent wave of countrywide mass shootings in the country stirred Congress to act immediately. However, the shooting of nineteen kids and two teachers in Uvalde’s school revied efforts so that Democratic and Republican lawmakers talking about the need to respond. Ohio GOP Representative Jim Jordan said that the answer is not to destroy the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, but that is exactly where the Democratic leaders want to go.

Senate Action Against Gun Violence

Getting a bill signed into law will require the support of 10 Republicans in the Senate. An hour-long meeting took place Wednesday between Republican and Democratic senators, hoping to reach a compromise by the end of the week. However, participants said further debate was needed regarding a plan likely to propose modest steps.

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On Tuesday, the vaccine advisory committee (VRBPAC) of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) backed a COVID-19 vaccine from Novavax, which would become the fourth Coronavirus dose approved in the United States. Moreover, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted 21 – 0 with one abstention. They proposed that the FDA permit emergency use authorization (EUA) for the vaccine for adults eighteen and older.

US Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has unanimously decided to approve a protein-based vaccine on Tuesday. It is the first protein-based vaccine from Novavax and will be the fourth US-approved vaccine for adults. pic.twitter.com/s7GkuqDnmH

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Novavax’s protein-based Covid-19 vaccine would be the fourth vaccine to win approval in the United States, following the vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna. Moreover, the vaccine is probable to win approval by June, projected M. Nielsen Hobbs, an expert for Informa Pharma Intelligence. On the other hand, many firms are reading about next-generation Coronavirus vaccines; the Novavax vaccine is not so much a new competitor as a much-delayed preliminary competitor as part of Operation Warp Speed.

Additionally, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must choose to back the vaccine before it becomes widely available countrywide. Peter Marks, the FDA official, advised the advisory panel that the vaccine dose could offer the option for those who are hesitant to receive a vaccination shot as it is not made from new messenger RNA (mRNA) technology such as Moderna and Pfizer’s shots.

Novavax Primary Vaccine Key Background

In clinical trials, the two-shot primary vaccine of Novavax was found to be ninety percent effective against mild, moderate, or severe Coronavirus infection. As a result, the firm scored $1.6 billion in funding from the Operation Warp Speed of the Trump government in July 2020, but it faced difficulties. On the other hand, many nations, such as the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, and South Korea.

The FDA advisory committee came some days after the drug agency warned of a likely risk of two categories of heart inflammation – pericarditis and myocarditis – associated with the Novavax vaccine. Heart inflammation cases occurred after patients received Moderna and Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccines. In a Friday statement, Novavax stated that it believed there was inadequate evidence to create a causal relationship between the heart inflammation and its COVID vaccine.

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Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, has survived a no-confidence vote despite a significant insurgency against his leadership. Johnson won fifty-nine percent of the vote, meaning he is now exempt from a Conservative leadership challenge for at least one year. In addition, he won the support of most Tory MPs, as 211 voted in favor of his leadership while 148 voted against him.

The prime minister described his confidence vote win as decisive and convincing. Moreover, the charismatic leader struggled to turn the page of surprise that he and his cabinet repeatedly held boozy parties that flouted the Coronavirus restrictions they imposed on other nationals. However, the winning margin is less than that secured by the former prime minister and his predecessor Theresa May (the former Leader of the Conservative Party), in a similar vote in December 2018. Afterward, she resigned six months after facing pressure.

Since replacing May in 2019, Johnson led the United Kingdom out of the European Union and through a deadly COVID-19 outbreak, both of which shook the country economically and socially. The vote comes as Johnson’s administration is under intense pressure to reduce the pain of rising food and energy bills.

No-confidence Vote and Calls for Johnson to Consider Position

On Monday, Graham Brady, a Conservative Party official, announced that he had received letters demanding the no-confidence vote from at least fifty-four Tory legislators, enough to trigger the move under party rules. In a House of Common room, the British prime minister addressed dozens of Conservative lawmakers before the vote as he tried to bolster his support and said he would lead them to victory again.

The Tory rebels insisted that the result had compromised Johnson’s ability to lead. Julian Sturdy, who also voted against the prime minister, said that the results were clear evidence that Johnson no longer enjoys the full-hearted confidence of the parliamentary party. On the other hand, Johnson’s cabinet ministers gathered around him to show their support.

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According to local police, Sunday mass shootings in Philadelphia and Chattanooga left at least six people dead and over twenty-five wounded, the latest cases after gun violence in New York, Texas, and Oklahoma.

