The U.S. general nominated to take over European Command told senators that Sweden and Finland’s push to join NATO won’t require putting more U.S. ground forces into either country.
Texas authorities say the gunman who massacred 21 people at an elementary school was in the building for over an hour before he was killed by law enforcement officers.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday’s mass school shooting.
Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate. The final vote was 47-47, short of the 60 needed to take up the bill.
A single vessel carrying 842 Haitians who apparently were trying to reach the United States landed instead in central Cuba.
On the second anniversary of George Floyd's death, Pres. Biden signed an executive order to improve accountability in policing. According to the White House, the order will create a database to help track officer misconduct.