Protesters gathered outside the White House on Saturday over the death of George Floyd, a black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO As protests continue to flare across the country, President Donald Trump and his top aides cannot settle on the next steps the White House should…
The White House announced Sunday that the U.S. will send 2 million doses of hydroxychloroquine and 1,000 ventilators to Brazil as the South American country confronts the coronavirus pandemic.The White House said in a joint statement with the Brazilian government that the doses of hydroxychloroquine will be used as preventative treatment for nurses, doctors and…
The White House went into a brief lockdown on Friday evening as protests over the death of George Floyd raged nearby, according to reporters who said they were in the building at the time.NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander said on Twitter that he was on lockdown inside the building as protests in the building's vicinity…
The White House was under a brief lockdown Friday night, as protests over Minneapolis man George Floyd’s death expanded nationwide.Fox News and other members of the press were immediately moved inside as the White House went into lockdown. A dozen reporters were said to be inside the West Wing.Floyd, a black man, died in police custody…
The White House was on lockdown Friday night as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in adjacent Lafayette Park chanting, “I can’t breathe,” a reference to an alleged case of police brutality in Minnesota. The Secret Service said its personnel were “assisting other law enforcement agencies during a demonstration in Lafayette Park.” “In the interest of public…
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…