A gun violence incident in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, has left at least 6dead and over 25 injured. The majority of those injured were victims of gunshots. The police confirmed the report directly after the latest act of gun violence occurred on Sunday pic.twitter.com/sn54UjXHe4

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About midnight on Saturday, several shooters opened fire on South Street, an area filled with bars and restaurants, in Philadelphia. According to authorities, two men and a woman were killed. During the 22-second video, people on a crowded street were seen running in panic, likely after firing gunshots. The video had no audio. Reuters was able to verify the location of the video using its geolocation.

Inspector D. F. Pace of the Philadelphia Police Department says hundreds of individuals were enjoying South Street at the time of the shooting. Authorities said that gunshots killed two people, and one person was struck by a vehicle while fleeing the shooting scene outside a bar in Chattanooga. Local officials said 14 people were injured, and three of them died.

U.S. government Should Take Stronger Measures to Curb Gun Violence

As the men attempted to flee, they were struck by vehicles, and several of the victims remain in critical condition, according to Tennessee officials. A grocery store shootout in Buffalo, New York, 21 deaths at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, and four at a medical building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, followed recent shootings that killed ten people at the store. According to gun safety advocates, the U.S. government should take more robust measures against gun violence.

Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group, estimates there have been 240 mass shootings in America this year. An incident mass shooting occurs when more than four people, including the shooter, are shot. One police officer was within ten to fifteen yards of an individual who fired into the crowd, while another was within sight of an individual with a handgun, police said. During the incident, police said one of the officers fired at the suspect.

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The United Kingdom Defense Secretary Ben Wallace announced that the government decided to supply M270 multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine. Wallace said the latest rocket system would help Ukraine defend itself against the Russian offense. Furthermore, the U.K. administration didn’t confirm how many weapons it sends, but BBC news predicts that initially, it will be three.

A gun violence incident in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, has left at least 6dead and over 25 injured. The majority of those injured were victims of gunshots. The police confirmed the report directly after the latest act of gun violence occurred on Sunday pic.twitter.com/sn54UjXHe4

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The United States also coordinated with the decision, but Russia showed its anger at the U.S. move. Additionally, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to expand its list of targets in Ukraine if Western nations sent long-range weapons to Ukraine. Britain’s government said the Kyiv military force would be trained to use the rocket launchers in the United Kingdom in the coming few weeks.

Announcing the move, Wallace said that Britain was leading in supplying the Ukrainian military with the critical weapons they needed to defend their nation from unjustified invasion. Further, he said that as Russian strategies change, so they must give their support to Ukraine.

He added that these capable rocket systems would enable Ukrainians to better protect themselves against the violent use of long-range weaponry, which the Russian president uses indiscriminately to destroy Ukrainian cities. The BBC’s defense correspondent Jonathan Beale said that the United States and the United Kingdom led the way in supplying artillery to Ukraine but giving it unconventional long-range rockets marks a significant move.

M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System

• Range: up to 185 miles (300km)
• Rate of Fire: 18 Rounds per minute (rockets), two rounds per min (missiles)
• Weight: 25 tones
• Crew: 3
• Speed: 40 mph (64 km/h)

The United Kingdom’s multiple launch rocket system can fire twelve surface-to-surface missiles within one minute and strike targets within fifty miles (eighty kilometers) within point accuracy – far further than the weaponry Ukraine currently possesses. Moreover, it is similar to the system the United States is sending, the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).

The Biden government announced last week that it would send four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to Ukraine – following the delivery of guarantees they would use them for defensive purposes only and not to hit targets inside Russia. On the other hand, Putin said what the United States was supplying was nothing new. Instead, he warned against giving missiles with longer ranges.

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The United States Justice Department informed the House select committee probing the January 6 Capitol riot that it will not charge two former Donald Trump government officials. However, the committee found both of them in contempt. A source familiar with the notification said that the United States Attorney Matt Graves notified the House general counsel Doug Letter that the DOJ finalized its review and declined to initiate prosecutions for criminal contempt.

The Justice Department informed the House select committee probing the January 6th Capitol riot that it will not charge two ex-Trump aides but will charge Meadows. Both former officials served in high-level positions in the West Wing of the former Republican president.#Meadows pic.twitter.com/ddsKPqgk8m

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Furthermore, the New York Times (NY) reported that the Justice Department would not prosecute former deputy chief of staff, Dan Scavino, to Trump and former chief of staff to the former president, Mark Meadows. The DOJ decision is a move to the House panel’s efforts to administer subpoenas regarding its probe and could encourage other former president’s associates facing similar requests not to cooperate.

Navarro Openly Defied the Committee’s Request

On the same day, the announcement was made that Peter Navarro, the former White House trade adviser, was charged for failing to cooperate with the House-select committee. Contrary to Scavino and Meadows, Navarro openly resisted the committee’s request and refused to negotiate any agreement. Scavino and Meadows’ subpoenas were complex. Both officials held high-level positions in the West Wing of the Trump Administration. Therefore, they had stronger cases for claiming executive privilege.

