SHERO on Sunday

A lightning-fast rundown of the week's most significant political and legal events for October 26th - November 2, 2025

Prince Andrew was stripped of all of his royal titles this week. (Photo via Getty Images)

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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 five separate mass shooting events in the United States this past week, where one person was killed and 22 were injured.

1. Wednesday, October 26, 2025: Nashville, Tennessee

2. Wednesday, October 26, 2025: Pasco, Washington

3. Friday, October 31, 2025: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

4. Saturday, November 1, 2025: New Haven, Connecticut

5. Sunday, November 2, 2025: Chicago, Illinois

• The new 2026 numbers from health insurers were released this week, with the Trump administration previewing the cost of health insurance plans sold through Obamacare marketplaces in 30 states. According to a new analysis from health research group KFF, we can expect insurance companies to increase their rates for next year by an average of about 30 percent for a typical plan within one of the 30 states where the federal government manages markets, and an average of 17 percent in states that run their own markets. For more on this issue, read:

• According to a new report from Pro Publica this week, “Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.”

• Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the US government, across five Republican and Democratic administrations, has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police, government agencies, and surveillance companies, a new investigation from the Associated Press has found.