Joseph R. Biden passed Wednesday during a virtual town hall event with the NAACP on the chance to endorse reparations for black Americans, saying that such a package must also include Native Americans. Pressed on the issue, Mr. Biden, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, said he supports the concept, but said he wants to allow…

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks Saturday with demonstrators calling for the defunding of his city's police department. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks Saturday with demonstrators calling for the defunding of his city's police department. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Following the police killing of George Floyd, officials…

(CNN)The long lines. Poll locations not opening on time. Workers flummoxed by new voting machines. For Bobby Fuse, a long-time Democratic activist from Americus, Georgia, the chaos that gripped Tue…

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Thomas Lane, one of the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd, has been released from Hennepin County Jail Wednesday afternoon after posting bond, according to jail records. Lane, 37, was one of the officers — including Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng — that…

(CNN)More than 1,250 former Justice Department employees have asked the agency's internal watchdog to investigate Attorney General William Barr for his role in the forcible clearing of peaceful prote…