Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiPelosi says GOP 'trying to get away with murder' on police reform bill Trump, GOP clash over new round of checks Hoyer says Democratic leaders mulled requiring masks on House floor MORE (D-Calif.) on Tuesday accused Republicans of “trying to get away with murder” with their police reform bill, noting stark differences between…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asserted in an interview Tuesday that Republicans are "trying to get away with murder, actually -- the murder of George Floyd" -- marking a dramatic escalation in rhetoric as the Democrat-controlled House prepares to pass its police reform package.Pelosi, D-Calif., speaking to CBS News Radio correspondent Steve Futterman, said Senate Republicans' reform proposals…
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden has a 14-point lead over President Trump, a national poll of registered voters said Wednesday. Mr. Biden held a 50% to 36% lead over Mr. Trump, according to the New York Times/Siena College poll. Mr. Trump was underwater on his overall approval rating, with a 41%/56% approve/disapprove split.…
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…