In landmark ruling, Supreme Court bars discrimination against LGBT workers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a watershed victory for LGBT rights and a defeat for President Donald Trump’s administration by ruling that a longstanding federal law barring workplace discrimination protects gay and transgender employees.
Editors at U.S. government’s Voice of America resign as Trump appointee arrives
The top two directors at Voice of America resigned on Monday, just as President Donald Trump’s appointee began his role as chief executive of the parent organization of the U.S. government-run international broadcaster.
Atlanta mayor says to order police to de-escalate, intervene
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms on Monday said she would issue orders requiring police officers to de-escalate situations and imposing a duty to intervene when officers see another officer using force excessively.
Trump says ex-adviser Bolton breaks law if he publishes book
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday his former national security adviser John Bolton will have broken the law and face criminal liability if a book he has written is published.
Trump touts hydroxychloroquine even as U.S. revokes emergency use status
President Donald Trump said on Monday other countries had provided great reports on the effectiveness of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for treatment of the deadly coronavirus, complaining that only U.S. agencies have failed to grasp its benefit.
Trump says he will sign police reform executive order on Tuesday
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will sign an executive order on police reform and hold a news conference on Tuesday, after several weeks of nationwide protests sparked by the death of African-American George Floyd while in police custody …
New York City police reassigning 600 anti-crime unit officers to other duties
The New York Police Department will immediately reassign some 600 plainclothes officers in its anti-crime unit to other duties, including its detective bureau and community policing, Commissioner Dermot Shea said on Monday.
Trump says Supreme Court LGBT decision very powerful
President Donald Trump said on Monday he will live with the U.S. Supreme Court decision that a federal law barring workplace discrimination protects gay and transgender employees.
U.S. Supreme Court turns away 10 gun rights cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a series of cases seeking to expand gun rights, showing that even with its conservative majority it remains hesitant about wading into the contentious issue.
House member Rice, family members test positive for COVID-19
U.S. Representative Tom Rice, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Monday he, his wife and his son had all contracted COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
