Four years after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, momentum in Washington to pass sweeping reform in the Minnesota man’s name has almost faded away completely. The death of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, in May 2020 sparked outrage and calls for change. Sensing the deep anger across the United States, Democrats
Biden, Trump target battleground states – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden’s campaign has stepped up attacks on former President Donald Trump with a $14 million ad buy in battleground states. Trump, meanwhile, is making an appeal to Libertarian voters this weekend. Natalie Brand has more on the presidential race. View CBS News In
A day after special counsel Jack Smith demanded a gag order to bar former President Donald Trump from commenting in certain ways on the circumstances of the FBI’s execution of a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago home, the former president doubled down on his rhetoric about the “deadly force” authorization for the raid. “Biden’s DOJ
The lawmakers said the USPS failed to meet its target for more than half of its market-dominant products in fiscal year 2023. House Democrats are urging the Postal Regulatory Commission to block the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) price hikes, noting they would risk the agency’s future as its delivery performance has hit “historic lows.” The
Conspiracy theorist. Anti-vaxxer. Dangerous. Spoiler. Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. entered the 2024 presidential race in April 2023, critics have described him in many ways. In the early stages of Mr. Kennedy’s campaign, he was mostly ignored by President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee. Former President Donald Trump praised him and called him
The president addressed roughly 1,000 cadets graduating from the 222-year-old academy. WEST POINT, N.Y.—President Joe Biden delivered a commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy’s graduation ceremony at West Point in New York, telling new army officers to uphold their oath to protect democracy and freedom. The president delivered the address to nearly 1,000 cadets
The Republican candidate’s New York event was one of his most unusual, drawing a large, ethnically diverse crowd in a Democrat-dominant state. This week’s South Bronx campaign stop for former President Donald Trump stands out among his dozens of rallies this election cycle. Besides attracting many nonwhites in a longtime Democrat stronghold, the May 23