SHERO on Sunday
A lightning-fast recap of the week's most significant political and legal events for January 26th - February 1st, 2026, before we are on to the next!
Welcome to the Sunday Recap, where you can quickly check in to review the week with a minimal time commitment and ensure you do not 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.
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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 three people were killed, and14 were injured.
Monday, January 26, 2026: Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
Thursday, January 29, 2026: Mount Airy, North Carolina
Friday, January 30, 2026: Springfield, Ohio
Saturday, January 31, 2026: Clinton, Louisiana
The Trump administration has begun buying warehouses in small towns and cities as part of its $45 billion push to rapidly expand immigration detention space. This latest move includes a recent purchase of two warehouses — one in Hagerstown, Maryland, and another in Surprise, Arizona — for a total of $172 million. A third in El Paso, Texas, could be among the largest jails of any kind in the US, with 8,500 beds.
The Trump administration has filed a nearly $1 million lawsuit against an immigrant who stayed in the United States despite a court order to leave in an attempt to pressure undocumented immigrants to leave the country by slapping them with substantial financial penalties. The federal lawsuit requests a $941,114 civil penalty — plus accrued interest — from Marta Alicia Ramirez Veliz, who is allegedly living in Chesterfield County, Virginia, without legal permission.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire this week for issuing misleading and incendiary information that claimed immigration agents killed an armed Minnesota protestor last Saturday because he wanted to “massacre” them.
White House officials are also attempting to blame Customs and Border Patrol for furnishing inaccurate information, with others turning against Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff and top Trump advisor.
