Matthew McConaughey

The Texas actor spoke at a press briefing Tuesday after meeting with President Joe Biden about responding to mass shootings. A Uvalde gunman killed 19 ...

“What I’m interested in is keeping guns out of the hands of those who, by current law, are not supposed to have them,” Cornyn said Monday in a Senate floor speech. Since the shooting in Uvalde, Texas Republican officials have repeatedly made calls for action on mental health but have otherwise been noncommittal to reforming gun laws. Can both sides see beyond the political problem at hand and admit that we have a life-preservation problem on our hands? So we’re asking you and I’m asking you … can both sides rise above? We need a waiting period for those rifles. We need red flag laws and consequences for those who abuse them.”

Actor and Uvalde, Texas, native Matthew McConaughey met with President Joe Biden on Tuesday, and urged more congressional action on gun violence in an ...

His comments, however, appeared to be intended for Republicans in Congress who have opposed gun legislation. "We can't truly be leaders if we're only living for re-election." His comments, however, were expected to have little impact. Responsible parties in this debate seem to at least be committed to sitting down and having a real conversation about a new and improved path forward." McConaughey appeared to choke up several times while holding up photos of some of the child victims. "Uvalde is where I learned responsible gun ownership."

In a highly personal 22-minute speech, McConaughey offered a full-throated exhortation for a gridlocked Congress to pass gun reforms that can save lives ...

We need to restore our American values and we need responsible gun ownership,” McConaughey said. Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. We need to restore our family values.

The Academy Award–winning actor and Uvalde native makes an emotional plea for more congressional action on gun violence, sharing stories of those who were ...

We need to restore our American values and we need responsible gun ownership," McConaughey said. Ellie was looking forward to reading a Bible verse at an upcoming church service when she was killed. We need safer schools. We need to restrain sensationalised media coverage. Garnell Whitfield Jr asked members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Uvalde is where I was taught to revere the power and the capability of the tool that we call a gun," he said.

Actor Matthew McConaughey delivered an emotional White House appeal for gun regulations in the wake of last month's massacre in his hometown of Uvalde, ...

"There is no constitutional barrier to gun responsibility," McConaughey continued. "We heard from so many people: Families of the deceased, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, Texas Rangers, hunters, border patrol and responsible gun owners who won't give up their Second Amendment rights," he said. In an emotional speech at the White House on Tuesday, actor Matthew McConaughey called for new gun regulations in the wake of last month's mass shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, and urged federal lawmakers to honor their moral obligations instead of party affiliations.

The Uvalde, Texas, native appeared in the White House briefing room and called for new gun control measures.

Mr. McConaughey asked his wife to hold up the green hightop Converse sneakers worn every day by 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez, who hoped to study one day to be a marine biologist, and who had drawn a heart on the right toe to symbolize her love of nature. He called on the news media to reduce its sensational coverage of mass shootings. Mr. McConaughey’s appearance at the White House came as a bipartisan group of senators tries to negotiate new legislation to respond to gun violence. “You could feel the shock in the town,” he said. He cast himself as a voice for responsible gun owners and described, in graphic detail, the horrors of gun violence. He then told of the horror he felt at losing 19 school children in his hometown to a man with a rifle so high-powered that it disfigured many of their bodies beyond recognition.

The Uvalde, Texas, native appeared in the White House briefing room and called for new gun control measures.

Mr. McConaughey asked his wife to hold up the green hightop Converse sneakers worn every day by 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez, who hoped to study one day to be a marine biologist, and who had drawn a heart on the right toe to symbolize her love of nature. He called on the news media to reduce its sensational coverage of mass shootings. Mr. McConaughey’s appearance at the White House came as a bipartisan group of senators tries to negotiate new legislation to respond to gun violence. “You could feel the shock in the town,” he said. He cast himself as a voice for responsible gun owners and described, in graphic detail, the horrors of gun violence. He then told of the horror he felt at losing 19 school children in his hometown to a man with a rifle so high-powered that it disfigured many of their bodies beyond recognition.

Actor and gun owner describes 'window where real change can happen' as he reflects on his hometown of Uvalde.

He held up artwork from Alithia Ramirez, who dreamed of attending art school in Paris. And then there was Eliahna “Ellie” Garcia, who loved dancing and church and already knew how to drive tractors. McConaughey, who declined to take questions, spoke of his own connections to the town. He also noted that Uvalde was the place where he was taught about responsibilities that come with gun ownership. “We need to invest in mental healthcare. McConaughey, a gun owner himself, used his star power to make the case for turning the horror of the moment into concrete action. A window where it seems like real change can happen.”

