Last month was "the fifth-highest August on record in terms of federal background checks for gun transfers since the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System was established 25 years ago."
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), test scores in math and reading for the 2022-2023 school year are worse than in the 2019-2020 school year, when schools closed due to COVID-19.
Republican governor of Nebraska Jim Pillen is sending over 60 Nebraska Army National Guard troops to Texas to support Governor Greg Abbott (R) in Operation Lone Star.