Ex-Trump aide McEnany knocks Biden: Presidents should not 'inflame' tensions
Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Tuesday that President BidenJoe BidenBiden overruled Blinken, top officials on initial refugee cap decision: report Suicide bombing hits Afghan security forces Jim Jordan, Val Demings get in shouting match about police during hearing MORE should not “inflame the tensions” by weighing in on the Derek Chauvin trial, Mediaite…
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Bill, Hillary Clinton say jury made 'right decision' in finding Derek Chauvin guilty: 'Black lives matter'
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton each reacted to Tuesday’s verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial.The former president said the jury “made the right decision” in convicting Chauvin, an ex-Minneapolis police officer on murder charges in the death of George Floyd in the city last May.”His tragic death and the…
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Chauvin found guilty as nation exhales
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty Tuesday on all three charges he faced for the murder of George Floyd, capping a trial that captivated the nation nearly a year after Floyd’s death set off a reckoning over racial injustice and police brutality.Cheers greeted the verdict in Minneapolis outside the courtroom, while lawmakers…
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Joe Biden Pushes to Confirm Controversial DOJ Picks in Derek Chauvin Verdict Speech
President Joe Biden advocated for his Department of Justice (DOJ) nominees to be confirmed during his address to the nation following the Derek Chauvin trial verdict on Tuesday. “I’ve also nominated two key Justice Department nominees, Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke, who are imminently qualified, highly respected lawyers who have spent their entire careers fighting…
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Ohio man, 19, charged in death of missing 20-year-old woman found in vacant home, investigators say
A 19-year-old Ohio man has been charged with the death of a missing woman whose body was found inside a vacant home over the weekend, investigators said.Blake A. Grewell was taken into custody Monday and charged with aggravated murder in connection to the disappearance and death of 20-year-old Brianna Ratliff, the Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office…
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Jim Jordan, Val Demings get in shouting match about police during hearing
A House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday devolved into a screaming match after Rep. Jim JordanJames (Jim) Daniel JordanJim Jordan, Val Demings get in shouting match about police during hearing Top House Republicans ask Harris for meeting on border The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – All US adults can get vaccine; decision…
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St. Louis gun owner Mark McCloskey, who defended home from protesters, may seek US Senate seat
Mark McCloskey, a St. Louis attorney who, along with his wife, armed himself and confronted Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home last summer, said he is considering a run for a U.S. Senate seat.”I can confirm that it’s a consideration, yes,” McCloskey told Politico on Tuesday.U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., previously announced he is retiring after serving in…
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Newsmax host: Jury decided to 'sacrifice' Chauvin to the mob
By Joseph Choi – 04/20/21 09:06 PM EDT Rob Schmitt, host of “Wake Up America” on the conservative network Newsmax, said on Tuesday that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was a “sacrifice to the mob” after he was found guilty on three counts in the murder of George Floyd.”They say justice is blind. I don’t…
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Graphic Video: Columbus Police Release Bodycam Video of Shooting
Columbus Police Department officials released an officer’s bodycam video showing the seconds leading up to the shooing of a teenage girl. The chaotic video shows a fight in progress. The Columbus Division of Police released a bodycam video showing Tuesday’s shooting of a young black girl who appeared to be armed with a knife. The…
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Groups see new openings for digging up dirt on Trump
Public interest groups determined to stay focused on the Trump administration say they have new openings for unearthing information now that the past government’s political appointees have departed.Various groups that flooded the government with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests say the departures have greased the wheels of various agencies’ public records shops. Requests ranging from the pandemic response and…
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