House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that the country is “long overdue” for a national mask-wearing mandate to combat the novel coronavirus. Asked whether it was time to “mandate the wearing of masks across the country,” she said, “I definitely — long overdue for that.” “My understanding is that the Centers for Disease Control has…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said Republicans were trying to “get away with murder … the murder of George Floyd” when it comes to passing policing overhaul legislation amid the ongoing calls for racial justice after Floyd’s death last month. “So far, they were trying to get away with murder, actually — the murder…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed President Trump Sunday for wanting to “slow down” on coronavirus testing, and vowed to get answers from his administration later this week. “Testing, tracing, treatment and social distancing are the only tools we have to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but President Trump orders his Administration to slow down…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to remove 11 statues with links to the Confederacy from the halls of Congress, an idea that so far has met little resistance from Republicans or anyone else. While some argue that taking down these statues ensures that the nation’s past issues with racism aren’t glorified, others maintain in doing…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she is “not paying too much attention” to what President Trump tweets about nationwide protests, saying she’s worried about “the knee on the neck” and questions of justice. “I kind of ignore what President Trump says,” the California Democrat told ABC’S “This Week.” Prodded by the network, she…
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…