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The Independent says Former president Donald Trump lashed out after the House January 6 select committee’s first prime-time hearing wrapped up.

The Guardian says the House select committee investigating the deadly January 6 assault on the US Capitol in 2021 said Donald Trump was at the center of a sprawling conspiracy to overturn the results of election.

The Guardian says Donald Trump’s daughter and White House adviser Ivanka Trump says she does not believe her father’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

TRT World says a group of migrants that once numbered as many as 5,000 have split about whether to keep walking through southern Mexico toward the US border.

VOA says a U.S. congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol held its first public hearing Thursday evening.

The Guardian says An 11-year-old survivor of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas testified before the House oversight committee on Wednesday.

TRT World says the US House has voted for a bill that raises the minimum age to purchase a semi-automatic assault rifle in the country from 18 to 21, in an attempt to tackle the mass shooting sprees that has plagued the United States.

The Metro says a father-of-three working at an American foundry died after falling into a vat of molten iron, a coroner has said.

The Independent says a Fox News host called Matthew McConaughey “someone from Hollywood” in response to the star’s powerful and emotive gun control speech from the White House.

The Guardian says Matthew McConaughey made an emotional plea for US lawmakers to pass gun control legislation during an appearance at the White House on Tuesday, where he urged Congress to “reach a higher ground”.

Aljazeera says Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has appeared at the White House to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation.

Daily Express says PRESIDENT BIDEN has suffered a blow ahead of his Summit of the Americas as one of the largest migrant caravans heads towards the US-Mexico border.

The Metro says the trial for the two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death has been delayed until next year by a judge.

TRT World says New York’s governor has raised the age for buying a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 2 as she tightened gun laws in the US state following the racist massacre at a supermarket in Buffalo city.

The Independent says three people have been killed and 11 others injured in a mass shooting in Philadelphia late on Saturday after a gunman opened fire into a large crowd.

The Metro says Three people have been killed and another 14 wounded following a shooting outside a nightclub in Tennessee.

Eight days after the mass shooting at a elementary school – that left 19 kids and two teachers dead, America has experienced another shooting.

The Guardian says services for Amerie Jo Garza and Maite Rodriguez held on Tuesday, with 19 more planned for coming weeks

TRT World says the grieving Texas town of Uvalde has begun laying to rest the 21 children and teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school a week ago, with funerals being held for a pair of 10-year-old girls.

VOA says Joe Biden said Tuesday he decided to provide Ukraine with “more advanced rocket systems and munitions” as part of U.S. efforts to help the Ukrainian fight against a Russian invasion now in its fourth month.

When is the verdict expected from the Depp v Heard trial? After six long weeks the jury begin deliberations in the $100m case.

The Guardian says Joe Biden has said the US will not supply Ukraine with rockets that can reach into Russia.

TRT World says grieving families are to hold the first funerals for Texas massacre victims one week after a school shooting left 19 children and two teachers dead, with President Joe Biden vowing to push for stricter US gun regulation.

The Guardian says as the House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol by extremist supporters of Donald Trump prepares to start public hearings next week, the former president called the insurrection on January 6, 2021, a hoax.

TRT World says the United States Department of Justice will conduct an independent review of the police response to the recent mass shooting at a Texas elementary school.