Democrats in Congress have unveiled a sweeping new set of proposals aimed at reforming policing and transforming law enforcement across the country. The new legislation, called the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, comes during ongoing mass protests across the country in response to the death of George Floyd while under police custody, and is…
Democrats in both chambers introduced sweeping reforms on Monday designed to combat racial disparities in the criminal justice system — the party’s much awaited legislative response to recent police violence against African Americans that's sparked mass protests across the country and beyond.Crafted by leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Justice in Policing Act aims…
Congressional Democrats on Monday unveiled broad police reform legislation, pledging to transform law enforcement across the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, which has sparked nationwide protests.The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 would ban chokeholds, establish a national database to track police misconduct…
President Trump plans to announce proposals “to hold China accountable” for its crackdown on Hong Kong, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Friday. “The president will be out with some ideas,” Mr. Kudlow said on “Fox & Friends.” “Frankly, the U.S. government is — I’ll use the word furious at what China has done…
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…