Robert "Bobby" Eugene Crimo III, 21, has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder for the shooting at a Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July celebration that killed seven and injured at least two dozen others.
Driving the news: The seven charges were just the first for Crimo, Eric Rinehart, Lake County's state's attorney, said at a press conference Tuesday. He said he expects Crimo to face dozens more charges for each of the victims.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday that he fears there may be a "cover-up" scheme related to what happened the day of the Robb Elementary School shooting.
A judge in Mississippi on Tuesday denied a request from the providers asking to temporarily block the state's "trigger law" banning nearly all abortions, which is set to take effect on Thursday.
Driving the news: Jackson Women's Health Organization — Mississippi's only abortion clinic — sued state officials last month to challenge the ban, arguing that the right to an abortion is protected under state Supreme Court precedent.
Underfunded and overstressed foster care systems are bracing for new pressures if the overturning of Roe v. Wade sends more children their way.
Why it matters: About 424,000 children in foster care on any given day already face shortages of placements, low high school graduation rates, and disproportionately high rates of incarceration and homelessness. Without new funding and accountability, these problems may only get worse.
A shooter fired into a crowd at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, on Monday, leading horrified spectators and parade members to run for their lives.
The big picture: At least seven people were killed in the mass shooting and two dozen others were injured.
The Justice Department said Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against Arizona over a recently enacted law that requires proof of citizenship to vote in presidential elections.
Why it matters: Though the state legislature's own lawyers warned the measure could be unconstitutional, it was signed into law in May, per the Guardian. Conservatives hailed it as a bolster for election security despite lack of evidence proving voter fraud claims in the state.
A Fulton County special grand jury issued subpoenas Tuesday for key allies of former President Donald Trump, including lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), according to court documents obtained by Axios.
The intrigue: This is the closest jurors have gotten to the former president's inner circle during the investigation into potential criminal interference in Georgia's 2020 election, writes the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which first reported the subpoenas.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Tuesday released a three-minute compilation of threatening voicemails and phone calls his office has received, including one where a caller threatened his wife and newborn baby.
President Biden on Tuesday awarded the Medal of Honor to four veterans of the Vietnam War.
Driving the news: “Not every service member has received the full recognition they deserve,” Biden said at the event on Tuesday. “Today, we’re setting the record straight.”
Minutes after a district court judge temporarily blocked Florida's 15-week abortion ban, state officials appealed the ruling, allowing for the law to take effect once more.
The latest: The law, which was signed in April, became active on Friday and was in effect over the weekend before being blocked on Tuesday by Leon County Judge John Cooper, who had declared the law to be "unconstitutional."
Nancy Rotering, the mayor of Highland Park, Illinois, spoke about the need for legislation to stem gun violence, telling CNN on Tuesday that current laws "are not protecting the people they were intended to protect."
Driving the news: At least six people were killed and two dozen others were injured in a mass shooting at the city's Fourth of July parade on Monday.
There were more than a dozen mass shootings in the U.S. over the Fourth of July weekend, including one at a parade in Highland Park, Illinois, where at least six people were killed and two dozen others were injured.
The big picture: The weekend of gun violence resulted in the deaths of at least 15 people and in injuries to 91 others, according to data from the nonprofit research group the Gun Violence Archive.
Why it matters: This could set up a replay of Mitt Romney's 2012 run, which caused his former colleagues at Bain Capital to grab for the jumbo bottle of Tums.
WNBA star Brittney Griner appealed to President Biden to help her and other American detainees in Russia in a handwritten letter that was delivered to the White House on Monday morning.
Driving the news: Griner has been detained in Russia since February after authorities claimed that they found vape cartridges with cannabis oil in her luggage.
Battles over the federal government's power will likely define a lot of the conservative Supreme Court's future.
The big picture: Abortion has been the single biggest animating force in the conservative legal movement for decades. Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade — sooner than some advocates expected — other long-term projects will absorb much of the right’s legal and political energy.
