Today's headlines: A special committee in the Texas state House released a comprehensive 77-page report about the police response to the elementary school shooting in Uvalde. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of senators has agreed to a series of provisions to reform the Electoral Count Act, while the UAE has detained the American lawyer who had previously represented Jamal Khashoggi. Senator Joe Manchin has backed out yet again on negotiations for a democratic budget package, and a small town library in Vinton, Iowa has closed due to what they said was harassment by conservative residents over the display of LGBTQ books and staff. Finally, Betsy DeVos stated at a conservative education summit yesterday that she believes the Department of education should not exist.
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NY Times: Report on Uvalde Shooting Finds ‘Systemic Failures’ in Police Response
NBC: Senators are close to releasing a bill to stop candidates from stealing elections
US News: UAE Detains U.S. Lawyer for Khashoggi on Money Laundering Charges
NPR: Biden urges Democrats to pass slim health care bill after Manchin nixes climate action
Yahoo! News: Iowa Library Shuttered After Anti-LGBTQ+ Sentiments Flare
Axios: Betsy DeVos calls for abolishing the Department of Education
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