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PublishedJuly 28, 2020
Barr defends aggressive federal response to protests
The hearing marks the attorney general's first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, bringing him face-to-face with a panel that is holding hearings on what Democrats say is politicization of the Justice Department under his watch.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2020
Congress passes Wilson, Rubio bill to study societal forces affecting Black men
The bill is modeled after a Florida commission that was created in 2006 by Rubio and Wilson when they served in the Florida Legislature together.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2020
John Lewis memorialized as the ‘conscience of the Congress’
Lawmakers are gathering to pay tribute to the long-time Georgia lawmaker and icon of the civil rights movement.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2020
Boston’s Black soldiers monument faces scrutiny amid racial reckoning
Amid the national reckoning on racism, an unlikely monument is facing scrutiny: a Boston memorial to a famed Civil War unit made up of Black soldiers
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PublishedJuly 27, 2020
A Civil War reenactment in Florida ends after 40 years
The reenactment phenomenon is fading everywhere, even in strongholds like Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2020
Trump, Senate ally vow Confederate base names won’t change
The House and Senate versions of a bill that would rename them were approved by veto-proof margins this week.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2020
Watchdog to review conduct of federal agents in Oregon and D.C.
The Justice Department inspector general will look at whether the agents followed department guidelines, including on identification requirements and in the deployment of chemical agents and use of force.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2020
Chicago groups sue to bar federal agents from policing protests
Chicago activist groups argue in a lawsuit filed Thursday that that the surge of federal agents will inhibit residents' ability to hold demonstrations.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2020
House votes to remove Confederate statues from Capitol
The Pentagon, states, cities and NASCAR also have taken steps to ban, remove or replace symbols of the Confederacy.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2020
‘Very frightening’: Opposition grows against federal agents deployed to cities
The use of federal agents against the will of local officials also has set up the potential for a constitutional crisis.
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