Oregon School Shooting, Russia's View On US-Ukraine Split, DOJ Sues California
October 16, 2026
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5 min readOregon School Shooting, Russia's View On US-Ukraine Split, DOJ Sues California
A 16-year-old shot through locked doors at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before a bystander followed him inside and shot him dead. The attack came as Ukraine struck another Russian oil refinery in defiance of an energy ceasefire President Trump alone had declared, and as the Justice Department escalated its fight with California over alleged non-citizen voters by filing a lawsuit just three weeks before Election Day.
Fatal Shooting at Silver Rail Elementary
The children killed were five, eight, and eleven years old. A teacher also died. A seven-year-old child and another teacher were critically injured. The suspect, a 16-year-old Bend resident, entered the school by firing at locked doors. Bend Police Chief Mike Kranz said someone called 911 at 12:59 p.m. to report their vehicle was being shot at; two minutes later the school went into lockdown, and officers arrived a minute after that. The bystander who followed the shooter into the building and killed him has not been publicly identified, and it remains unclear whether he was a parent or an armed passerby. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek commended the community member who "heroically intervened to stop further loss of life."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:02) **Oregon Elementary School Shooting** - A 16-year-old shot through locked doors at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, killing three children and a teacher before being killed by a bystander.
- 2 (05:40) **Ukraine-Russia War: Energy Ceasefire Collapses** - Ukraine struck a major Russian oil refinery near Moscow, retaliating for ongoing Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, despite Trump's unilateral energy ceasefire.
- 3 (07:33) **Trump Blames Zelensky, Praises Putin** - President Trump explicitly blamed Ukrainian President Zelensky for preventing a peace deal, saying "they're not going to do it with him" and that dealing with Putin is "a lot easier."
- 4 (09:25) **DOJ Sues California Over Non-Citizen Voter List** - The Justice Department delivered a thumb drive to Los Angeles County with 20,000 names of alleged non-citizen voters, giving 48 hours to investigate; when refused, the DOJ filed suit.
- 5 Standout Quotes
- 6 (04:38) "And to the community member who heroically intervened to stop further loss of life. Your actions carry a heavy emotional burden and I just want you to know that my thoughts are with you as well." - Oregon Governor Tina Koteck
- 7 (07:53) "He doesn't want to settle. He says he wants to settle, but he isn't. No, I'm not a big fan of Zelensky. They've destroyed that country." - President Trump on Ukraine's president
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Show Notes
As President Trump increasingly blames Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the failure of peace efforts, Russia is watching the growing divide while beginning to release diesel under its new deal with the United States.
The Justice Department sued California after Los Angeles County refused to investigate a federal list of more than 20,000 voters the government says may be noncitizens.
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(0:00) Introduction
(01:55) Oregon School Shooting
(05:21) Russia's View On US-Ukraine Split
(09:06) DOJ Sues California
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