Republican Mayra Flores won a South Texas special election last Tuesday. Texas' 34th District has repeatedly voted Democrat for the past several years.
The bipartisan deal on gun regulations making its way through the senate includes more background checks for people under 21, mental health and school safety funding, and state grants for red flag laws.
The shooter lived a troubled life. He had no apparent father figure, his mother suffered from drug abuse, and his grandmother wanted to kick his mother out of the house.
In the first congressional hearing about UFOs in over 50 years, two U.S. intelligence officials testified the Pentagon is committed to finding the truth about where UFOs come from.