Among the 11 Confederate statues on display in the hall are the president and vice president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens, both of whom Pelosi noted had been charged with treason against the United States for their roles in the Civil War. Blunt and Lofgren, Pelosi wrote, should instruct the Architect of…

Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing was Congress’s first big forum for discussing the killing of George Floyd, the nationwide protests it sparked, and the country’s problems with police brutality and racism. It was also apparently, in some Republicans’ view, a chance to try to redirect the conversation to some both sides-isms. About midway through the…

A veteran former judge and prosecutor appointed to review the Justice Department's motion to dismiss its case against Michael Flynn determined this week that the department "engaged in highly irregular conduct to benefit a political ally of the President."The former judge, John Gleeson, added that there was "clear evidence of a gross abuse of prosecutorial…

After some high-profile generals floated the idea of renaming Army bases named after Confederate generals, President Trump said that his administration would “not even consider” such legislation.Those comments came after it was learned U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy will seek bipartisan support to change the names of the 10 Army bases named after confederates after protests against…

Houston police chief Art Acevedo suggested on "Your World" Wednesday that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin may have had a personal motivation when he knelt on George Floyd's neck shortly before his May 25 death, and urged investigators to examine the relationship between both men "very closely.""I know if it was in my city, I would be investigating very closely…