At different stages of its investigation, each also cooperated with the committee. A key portion of the committee’s work has been completed thanks to Meadows’ delivery of thousands of documents, including text messages. In a statement to CNN, Scavino’s attorney Stan Brand praised the Justice Department’s decision not to pursue the case. Neither the Department of Justice nor its spokesperson responded to the request for comment. In response to CNN’s request for comment, a January 6 select committee spokesperson did not respond.

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The United States forces targeted the al-Qaida-linked terrorist group al-Shabaab in Somalia in its first airstrike since Joe Biden, the U.S. President, reapproved deploying his military to Somalia, killing five fighters on Friday. After the strike, the Somalian Ministry of Information took Twitter to announce the U.S. airstrike saying that it had targeted al-Shabab militants after they had attacked Somalian forces.

The US forces launched airstrikes to target the al-Shadab group in Somalia to kill 5 fighters. Yesterday’s attack against the terrorist group was the first since the US announced in mid-May that it would reestablish following the Trump’s decision to pull out troops from Somalia. pic.twitter.com/hgLeZex47d

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United States Africa Command and the Pentagon shared ay details about the incident. U.S. military aircraft carried out the first airstrike against al-Shabab since mid-May, when the administration announced it would reestablish a “small, persistent U.S. military presence” in Somalia after the previous administration opted to pull out troops stationed in the country as of December 2020.

Last month, senior government officials called the decision by former Republican President Donald Trump to end the persistent American presence in Somalia a mistake. Further, he argued that it gave al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabab, a chance to regenerate. A senior United States official told reporters that al-Shabab grew stronger. Additionally, it increased the pace of its terrorist attacks against civilians and U.S. personnel.

NEW: Senior administration official decries decision by ex President Trump to withdraw US troops from #Somalia

“Since then #AlShabaab…has unfortunately only grown stronger. It has increased the tempo of its attacks, including against US personnel”https://t.co/ATOgTvxlvU

— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) May 16, 2022

Somali President Welcomed the Change

On social media, the new Somali leader thanked United States President Joe Biden for the change. In addition to high-ranking U.S. military officials, several senior Somali officials had been lobbying for a U.S. military presence in the country to help combat al-Shabab. However, ahead of an announcement about the United States return, a senior adviser to Mohamud told VOA that the withdrawal was a hasty one.

Officials in Somalia have said they have no doubt airstrikes against al-Shabab will increase as long as the U.S. remains in the country. Only one airstrike has been publicly confirmed this year, on February 22, by the U.S. African Command against al-Shabab fighters near Duduble, Somalia. U.S. African Command has not yet released a statement regarding the strike reported Friday by Somali authorities.

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As the country reeled from a spate of terrible mass shootings in several states such as Texas, New York, and Oklahoma, the United States President Biden called on Congress to act immediately on gun control in a rare prime-time address Thursday. The United States has resisted firearms limits throughout the past few decades following horrific attacks. Still, Biden sought to channel a sense among some in Washington that perhaps this time is different after recent racist shootings and the slaughter at a school that captured the nation’s attention.

Biden recited a litany of devastating mass homicides, beginning with Columbine, Sandy Hook, Charleston, Orlando, Las Vegas, and Parkland. But, she added, “This time can’t be true.” Ultimately, we need to do something. Biden presented the speech at a delicate time, as a bipartisan group of senators puts together a package of gun restrictions they hoped would pass conservative muster. It would be a significant change, even if the measures are modest.

Despite the president’s support for gun control reform, the country’s gun laws are under threat. Assault weapons are banned, along with high-capacity magazines. The political dynamics of the evenly divided Senate make the likelihood of such legislation being passed remote, as many Republicans and their constituents are deeply committed to gun rights as an aspect of conservative culture.

Congress Should at least Raise the Legal Age to Buy Weapons

Biden said banning assault weapons was politically impossible. Instead, Congress should raise the age of purchase for these products from 18 to 21. Moreover, he sought to acknowledge the sentiments of gun rights supporters. According to him, he respects culture, tradition, and the concerns of lawful gun owners. While it is true that the Second Amendment, like all rights, is not absolute, he added, “I find it outrageous that the majority of Senate Republicans refuses to debate or vote on any of these proposals.”

On Thursday, the US Treasury Department announced several sanctions aimed at persons and entities allegedly associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin, including yachts and a cellist. In addition, according to US officials, two Russian-flagged vessels, the Graceful and Olympia, should be seized as Putin’s personal assets.

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