Republican lawmakers ask Agriculture Department to ease regs on meat production
Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said...
Senate Republicans plan their own police reform effort
U.S. Senate Republicans said on Tuesday they were working on their own legislation to address police reform and racial injustice as the Democratic-led House of...
Republican ‘law and order’ appeal prompts U.S. #IAmASuburbanMom backlash
When a senior Republican state lawmaker demanded that Minnesota’s Democratic governor apologize to “moms out in the suburbs scared to death” about protests over racism...
George Floyd’s ‘crime was that he was born black’ -Rep. Al Green
U.S. Representative Al Green of Texas said on Tuesday that, in the wake of George Floyd’s death, “we have got to have reconciliation” and called...
George Floyd’s life celebrated at funeral, family calls for justice
George Floyd, the African-American man whose death in police custody roused worldwide protests against racism, was extolled on Tuesday as a “gentle giant” and a...
Trump tweets conspiracy theory about Buffalo protester pushed by police
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory about a 75-year-old protester in Buffalo who was shoved by police and critically injured...
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...