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Susan Rice, a former White House national security adviser, wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Tuesday that Washington, D.C., was powerless to stop President Trump from ordering federal forces into the city in response to protests because it lacks statehood.In her piece, Rice criticized Trump for deploying thousands of federal forces into the city against…

The incidents, in Boston’s North End and Richmond, Va., came as protesters angered by the death of George Floyd have targeted monuments that they see as symbols of white supremacy.A statue of Christopher Columbus in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston on Wednesday. Mayor Marty Walsh said the statue would be stored while its fate was…

(CNN)The Justice Department's handling of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn's case is a "gross abuse of prosecutorial power," a court-appointed attorney and former judge wrote in a…

(CNN)New York legislators passed a package of bills providing for comprehensive police reform, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he intends to sign them all quickly. This comes after two weeks of anti-pol…

The Philadelphia Police Department on Tuesday suspended a high-ranking officer and announced its intention to dismiss him after he surrendered to charges of assaulting a protester at a demonstration held in response to the death of George Floyd. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw suspended Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna for 30 days with "intent to dismiss," a spokesperson told…