By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Department of Justice will review the law enforcement’s response to the Uvalde school massacre as local police face intense scrutiny for not acting quickly enough to confront the shooter. “The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law …
Read More »President Biden, Jill Biden Visit Uvalde, Texas After School Shooting
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Uvalde, Texas, Sunday to sympathize with relatives and survivors of the latest mass shooting in the United States, following the killing last week of 19 school children and their two teachers. The Bidens walked past the floral tributes to the victims …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris Speaks At Funeral OF Buffalo Shooting Victim
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Buffalo Saturday morning for the funeral of Ruth Winfield, one of the ten people killed in the Tops Supermarket mass shooting. Rev. Al Sharpton led the service for the 86-year-old. Whitfield was inside the Tops Friendly Market after visiting her husband of 68 years in a …
Read More »New Court Ruling Appears To Favor DeSantis’ Plan To Abolish Black-Access District In North Florida
by Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix May 27, 2022 A Florida appellate court ruled Friday that a trial judge abused his authority in ordering state government to retain a Black-access congressional district in North Florida before holding a full trial on whether the state’s Fair District amendment required doing so. The …
Read More »What We Know, Minute By Minute, About How The Uvalde Shooting And Police Response Unfolded
By Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune May 27, 2022 Details of how a gunman was able to enter Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and kill 19 students and two teachers over the course of an hour have come out in parcels over the last few days. Gov. Greg Abbott and …
Read More »Report: Biden To Forgive $10,000 In Student Debt Per Borrower
President Joe Biden is planning to forgive $10,000 in student debt per borrower, a central campaign promise that would relieve debt for millions of Americans, The Washington Post reported. Biden’s proposal, however, is still not finalized. The announcement of the president’s plan to address the $1.7 trillion currently owed to the federal …
Read More »Authorities Took An Hour To Stop Uvalde Gunman, Raising Questions About Law Enforcement Response
By Joshua Fechter and Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune May 26, 2022 A gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a South Texas elementary school walked unopposed onto school grounds, state law enforcement officials said Thursday — and once he was inside, it took police an hour to …
Read More »Senate Republicans Block Domestic Terrorism Legislation
by Ariana Figueroa, Virginia Mercury May 26, 2022 Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked legislation that would require federal agencies to monitor domestic terrorism incidents, including those potentially related to White supremacy. The failure of the Senate procedural vote showed again how difficult it is for Congress to agree on any …
Read More »Stephanie Dawkins Davis Becomes Michigan’s First Black Female U.S. Appeals Court Judge
by Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance May 25, 2022 Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis of Michigan was confirmed on Tuesday to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit with a bipartisan U.S. Senate vote. She is the first African American woman from Michigan, and the second African …
Read More »Biden Signs Executive Order On Federal Police Reform
President Joe Biden signed an executive order to reform federal policing on Wednesday, the second anniversary of George Floyd‘s murder. Before signing the order, Biden spoke about the reform, saying it would promote accountability, raise standards and modernize policing. Among the changes are all federal agents will adopt and publicly …
Read More »Frustrated Democrats Call For GOP Help On Federal Gun Laws After Mass School Shooting
by Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix May 25, 2022 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday implored Senate Republicans to work with Democrats to pass bipartisan gun control legislation, following a mass school shooting that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers in Texas. Tuesday’s massacre was the …
Read More »FBI Uncovers ISIS Plot To Assassinate Former President George W. Bush
An Iraqi citizen living in Columbus, Ohio, has been charged federally with an immigration crime and with aiding and abetting a plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said 52-year-old Shihab Ahmed Shihab, also known as “Abu Ahmed,” entered the United States in September 2020 …
Read More »MSNBC Hires Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
Cable TV network MSNBC said Tuesday it has hired former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, confirming reports that have been circulating for months. Psaki will host a new program on MSNBC’s streaming platform starting in early 2023, the network said. “The program, set to debut in the first quarter …
Read More »Justice Department Directs Agents To Intervene If They See Police Violence
Attorney General Merrick Garland has revised rules governing the use of force by law enforcement agencies overseen by the Justice Department, requiring federal agents to intervene when they see officials using excessive force or mistreating people in custody. The memo states that the department’s policy is to “value and preserve …
Read More »19 Children, 2 Adults Dead In Texas Elementary School Shooting
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune May 24, 2022 Nineteen children and two adults were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County on Tuesday, making the massacre the deadliest school shooting in Texas’ history. [“We are in mourning”: As parents awaited news, Uvalde residents processed their …
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