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Texas Gov. Abbott ‘livid’ over being ‘misled’ about delayed response Uvalde school massacre

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference, Friday, May 27, 2022, about the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday he was “livid” after learning he received partially inaccurate information about the Uvalde school shooting response, fuming that he was initially “misled” by law enforcement.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the chamber from his office the day after House investigators issued a subpoena to McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers as part of their probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 13, 2022. The House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack has been investigating McCarthy's conversations with then-President Donald Trump the day of the attack and meetings that the four other lawmakers had with the White House as Trump and his aides conspired how to overturn his defeat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCarthy won’t cooperate with Jan. 6 committee unless materials shared in advance

The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House is seen, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Former Hillary Clinton presidential campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann is being tried there for charges of lying to the FBI. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Jury begins deliberations in Sussmann trial; Clinton campaign lawyer accused of lying to FBI

Gasoline prices are displayed outside a convenience store as a motorist drives by on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Thornton, Colo. Experts are expecting a flush of travelers at airports and on the nation's byways during the long Memorial Day weekend, which marks the start of the summer travel season, in spite of high fuel costs. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Democrats caught in election-year gambit with bloated gas prices

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Actor Amber Heard testifies in the courtroom in the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, May 26, 2022. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a &quot;public figure representing domestic abuse.&quot; (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

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A customer walks behind a sign at a Nordstrom store seeking employees, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Coral Gables, Fla. The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000, a new pandemic low and more evidence that the job market is strengthening as the virus wanes and economy further reopens. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Angola's Foreign Minister Tete Antonio, Thursday, May 26, 2022, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

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Migrants waiting to cross into the United States wait for news at the border crossing Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. A federal appellate court refused late Thursday, Aug. 19 to delay implementation of a judges order reinstating a Trump administration policy forcing thousands to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. President Joe Biden had suspended former President Donald Trumps Remain in Mexico policy on his first day in office and the Department of Homeland Security said it was permanently terminating the program in June, according to the court record. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat) **FILE**

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FILE- Oregon Democratic U.S. congressional candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner speaks during an election watch party at the High Desert Music Hall in Redmond, Ore., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. McLeod-Skinner has defeated Rep. Kurt Schrader in the Democratic primary for Oregon's 5th U.S. House District. (Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin via AP, File)

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In this April 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre, has he arrives to speak to the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) **FILE**

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Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw speaks during a press conference held outside Robb Elementary School on Friday, May 27, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman, authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference, Friday, May 27, 2022, about the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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The Greek-flagged oil tanker Prudent Warrior, background, is seen as it sails past Istanbul, Turkey, April 19, 2019. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers on Friday, May 27, 2022, in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf, according to officials. The actions were an apparent retaliation for Athens assisting the U.S. in seizing Iranian crude oil in the Mediterranean Sea over violating Washington's crushing sanctions on the Islamic Republic. (Dursun Çam via AP)

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pose with agreements they signed at the San Francisco Botanical Garden in San Francisco, Friday, May 27, 2022. Gov. Newsom met with Ardern in Golden Gate Park &quot;to establish a new international partnership tackling climate change.&quot; (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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