The Memphis Police Department (MPD) regularly uses “excessive force” and unlawfully discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a Justice Department investigation released Wednesday. The DOJ also alleges MPD conducts unlawful stops, searches and arrests, while raising “serious concerns about MPD’s treatment of children” and accusing the department and the city of Memphis...
China on Thursday sanctioned 13 U.S. defense firms over arms sales to the self-governing island nation of Taiwan. The companies targeted by China are smaller defense tech firms that have worked on drones and other unmanned weapons systems, including ShieldAI, BRINC Drones and Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems. In the sweeping action, China also targeted top...
Human rights group Amnesty International accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza amid its ongoing war against Hamas in the region. In a report released Wednesday, the organization listed facts about the war, which began Oct. 7, 2023, after Hamas invaded Israel with a surprise attack and took more than 250 people captive. In response,...
Current law makes immigrants inadmissible if they have one of the diseases that the secretary of Health and Human Services has determined to be “a communicable disease of public health significance.”
Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chair Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) called on President Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of murdering two FBI agents in a controversial 1977 trial, before he leaves office. Peltier is “among those who deserve grace and mercy,” Schatz said on the Senate floor Wednesday. “If there...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), a senior Republican senator who is close to President-elect Trump, said the “anonymous” allegations against Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, “don’t count” if his accusers aren’t willing to step forward publicly. “I’m not going to make any decision based on an anonymous source. If you’re not willing to...
The acting director of the United States Secret Service got into a shouting match with Republican Rep. Pat Fallon of Texas during a hearing on the two assassination attempts on President-elect Trump.
Arizona Republican lawmakers ask for an investigation into Pima County recorder Gabriella Cazares-Kelly's handling of 2024 election citing three different reasons.
A top Republican House lawmaker is requesting that the Biden administration preserve records related to the historic crisis at the southern border, amid an ongoing battle for documents.
Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, gave an update into the sexual misconduct investigation at a VA facility in Tennessee.