The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill, sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Dona...
The House of Representatives on Friday will vote on whether to make Washington D.C. a state, making it the second time the House has voted on such a measure in the nearly 230 years since the district was established -- but the Democratic-led push is unlikely to succeed due to strong Republican opposition.Lawmakers donned masks with…
Image copyright EPA Image caption US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (centre) welcomed the bill The US House of Representatives has passed a sweeping police reform bill that currently has little prospect of becoming law amid partisan gridlock.The Democratic-controlled chamber voted 236-181 for the measure mainly along party lines on Thursday night.The legislation is…
The White House task force has been closely tracking new coronavirus infections in several states around the country, though President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump rally sparks self quarantine of dozens of Secret Service agents GOP: Trump needs a new plan Trump faces ObamaCare court deadline as political ground shifts MORE has publicly declared that the danger…
The White House has indicated that President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump rally sparks self quarantine of dozens of Secret Service agents GOP: Trump needs a new plan Trump faces ObamaCare court deadline as political ground shifts MORE will not be quarantining for the required 14 days when he visits New Jersey this weekend. "The president of the…
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…