The Big Idea is a series that asks top lawmakers and figures to discuss their moonshot — what’s the one proposal, if politics and polls and even price tag were not an issue, they’d implement to change the country for the better? Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, says it's time America atones for slavery and…
Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Senate’s chief oversight body, denies Democrats' claims that he's abusing his power to boost Trump's reelection prospects. “I’m a very nonpartisan guy. I just am,” Johnson said. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Sen. Ron Johnson wouldn’t appear to be one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies at first glance. The…
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a statement in Downing Street in central London on April 27, 2020 after returning to work following more than three weeks off after being hospitalized with the COVID-19 illness.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVASThe U.K.'s ruling Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has seen its lead in polls narrow further, as…
London (CNN)Boris Johnson's embattled chief aide has refused to apologize for driving acrossEngland during lockdown, amid a scandal over his movements that has overshadowed the UK government's corona…
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…