Texan Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey and the son of a woman killed in a recent US mass shooting have made emotional calls to tighten the nation's gun ...

"We need to restore our family values. We need to restrain sensationalised media coverage," he said. "We need to invest in mental health care. Garnell Whitfield Jr asked members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "We want secure and safe schools and we want gun laws that won't make it so easy for the bad guys to get the damn guns," McConaughey said. Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has called on US Congress to "reach a higher ground" and pass gun control legislation in honour of the children and teachers killed in last month's shooting rampage at a primary school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.

Actor and gun owner describes 'window where real change can happen' as he reflects on his home town of Uvalde. Plus, the Congolese student fighting for ...

It was economics that Jean Claude Sangwa, a 27-year-old from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, went to the breakaway region of Luhansk last year to study. But when the self-declared republic mobilized in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he decided to join the local militia. “It’s incredibly sad but finding microplastics in fresh Antarctic snow highlights the extent of plastic pollution into even the most remote regions of the world,” said the lead researcher. Before the Buffalo, New York shooting last month in which 10 black people were killed in a grocery store by an 18-year-old alleged shooter said to have endorsed the “great replacement theory”, the Fox News host Tucker Carlson had mentioned replacement theories more than 400 times on his show. The racist conspiracy falsely claims that white Americans and Europeans are being actively “replaced” by non-white immigrants. Ukraine’s route to membership of the Nato military alliance was blocked with the country’s best interests at heart, she said. On opposing the US-led membership action plan for Ukraine and Georgia in 2008, Merkel said: “Ukraine was not the country that we know now. It was a Ukraine that was very split … even the reformist forces [Yulia] Tymoshenko and [Viktor] Yushchenko were very at odds. “We want secure and safe schools and we want gun laws that won’t make it so easy for the bad guys to get the damn guns,” McConaughey said at the White House, after the elementary school mass shooting last month in his home town of Uvalde that killed 19 students and two teachers. Dunn was placed in a cell with another prisoner who had smeared blood and feces on the wall. From Friday, limited numbers of foreign visitors on package tours will have to wear masks andbe chaperoned for their entire stay by local guides. We need to restore our American values and we need responsible gun ownership,” McConaughey said.

Actor Matthew McConaughey delivered impassioned and at-times emotional remarks at the White House press bri...

The President earlier on Tuesday met with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who is leading bipartisan negotiations on gun reform. Enough of the invalidation of the other side. McConaughey told reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday he hoped he was making progress in his meetings with lawmakers. You could feel the pain, the denial, the disillusion, anger, blame, sadness, loss of lives, dreams halted," he said. So, yes, counsellors are going to be needed in Uvalde for a long time." She had drawn a heart on one of the shoes.

McConaughey said he and his wife drove to Uvalde the day after the shooting and spent time with the families of some of the victims.

We need to restore our American values and we need responsible gun ownership," McConaughey said. McConaughey, who declined to take questions, spoke of his own connections to the town. He also noted that Uvalde was the place where he was taught about responsibilities that come with gun ownership. Ellie was looking forward to reading a Bible verse at an upcoming church service when she was killed. We need safer schools. Garnell Whitfield Jr. asked members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Matthew McConaughey delivered a passionate 20-minute speech at the podium of the White House press briefing room discussing the Texas mass shooting.

Again, we got to look in the mirror, lead with humility, and acknowledge the values that are inherent to but also above politics. The money she had made two summers ago paid to -- paid to paint the front of the house. Camila and I, we -- we sat with about 20 of their family members in the living room, along with their four kids. We also met Ana and Dani- -- Danilo, the mom and the stepdad of nine-year-old Maite Rodriguez. And Maite wanted to be a marine biologist. They -- they shared all these stories about Irma and Joe -- served the community and would host all these parties, and how Irma and Joe were planning on getting a food truck together when they soon retired. The week prior to her passing, she had been preparing to read a verse from the Bible for the next Wednesday night's church service. I need to live next to the ocean because I want to be a marine biologist. These are the same green Converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting. Now, Alithia -- her dream was to go to art school in Paris and one day share her art with the world. Camila and I came here to share my stories from my hometown of Uvalde. I came here to take meetings with elected officials on both sides of the aisle. Her mother said, of this drawing -- she said, “You know, we never really talked to her about heaven before, but somehow she knew.” We are in a window of opportunity right now that we have not been in before, a window where it seems like real change -- real change can happen.