Politico looks at how the January 6 committee opened its first public hearing by laying out its case that Trump fueled that day’s violence at the Capitol, and the Wall Street Journal has key takeaways from the hearing. The chief of police for the Uvalde school district tells his side of the story to the Texas Tribune, in his first extended comments since the shooting at Robb Elementary School. CNN reports on another deadly shooting in America, this time at a plant in Maryland. The Grand Rapids police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya is facing second-degree murder charges. The Washington Post has the story.

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