The Report: The Myth of the ‘Good Guy With a Gun’

Plus: COVID's hidden surge, abortion warfare and the school meals crisis
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May 27, 2022

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The Report

Measuring government performance

TOPSHOT - Crosses sit outside the Robb Elementary School in remembrance of those killed on Tuesday, in Uvalde, Texas on May 26, 2022. - Grief at the massacre of 19 children at the elementary school in Texas spilled into confrontation on May 25, as angry questions mounted over gun control -- and whether this latest tragedy could have been prevented. The tight-knit Latino community of Uvalde on May 24 became the site of the worst school shooting in a decade, committed by a disturbed 18-year-old armed with a legally bought assault rifle. (Photo by allison dinner / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images)

The NRA has a romantic notion that a 'good guy with a gun' could stem mass shootings. In reality, it hasn't worked out like that.

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Supply chain disruptions, inflation and rising gas prices are producing unprecedented complications for school nutrition teams. And the federal government is about to make things worse.

This rise in convenient rapid tests means that possibly hundreds of thousands of cases are going unreported to health departments.

Republican incumbents who earned the ire of Trump after the 2020 election not only prevailed but had massive margins over Trump-endorsed candidates.

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