Politics
'Get your knee off our necks,' activist Sharpton says at Floyd memorial
U.S. civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton told mourners that George Floyd’s death in police custody and the nationwide protests it ignited marked a reckoning for America over race and justice, demanding, “Get your knee off our necks.”
A triple whammy of crises tests Trump's support ahead of November's election
Battered by crisis after crisis, President Donald Trump appears to be in political peril as never before.
Fundraisers say donations to Biden surge as George Floyd protests sweep country
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his allies have seen donations swell in recent days, several top fundraisers said, as protests against the police killing of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis roil U.S. cities.
Controversial Republican congressman Steve King ousted in Iowa primary
Firebrand U.S. congressman Steve King, who was called out by his colleagues last year for using hateful rhetoric, lost his bid for reelection on Tuesday as a Republican rival defeated him for their party’s nomination in an Iowa primary election.
Trump says Republican convention will not be held in North Carolina
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the Republican National Convention set for August in North Carolina would have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the state’s governor.
Seth Meyers goes scorched earth on Trump's war on his own citizens
“I know our brains have all melted from the constant flagrant lawlessness and overall weirdness of this administration and nothing feels real any more and we’re all just programmed to move on to the next thing because Trump will inevitably do something bizarre the next day like throw a tantrum in the Rose Garden or […]
'Silence is the biggest crime:' Jimmy Fallon discusses his blackface sketch and learning to be anti-racist
A very sober Jimmy Fallon fronted the camera from his home on Monday evening for the first time since a 2000 blackface sketch resurfaced online during the Tonight Show‘s week-long Memorial Day hiatus. Fallon offered an unqualified apology last week, but given he returned to screens as the U.S. is gripped by protests against police […]
U.S. lawmaker prepares bill aiming to end court protection for police
With cities across America in turmoil over the death of George Floyd, a U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce legislation this week that he hopes will end a pattern of police violence by allowing victims to sue officers for illegal and unconstitutional acts.
Explainer: Can Trump send the U.S. military to quell violence at protests?
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday suggested he would use federal troops to end unrest that has erupted following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed in police custody last week.
Democrat Biden visits site of police brutality protest in Delaware
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday toured the site of one of the protests that ripped through U.S. cities overnight and called for protesters against police brutality not to turn to violence.