More than 1,000 incidents involving firearms have shaken America's schools since 2018 — a dramatic increase over any similar period since at least 1970, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database.

• Why it matters: The stunning rise in gun violence on school property is reshaping the daily lives of America's youngest generation, putting children at the center of a previously unthinkable number of life-or-death moments, Axios' Erin Doherty writes.

What's happening: 273 people were killed or wounded on school grounds from 303 gun-related incidents last year alone — both record highs, according to the database.

• Guns are the leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens and firearms accounted for nearly 19% of childhood deaths in 2021, according to the CDC.

The daily impacts of gun violence on children extend to the measures schools take to prevent future incidents.

• Nearly all (98%) K-12 public schools reported drilling students on lockdown procedures as of the 2019-2020 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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Behind the deep philosophical differences between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lies a simpler issue — how to get any deal through the House, Axios' Hans Nichols writes.

🔍 Zoom in: The White House seized on yesterday's breakdown in debt ceiling talks to argue for its preferred approach to a deal — a bipartisan bill that will rely on a big chunk of Democratic votes.

• Talks restarted last night after Republicans announced a "pause" earlier in the day.

Some Biden allies argue that working backwards from 218 — the number of votes needed to pass a bill in the House — is a way out of the ideological staredown. Start from the center. Build out.

• Deciding what's in a potential deal becomes more of a coalition math problem than an ideological one.

🔭 Zoom out: Finding a deal in the center is possible, but it carries real risks for both leaders.

• Biden will have angry progressives on his hands and McCarthy could see his speakership in jeopardy.

🔮 What we're watching: In a sign of progress, some of McCarthy's initial proposals — like repealing Biden's signature energy legislation — aren't being seriously considered.

• Other elements of McCarthy's opening bid, like rescinding $120 billion in IRS funding, haven't been flatly rejected.

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There is no hotter ticket in Boston — or anywhere — this weekend than for Taylor Swift's three shows at Gillette Stadium, as part of her first U.S. tour in five years.

• Why it matters: Resale prices on sites like StubHub begin at $1,000 for nosebleed seats, with some closer views topping $8,000 per ticket (plus fees).

Swift herself could have limited the price gouging, but didn't, Axios' Dan Primack writes from Boston.

• For context, the face value prices of Swift tickets (non VIP) ranged from $49 to $499 (plus fees).

🖼️ The big picture: Ticketmaster got deserved grief last fall for its glitchy rollout of Swift tickets, including condemnation from Swift and even U.S. Senators at a congressional hearing.

• Swift utilized a Ticketmaster tool called "Verified Fan," which is designed to reduce the number of tickets purchased by brokers.
• The trouble came when demand basically overwhelmed Ticketmaster's systems, although the "Verified Fan" program was still deemed successful in its intent (Ticketmaster estimated that less than 5% of Swift tickets ended up on resale sites).

What Swift didn't also use, however, was a separate Ticketmaster program called Face Value Ticket Exchange. This would have prevented brokers and others from reselling tickets for more than face value (plus fees).

🥊 Reality check: One major complication is that six states, including New York and Virginia, have passed laws that effectively outlaw the use of FVTE.

• These states argue that a ticket is property, and thus can be resold without restriction. Eight other states, including Massachusetts, are considering similar legislation.

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📸 World leaders from the G7 — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States— and other invited countries pose for a family photo in Hiroshima today.

Top row, from left to right:

• OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann
• IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
• European Council President Charles Michel
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
• India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi
• France's President Emmanuel Macron
• U.S. President Joe Biden
• Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
• Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen,
• Executive Director of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol.

Bottom row, from left to right:

• President of the World Bank David Malpass
• Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres
• Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
• Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
• South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol
• Indonesia's President Joko Widodo
• Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
• Comoros President Azali Assoumani
• Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva
• Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh
• Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
• WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

⚡ The latest: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky also arrived in Japan today to meet with world leaders at the summit.

• U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that Biden and Zelensky would have direct engagement at the summit, AP reports.
• Yesterday, Biden announced his support for training Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, a precursor to eventually providing those aircraft to Ukraine.

America's fastest-rising baby name last year was Everleigh, with nearly 25 times the number of babies getting the name in 2022 than in 2021, Axios' Erin Davis writes.

• One inspiration for parents may be Everleigh LaBrant, a 10-year-old YouTuber with more than 3.9 million subscribers.

Alexa saw the biggest drop.

• One possible reason? Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa, which debuted in 2014.

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Rudy Giuliani, 78 — once "America's mayor," now tarnished by his discredited arguments that the 2020 election was stolen — faced legal jeopardy on three fronts this week:

1. During a three-hour hearing in Washington yesterday, Giuliani tried to convince U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell that he made a good-faith effort to produce documents for two Georgia election workers who sued him for defamation, Bloomberg reports.

• Giuliani claims he can’t afford $320,000 to hire professionals to perform searches. The judge called the case "a murky mess."

2. Last Monday, Giuliani was sued by Noelle Dunphy, who claims "abuses of power, wide-ranging sexual assault and harassment" and wage theft after she became his business development director in 2019.

• She says she has audio recordings of "alcohol-drenched rants that included sexist, racist and antisemitic remarks." Giuliani denies it. Go deeper.

3. On Wednesday, Daniel Gill — who spent a night in jail after smacking Giuliani on the back and calling him a “scumbag" in a Staten Island ShopRite last year — sued the former mayor and several NYPD officers for false arrest. Go deeper.

Adidas will start selling its inventory of Yeezy shoes — worth $1.3 billion — and donating the profits to anti-racism groups.

• The recipients of the donations will include the Anti-Defamation League and the Philonise & Keeta Floyd Institute for Social Change, run by George Floyd's brother, Reuters notes.

⚡ Flashback: The sportswear company was left with a stockpile of the popular shoes after it ended its partnership with Yeezy designer and rapper Kanye West, who goes by Ye, last October after he made a string of antisemitic comments in interviews and on social media.

• Adidas stopped making new Yeezys, and this will be the first time it is selling the shoes since the partnership ended.
• For each shoe sale, Ye will be entitled to previously agreed commissions — 15% of turnover, according to media reports. Adidas has declined to comment on this, Reuters reports.

The fast casual spot Sweetgreen is debuting its first automated salad bar in Naperville, Illinois — 30 miles outside of Chicago.

🖼️ The big picture: Sweetgreen has plans to open 1,000 locations around the world by 2030, and this is the first one where customers' salads are prepared by a robot.

• It's faster, more accurate and more precise, Sweetgreen notes.

"Guests can watch the technology at work, from dispensing greens and dressing bowls and plates, to evenly dispersing ingredients and mixing salads."

• Humans are still involved. "Team members add the final touches at the finishing station, with a sprinkle of herbs or a scoop of avocado," the company says.