The party is looking to Sen. Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the chamber, for an answer on how to respond to national outrage over the police killing of George Floyd.
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Trump eyes racial equality debate through economic lens
Administration officials say there have been numerous discussions arguing for and against having the president address the nation on police-community relations and racial injustice.
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Heat, rain, long lines: Georgia election plagued by problems
The state’s chief elections officer announces plans to investigate issues that plagued Fulton and Dekalb counties, where roughly half the population is black.
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Senate confirms first black service chief in unanimous vote
Gen. Charles Brown Jr. will serve as chief of the U.S. Air Force.
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Republican senators quietly consider changes in police practices, accountability
The burst of legislative activity in the Republican ranks is an abrupt turnaround after years of black deaths with law enforcement.
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Maine Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Sara Gideon skips debate
The establishment-backed candidate in the primary says she’ll participate in 2 forums before the July 14 primary.
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Democrats unveil police reform overhaul, kneel at Capitol
The Justice in Policing Act would limit legal protections for police, create a national database of excessive-force incidents and ban police choke holds, among other changes, according to an early draft.
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Anatomy of a political comeback: How Biden earned nomination
He is a reminder to many Democrats of what a president should be.
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New jobs report diminishes GOP appetite for more virus aid
Mitch McConnell says Republicans won’t extend the $600 per week supplemental unemployment benefit.
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Trump praises Guilford workers, jabs at Mills in visit that draws supporters, protesters
The governor fired back in a statement, accusing Trump of stoking divisions and questioning the value of his efforts to help Maine’s fishing industry by lifting restrictions in a conservation area far from the Maine coast.