As U.S. struggles with race issues, Senate confirms first black Air Force chief of staff
The U.S. Senate confirmed General Charles Brown on Tuesday as the first African-American military service chief, voting unanimously to make him chief of staff of...
Washington, D.C. approves police reforms after days of protests against racism
The district council for Washington, D.C. on Tuesday approved a raft of police reforms after days of protests against police brutality and racism in the...
Bernie Sanders endorses U.S. Rep. Engel’s challenger in New York primary
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday boosted the election prospects of relatively-unknown challenger Jamaal Bowman to 16-term incumbent Democratic Representative Eliot Engel in November’s elections,...
Trump tweets conspiracy theory about Buffalo protester shoved by police
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted a conspiracy theory about a 75-year-old protester in Buffalo who was shoved by police and critically injured during...
Package of police reforms advances in New York legislature
A sweeping package of police reform measures has started to move toward passage by the New York state legislature in the wake of the historic...
Biden’s ‘compassion’ meant world to Floyd family: lawyer
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden showed compassion that “meant the world” to George Floyd’s family on Monday, according to a lawyer for relatives of the...
Georgia Democrats vote on Senate challenger as five U.S. states hold primaries
Georgia Democrats will try to pick their challenger to Republican Senator David Perdue on Tuesday when voters in five U.S. states choose candidates for the...
Thousands pay tribute to George Floyd as pressure mounts for U.S. police reform
Thousands of mourners braved sweltering heat on Monday to view the casket of George Floyd, whose death from a police officer kneeling on his neck...
Biden faces balancing act as activists call to ‘defund the police’
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden opposes “defunding the police,” his campaign said on Monday, declining to embrace a rallying cry that has gained support among...
Trump campaign rallies to start up again in next two weeks
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to start holding campaign rallies again in the next two weeks, a Trump campaign official said on Monday, ending a...
