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...
Trump insists no police defunding amid U.S.-wide clamor for reforms
President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to maintain funding for police departments in the United States amid growing calls for sweeping cuts to law enforcement...
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Michigan governor over coronavirus orders
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s since-rescinded executive orders requiring that residents stay home and most businesses close to...
Trump ‘appalled’ by the defund police movement: WH
U.S. President Donald Trump is “appalled” by calls for police to be defunded and he is looking at a number of proposals in response to...
Trump says U.S. police will not be disbanded
President Donald Trump said on Monday there will not be any disbanding of police following calls for law enforcement to be defunded in the aftermath...