U.S. President Donald J. Trump states that he has been fully briefed on the shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

When the shooting occurred at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, the school was reportedly holding an all-student mass, with the shooter said to have opened fire outside the building with some kind of semiautomatic weapon.

Footage showing the interception of a U.S. Navy P-8A “Poseidon” Maritime Patrol and Surveillance Aircraft equipped with an AN/APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS) today off the coast of Crimea and Southern Russia in the Black Sea, by a fighter jet with the Russian Air Force.

CBS News reports that at least 10 people are critical condition after a mass shooter at a church and school in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that he would be taking management of Union Station, the main transportation hub in Washington, D.C. away from Amtrak and placing it under federal control, as President Trump continues his campaign of exerting control and influence over the Nation’s Capital. Duffy claimed during his announcement that Union Station, located within walking distance of the U.S. Capitol Building and the National Mall, had “fallen into disrepair” when it should be a “point of pride” for Washington.

Two children are dead and seven others are in critical condition following a mass shooting earlier today at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to CBS News, at least ten children are receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, while six others have been admitted to Children's Minnesota. 

According to Minneapolis Police Chief, Brian O'Hara, two children, aged 8 and 10, were killed in today’s mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School, while 17 others were injured, 14 of whom are children. The shooter, identified as a male in his early 20s with no extensive criminal history, was armed with a rifle, shotgun, and pistol, firing through windows into the church during morning mass, before taking his own life behind the building via a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police are currently searching his vehicle.

Federal prosecutors have failed to secure a grand jury indictment against Sean Charles Dunn, a former employee with the Department of Justice, who is accused of throwing a 10-inch sub at an agent working for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) during a confrontation two weeks ago in Washington, D.C. This is the second time in three days that a grand jury has rejected an indictment effort led by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro.

The suspect in today’s mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, had been identified as Robin Westman.

The Israeli Air Force has carried out airstrikes for the second day in a row against military sites belonging to the Syrian Army near al-Kiswah, just to the south of the Syrian capital of Damascus. These strikes come amidst ongoing talks regarding a possible security agreement between Israel and Syria.

FBI Director Kash Patel states that the FBI is investigating today’s mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which resulted in the death of two children and over a dozen injuries, as an “act of domestic terrorism and hate crime” targeting Catholics.

Reports of a large-scale drone attack currently underway against Russian-occupied Crimea and Southwestern Russia, with well over 200 drones believed to have been launched by Ukraine. Explosions and air-defense activity has so far been reported over both Sevastopol and Yevpatoria.

Multiple ballistic missile impacts in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv within the late hour, with a number of fires seen burning across the city, as Russia has launched both missiles and drones in a large-scale attack tonight against Ukraine.

Additional ballistic missile launches by Russia and impacts in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

Only months after her confirmation, the Trump Administration move today to oust the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Susan Monarez, after she refused to support several anti-vaccine policies pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the current Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Monarez, who was confirmed in late July, was pressed for days by Kennedy, administration lawyers and other officials over whether she would support rescinding certain approvals for coronavirus vaccines, according to two people with knowledge of those conversations. Kennedy, who has a long history of anti-vaccine advocacy, and other officials questioned Monarez on Monday on whether she was aligned with the administration’s efforts to change vaccine policy, the people said. Additionally, Kennedy, and one of his top advisers Stefanie Spear, also pushed Monarez to fire her senior staff by Friday.

Monarez, who was a longtime federal government scientist before President Trump nominated her to lead the CDC, declined to commit to support changing coronavirus vaccine policy without consulting her advisers, prompting Kennedy to urge her to resign for “not supporting President Trump’s agenda,” which she also refused.

On Wednesday, HHS announced that Monarez would no longer serve as the Director of the CDC, sparking a flurry of high-level resignations within the agency, which included the CDC’s Chief Medical Officer, the Director of the Infectious Disease Center and several other key officials. Hours after the announcement by HHS, Monarez’s lawyers responded with a fiery statement stating that she had not resigned or been fired, and accused HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of “weaponizing public health for political gain” and “putting millions of American lives at risk” by purging health officials from government.

“When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda,” the lawyers Mark S. Zaid and Abbe Lowell wrote in a statement. “For that reason, she has been targeted.”