Pompeo declined interview on Saudi arms sale, fired inspector general says
A State Department inspector general fired by President Donald Trump last month told lawmakers that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would not sit for an interview about the decision to justify arms sales to Saudi Arabia by declaring a “national emergenc…
White House says changes on policing could come by executive order
U.S. President Donald Trump could take policy action on race and policing through legislation or by issuing an executive order, his spokeswoman told Fox News in an interview on Wednesday as lawmakers in Congress move forward with their proposals.
Tim Scott, the U.S. Senate’s only black Republican, leads police reform push
South Carolina’s U.S. Senator Tim Scott, the chamber’s only black Republican, was thrust into the center of the national debate on policing when Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put him in charge of the caucus’s response to protests over racial inequali…
KCC estimates insured losses of nearly $150 million from tropical storm Cristobal
Catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Company (KCC) said on Wednesday it expects insured losses of close to $150 million from tropical storm Cristobal.
Protests ‘to change the whole wide world’ following Floyd’s funeral
Protesters will take to the streets across the United States again on Wednesday one day after the funeral of George Floyd, whose death in police custody has ignited the biggest surge of anti-racism activism since the civil rights era of the 1960s.
Special Report: Pandemic exposes systemic staffing problems at U.S. nursing homes
One night in April, as coronavirus swept through the Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, Robyn Esaw, a double amputee, signaled for help with her bedpan. She said she hit the bedside button that turns on a red hallway light. None of the…
Retired judge to argue government shouldn’t drop case against Trump ex-adviser Flynn
A retired judge on Wednesday is due to file his arguments for why a federal court in Washington should not allow the Justice Department to dismiss its criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
George Floyd’s brother to address U.S. House panel on police reforms
One of the brothers of George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis sparked protests around the world, is due to speak to a Democratic-led congressional panel on Wednesday as lawmakers take on the twin issues of police violence and racial injustice.
A picture and its story: A shooting in Seattle
Stunned protesters surround a car that has driven into their ranks. A man is lying on the ground nearby. Another man exits the driver’s side of the vehicle brandishing a gun. The protesters back away from him and he runs off and melts into the crowd as…
U.S. says consulate in China’s Wuhan to reopen in near future
The United States will soon resume operations at its consulate in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the novel coronavirus outbreak began late last year, the U.S. Embassy said on Wednesday.
