Tag: Protests

In this April 4, 2019, file photo, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Josh Hawley, R-Mo., listens to witnesses during the Committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Josh Hawley is asking the right questions about George Floyd protests

Kaylee McGhee White · June 11, 2020 3:01 pm

Gen. Mark Milley, the Army chief of staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the military is operating "at this current state at high military risk." (AP Photo)

‘I should not have been there’: Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley apologizes for appearing with Trump at Lafayette Square

Abraham Mahshie · June 11, 2020 2:31 pm

Religious leaders divided over response to Black Lives Matter movement

Nicholas Rowan · June 11, 2020 4:00 am

A protestor holds a sign with an image of George Floyd during a Wednesday, May 27, 2020 protest at the Minneapolis Police Department 3rd precinct. A protest was held to demand justice in the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck. This was the second night of protest against the killing.

What America must learn from the tragedy of George Floyd

Donavan Wilson · June 11, 2020 4:00 am

"It's not a perfect deal, but it repeals House Bill 2 and begins to repair our reputation," Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper said. (Sarah Louya/The Rocky Mount Telegram via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Roy Cooper is another hypocrite governor on lockdown restrictions

Zachary Faria · June 11, 2020 1:29 am

Seattle protesters declare autonomous zone and demand that mayor resign as they overtake City Hall

Mica Soellner · June 11, 2020 1:22 am

Protestors demonstrate outside of a burning Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night.

Pence: ‘We haven’t seen an uptick’ in coronavirus cases following protests

Zach Halaschak · June 11, 2020 12:14 am

Pastor Joel Osteen gives an interview at his Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. Osteen and his congregation have set up their church as a shelter for evacuees from the flooding by Tropical Storm Harvey.

'This is not a political issue': Joel Osteen says Floyd death 'ignited something in me'

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2020 9:24 pm

Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation's first black woman to head the Justice Department, looks at the audience during a conference on policy and blacks at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Cambridge, Mass. The 57-year-old North Carolina native graduated from Harvard College in 1981 and from Harvard Law School in 1984. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Loretta Lynch to lead state attorney general’s NYPD investigation

Mica Soellner · June 10, 2020 9:06 pm

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo addresses the media where he discussed police reforms, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in Minneapolis. The meeting follows the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in police custody after video shared online by a bystander showed former officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn't breathe.

‘I will not abandon this department’: Minneapolis police chief ends union negotiations and pushes reform

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2020 8:17 pm

Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, listens to a a news conference, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minn. The city has seen protests against police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25.

‘Easing her journey’: University offers George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter full scholarship

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2020 6:29 pm

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., listens as President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, on the second day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

John Kennedy proposes repurposing pandemic small business relief funds for companies hit by riots and looting

Nihal Krishan · June 10, 2020 5:48 pm