Las Vegas Shooting Deadliest in US History, 20 Rifles Found: Daily Brief

A mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas Sunday night left over 50 people dead and hundreds injured. The shooter had at least 20 rifles in his hotel room in what is now the deadliest mass shooting in US history. If the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub and Newtown shootings is to be any guide, what comes next will likely be legislative inaction. Regardless of death toll, of the age and identity of victims, and of the motivations and personal history of the shooter, the legislators who have the power to regulate access to weaponry continue to do nothing. This week, another autocratic leader is visiting Washington DC. Thailand’s prime minister, general Prayuth Chan-ocha is in the United States to meet President Trump and other US officials. Thailand's human rights situation has deteriorated since Prime Minister Prayut took power via a coup in 2014, but given many of Trump's previous meetings with authoritarian leaders, no one should expect much discussion around human rights this week. Women in Kenya are still dying from unsafe abortions, despite laws that largely ban it. These deaths are preventable, and the Kenya government should support women's right to reproductive health, not obstruct it. From earlier today: Syrians who thought they had escaped civil war by fleeing to neighboring Jordan have been summarily deported to their war-ravaged country without explanation. Jordan’s government says refugees are being sent back to protect national security. A new Human Rights Watch report shows whole families, almost without warning, have been caught up in collective expulsions. HRW has called on the authorities in Spain to protect the rights of peaceful assembly and free expression, after violence marred a referendum on independence in Catalonia on Sunday. Kartik Raj is on the ground in Catalonia.