President Donald Trump announced he will sign an executive order Tuesday on police reform amid increased pressure after the death of George Floyd.The package would create a database to track police officers with multiple instances of misconduct and include language encouraging police departments to involve mental health professionals when dealing with issues of homelessness, mental…
President Trump hosts a roundtable discussion last week with faith leaders, law enforcement officials and small-business owners at Gateway Church, Dallas Campus, in Texas. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images President Trump hosts a roundtable discussion last week with faith leaders, law enforcement officials and small-business owners…
Los Angeles Times executive editor Norman Pearlstine claimed that using the word "looting" in relation to the unrest that has taken place during the George Floyd protests has a "racist connotation."On Tuesday's PBS NewsHour, there was a panel discussion about black representation in the newsroom and how recent controversies like at The New York Times would not…
President Trump announced during a trip to Texas on Thursday steps his administration will take to reduce racial inequalities and combat police brutality.The comments from Trump, which come after nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and amid calls by activists to defund police departments, mark the first steps the White…
President Donald Trump and his supporters have been hammering Twitter since the social network labeled a pair of his tweets with a fact-checking notice for the first time on Tuesday. | Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order aimed at social media companies on Thursday, White House press secretary…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…