Monthly Archives: July, 2020

Updated at 8:03 p.m. ET After more than 120 years of flying over the state of Mississippi, the Confederate battle flag is no longer a part of the state's official flag. On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed into law a bill fast-tracked by the Mississippi Legislature over the weekend that calls for a new…

GOP legislators in states across the country are advancing bills that would prevent elections officials from sending out absentee ballot applications ahead of November's election, even in states where those top officials are fellow Republicans.At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, secretaries of state in places like Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, South Dakota and Wyoming encouraged residents to…

After the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, advocates for police reform called to defund the police, ban chokeholds and more effectively punish officers who abuse their power or show racial bias. Before any of those proposed reforms can actually go into effect, lawmakers and department chiefs would first have to get past police unions.Over…

Tucker Carlson called on voters to hold Republicans accountable Tuesday in the aftermath of his Monday interview with Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., about Braun's introduction of a bill that would limit qualified immunity for law enforcement officers."An awful lot of Republican officeholders look very much like Mike Braun right now. Probably most of them. That's…

Walmart bowed to criticism and announced it would stop allowing sales of “All Lives Matter” merchandise. America’s largest retailer said it had just come to its attention that this phrase “minimized” Black Lives Matter. “Recently, some associates and customers have raised concerns about ‘All Lives Matter’ products,” the company said in a statement. “As we…