SHERO on Sunday
A lightning-fast recap of the week's most significant political and legal events for July 27th - August 2nd, 2026, before we are on to the next!
Welcome to the Sunday Recap, where you can quickly check in to review the week with minimal time commitment and ensure you don’t miss a thing. Each snippet includes several links to credible and free sources, providing more details for those who want to delve deeper into any issue. This kind of newsletter model, which provides free, reliable, independent journalism that connects the political and legal dots for everyone, only works if subscribers support our work with paid subscriptions. There is a lot to cover for this week, so let’s get started!
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 eight separate mass shooting events in the United States this past week, in which five people were killed and 36 were injured.
Sunday, July 26, 2026: Grand Haven, Michigan
Sunday, July 26, 2026: Seattle, Washington
Sunday, July 26, 2026: Chicago, Illinois
Sunday, July 26, 2026: Memphis, Tennessee
Monday, July 27, 2026: Jacksonville, Florida
Thursday, July 30, 2026: Dayton, Ohio
Saturday, August 1, 2026: Twin Falls, Ohio
Saturday, August 1, 2026: Jacksonville, Florida
American oil and gas giants raked in massive spring profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments and consumers around the world paid more for fuel and confronted shortages. The conflict, now in its sixth month, halted most shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that previously served as a delivery route for a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas.
The Trump administration plans to end a program that gives $3.6 billion in subsidies to blunt increases in premiums for the Medicare prescription plans, known as Part D, that will leave many seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage in 2026.
Citing “irreparable harm,” the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow the president’s executive order seeking restrictions on voting by mail to take effect ahead of the Midterm Election, following its previous restriction by a federal appeals court. (The order, which Trump signed in March, calls on the US Postal Service to restrict the delivery of mail-in ballots in states that have not complied with the Trump administration’s directive to disclose an entire list of eligible voters for the state.)
