Новости за 09.06.2020

Democratic lawmakers are requesting an investigation into the U.S. Park Police’s use of force in clearing demonstrators who had gathered near the White House to protest the killing of George Floyd.Park Police have acknowledged using chemical...

A manufacturing company decided to leave Minneapolis because it says the city “didn’t protect our people” during the protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody on Memorial Day.Kris Wyrobek,...

The Washington, D.C. City Council on Tuesday passed a sweeping slate of measures to reform police conduct in the city, as calls grow for reforming law enforcement agencies in wake of the police killing of Georg...

House Progressive Caucus co-chairman Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) on Tuesday endorsed Rep. Joe Kennedy III, who is mounting a primary challenge to Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)."For as long as I've known him, Joe has been a lea...

The Miami Herald and its Spanish-language sister publication el Nuevo Herald informed staff on Tuesday that employees will work from home for the rest of the year.The publications' publisher and executive editor al...

A school superintendent in Michigan was fired last week after being criticized over comments about the death of George Floyd, according to multiple reports.The Grand Ledge school board voted Friday to terminate Brian Metcalf's employment over a...

Former White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett says in a new interview that she does not agree will calls from some activists to defund police departments in the wake of George Floyd's killing, calling instead for more resources and training.In...

Like many liberal white Americans - indeed, many Americans period - I'm reconsidering things. Am I racist, do I not get it as a privileged white guy?After all, at the age of 15, I was on the mall in August of 1963...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Tuesday that he has tapped Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), the only African American Republican in the upper chamber, to put together police reform legislation.McConnell said his party needs to respond...

New York's state senate has passed a measure that would repeal a state law keeping police officers' disciplinary records secret.The measure passed 40-22 in the state Senate Tuesday, and is expected to pass the stat...

Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) on Tuesday said he was in negotiations to depart lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs prior to the firm announcing they were severing ties with him, citing that it was anticipating issues...

The brother of George Floyd, his family's attorney and a conservative radio show host will be among the slate of witnesses at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday to discuss police reforms.The set of 12...

The brother of George Floyd, his family's attorney and a conservative radio show host will be among the slate of witnesses at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday to discuss police reforms.The set of 12 witnesses announced by the panel...

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY: WHO backs off controversial claim that asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is 'very rare'; now says comments were 'misunderstanding' | Inside the race to map the spread of COVID-19 | 14 s...

Former CIA director David Petraeus argues in a new opinion piece ...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) announced Tuesday that northern Virginia suburbs outside Washington, D.C., will begin the next phase of reopening as the spread of coronavirus appears to be slowing in the region.The...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced Tuesday that he is lifting the state's stay-at-home order put in place more than two months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic.The governor said dur...

Fans and former stars of the hit reality TV "Bachelor" franchise are calling on the show and its spinoffs to cast more contestants of color in a new campaign.  The Bachelor Diversity Campaign was started Monday by 10 viewers of the...

The Senate has confirmed the U.S. military's first African American service chief.In a unanimous 98-0 vote presided over by Vice President Pence, a rare occasion, the Senate voted to confirm Gen. Charles "C.Q." Bro...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said President Trump should "go back to hiding in the bunker" after the president tweeted an unfounded conspiracy theory suggesting a 75-year-old protester who was pus...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said President Trump should “go back to hiding in the bunker” after the president tweeted an unfounded conspiracy theory suggesting a 75-year-old protester who was pushed by police in Buffalo...

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden struck a unifying tone with mourners during his virtual remarks at George Floyd's funeral in Houston on Tuesday as Floyd's death sparks calls for racial equality and police reform...

The D.C. National Guard confirmed Tuesday that multiple members have tested positive for coronavirus following their deployment to respond to protests around the White House in response to the police killing of George Flo...

City officials in Alameda, Calif., have called for an independent investigation after a black man who was dancing in the street was pinned to the ground and placed under arrest by officers.  The man, Mali Watkins, 44, was arrested May 23...

President Trump’s tweet about a 75-year-old Buffalo protester is getting pushback from Republican senators.Trump on Tuesday floated that an elderly man pushed to the ground by police in Buffalo, N.Y., during a protest over the police killing of...