SHERO on Sunday
A lightning-fast recap of the week's most significant political and legal events for May 18th - 24th, 2026, before we are on to the next!
Happy Memorial Day, weekend!
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Gun Violence This Week
At SHERO, we document all mass shooting incidents for the week every Sunday, so please take a moment to review them and remember to keep up the fight for sensible gun reform. There were four separate mass shooting events in the United States this past week, where two people were killed, and 16 were injured.
Sunday, May 18, 2026: Homestead, Pennsylvania
Monday, May 19, 2026: Mobile, Alabama
Saturday, May 23, 2026: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sunday, May 24, 2026: Chicago, Illinois
Over 100,000 children have had a parent detained since Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign began last year, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution.
After deliberating for less than two hours, a US jury on Monday unanimously found against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the AI company not liable to the world's richest person for having allegedly strayed from its original mission to benefit humanity.
On Monday, Trump confirmed he would have the Justice Department open an investigation into an error regarding mail-in ballots in Maryland, his latest clash with Democratic Governor Wes Moore, as he pushes unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud.
Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that TrumpRx.gov — a government-backed website that lists discounted prescription drugs — will begin featuring generic medicines, including widely used drugs such as cholesterol treatment atorvastatin and diabetes drug metformin. What could go wrong?
On Monday, a federal judge dismissed a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns years ago, following Trump’s request. Hours after the request to dismiss the case, the Department of Justice announced an “anti-weaponization fund” as part of the settlement with Trump. In a statement, the department said the $1.7 billion fund would allow the Justice Department to settle and pay cases.
