Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., on Wednesday fired back at Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after the Democrat appeared to dismiss the GOP Senate police reform bill that Scott spearheaded by complaining about its “token” approach.In remarks on the Senate floor, Scott said the Illinois Democrat’s words "hurts us all." He said it especially "hurts" to hear language like that on…
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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. accused Democrats Tuesday of including "poison pills" in their legislative proposals to reform law enforcement, making them a "non-starter" for Senate Republicans."We are in the same place," Scott said on "The Story." "We want to eliminate the bad apples. What they want to do is go so far that they introduce poison pills in their legislation, and that's why…
The sole black Republican senator cited his personal experiences with racism as a vital perspective to his party’s approach to a law enforcement overhaul.Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, at the White House. President Trump’s tenure has presented unique and painful dilemmas for Mr. Scott.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesJune 16, 2020Updated 8:15 p.m. ETWASHINGTON —…
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…