A YouTuber known for his pranking videos was shot at a Washington, D.C.-area mall on Sunday, resulting in the arrest of 31-year-old Alan W. Colie for allegedly shooting 21-year-old Tanner Cook. Cook was transported to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, causing panic in the mall. Colie was charged with aggravated malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and discharging a firearm within a building. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate the incident.
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Former President Donald Trump was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday, facing 34 felony charges related to falsifying business records to influence the 2016 presidential election. Trump pleaded not guilty and called the charges "politically motivated", while legal experts say they will be difficult to prove in court. Clashes at a Jerusalem mosque led to hundreds of arrests in a separate incident.
Six people were killed in a mass shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, prompting a heated exchange between Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and freshman Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz during a House hearing. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries echoed the frustration of those who believe the logical response to multiple shootings with assault-style weapons should be to restore a ban on such weapons, urging Republicans to bring the bipartisan universal criminal background check legislation and an assault weapons ban to the floor for debate. The exchange between Greene and Moskowitz highlights the divide between those who believe gun safety should be a priority and those who do not, and Jeffries has called for debate on the issue.
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has had her Twitter account temporarily restricted after posting a graphic that referred to a “Trans Day of Vengeance” following a school shooting in Nashville. Twitter has removed more than 5,000 tweets and retweets of the graphic and the suspension is expected to last for seven days. The incident has sparked debate among social media users over how social media companies should handle controversial content posted by public figures.
A federal judge has ruled that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify before a grand jury in the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Pence will not have to answer questions about his actions on Jan. 6, when a mob of Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, but he will have to testify about other matters. The subpoena for Pence's testimony was issued by special counsel Jack Smith in February, but it is unclear when he will be required to testify.
On Saturday, a U.S. Senate staffer was stabbed in Washington, D.C., suffering life-threatening injuries including potential brain bleeding and a punctured lung. Witnesses said the suspect, Glynn Neal, attacked the staffer without provocation, leaving him "bleeding from the head." Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), for whom the staffer works, released a statement asking for prayers for a speedy recovery. Police are still investigating the incident.
Thousands of Israeli government workers joined historic protests on Monday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attempt to weaken Israeli courts and boost his own power. The protests were bolstered by a strike call from Israel's biggest labor union, the Histadrut, and were in response to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's call for supporters to demonstrate in Jerusalem in favor of the judicial overhaul. Despite the government's attempts to appease its critics, it remains to be seen if the protests will have any effect on the judicial changes.