 A teenager shot dead 19 students and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon, the 27th school shooting this year. The 18-year-old gunman, who was reportedly a student at a local high school, was killed by responding officers at the scene. More: - The gunman shot his grandmother, who is badly injured, before heading to the school.
- He wore body armor and used one of two automatic rifles that he had purchased on his 18th birthday.
- A Texas state official said the killer had made social media posts hinting at an upcoming attack.
Gun Violence in America: Political Response: - President Biden addressed the nation on Tuesday night, giving an emotional speech on the tragedy and calling on lawmakers to ban assault-style weapons.
- However, gun legislation has long been stalled in Congress amid strong opposition from GOP lawmakers.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that this sort of attack should never happen again.
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 The governments of Italy, Hungary, and Cyprus are urging the EU to pursue an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, highlighting divisions in the European bloc. Their proposal comes after the EU leadership put forward a new sanctions package, saying that it is fully committed to helping Ukraine win the war without ceding territory. More: - Under a peace plan proposed by Italy's foreign minister last week, the U.N. and EU would act as mediators and enforce a ceasefire.
- Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi called for a ceasefire during a debate in the country's Senate last week.
- Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that supplying arms to Ukraine makes Europeans co-belligerents and urged the EU to lobby Ukraine to accept Russia's demands.
- Berlusconi developed a friendly rapport with Russian President Vladimir Putin while serving as Italy's Prime Minister in the early 2000s.
- Hungary has rejected a planned Russian oil embargo, and Cyprus is opposed to a ban on property sales to Russian nationals.
- Another round of economic sanctions on Russia by the EU has been blocked amid disagreement over higher energy costs and the economic consequences of the war.
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 Crypto entrepreneur and Democratic Party donor Sam Bankman-Fried said he intends to spend $100M+ in political donations ahead of the 2024 election. Bankman-Fried, who founded and leads the crypto exchange FTX, was one of the biggest donors to President Biden ahead of the 2020 election. More: - In a podcast interview, Bankman-Fried said he would consider donating between $100M and $1B, and that he will likely donate more money if former President Trump is the Republican nominee.
- He reportedly lost half of his net worth after digital asset markets crashed in recent weeks, and amid slower crypto adoption.
Zoom Out: - The largest individual political donations in a single election cycle came from Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, who spent $218M on Republican campaigns ahead of the 2020 election, followed by Michael Bloomberg, who spent $152M in the same election cycle.
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 GOOD NEWS: A supermarket in Brussels has grown a rooftop garden with more than 60 different plant species. Since March, more than 2 metric tons of fruits and vegetables have been harvested from the garden. More: - The harvest has been distributed to low-income people in the area and supplied to a local restaurant.
- An agroecology researcher at Brussels' Vrije Universiteit said that roof gardens help increase environmental awareness and build "cohesion of the social neighborhood."
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Michigan's elections bureau revealed that several Republican gubernatorial campaigns engaged in mass signature forgery to get their candidates on the ballot for August's GOP primary. Five Republican candidates for governor may be disqualified from the primary because they failed to submit enough valid nominating signatures, the agency said. More: - An audit found that tens of thousands of signatures were forged.
- When these fake signatures were removed from the total, the five candidates fell below the threshold of 15,000 signatures needed to join the race.
- The Michigan Board of State Canvassers is set to meet on Thursday to discuss the matter.
- The board could remove the five candidates from the race, cutting the total number of GOP candidates to five.
- The winner of the GOP primary will face Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is running for re-election in November.
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 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he plans to declare a state of emergency to better respond to challenges posed by the war in Ukraine and a looming economic crisis. Orbán said he may take steps to reduce food prices and ensure financial stability for Hungarians. More: - The state of emergency would allow the Hungarian government to approve policy measures by decree.
- He said that specific measures would be announced on Wednesday.
- Orbán has twice before declared a state of emergency — during a migrant crisis and due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The ruling Fidesz party recently won a two-thirds majority in the Hungarian parliament, giving Orbán a fourth term in office.
- Orbán, a strong ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has not condemned Moscow's decision to invade Ukraine.
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 |  | Daniel Smith is an Inside Analyst who currently resides in Miami, Florida. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Daniel spent the last four years as a PhD candidate in Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. He is fascinated by tech, business, politics, venture capital, and everything in between. When he’s not writing for Inside he can be found kicking a ball on the nearest rugby pitch. Follow him on Twitter @DanSmithInside. |  | | Editor | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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