Overview

• Gov. Tim Walz said the shooting death of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in their Minnesota home appears to be a politically motivated assassination.
• Stewart’s monologue on The Daily Show criticized pundits’ focus on shooter Vance Boelter’s alleged Trump support instead of the need for meaningful gun control measures.
• He recounted dozens of mass shootings from Sandy Hook to Aurora to demonstrate the enduring scale of gun violence in the US.
• The National Guard’s deployment in Los Angeles during ICE protests served as an example of a militarized reaction to immigrant-related incidents.
• Stewart challenged lawmakers’ refusal to invest in mental health care or illegal weapons interdiction even as trillions are spent on border security and overseas military actions.