Judge issues order halting Lee statue removal for 10 days
A judge in Richmond has issued an injunction preventing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration from removing an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee for 10 days. The temporary injunction order issued Monday says the state is a party to a deed recorded in March 1890 in which...
Daniel Radcliffe responds to J.K. Rowling’s tweets about gender identity
The boy who lived is speaking out. Link...
Barr says Trump went to bunker for security. Trump said he inspected it
The president had said he went to the underground bunker for an “inspection.”...
Trent Lott fired by top lobbying firm
Squire Patton Boggs gave no reason for the sudden departure, but Lott said in an interview he was negotiating to join another firm. Go to Source Author: By Theodoric Meyer...
Trent Lott fired by top lobbying firm
The prominent Washington law and lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs fired former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, one of its top lobbyists, on Monday as Lott was preparing to decamp for another firm. The firm gave no reason for the Mississippi Republican’s sudden departure and declined to answer questions...
New Orleans Saints star Malcolm Jenkins on George Floyd, racism and police reform
New Orleans Saints safety and former Philadelphia Eagles star Malcolm Jenkins joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the death of George Floyd, police reform, the NFL and teammate Drew Brees....
President Trump slams calls to defund police as Democrats unveil police reform legislation
President Trump says he’s “appalled” by calls to defund police departments in the wake of intense protests across the country, and his campaign accused former Vice President Joe Biden of supporting the movement. Biden later told CBS News he does not support defunding police. Meanwhile, Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation...
The mystery of which US businesses are profiting from the coronavirus bailout
Government refuses to say which large companies have taken money, while small firms on the margins have been left in the dark Businesses have taken at least half a trillion dollars in coronavirus aid from the American public, and the government is refusing to disclose which companies are getting...
Protesters across US attacked by cars driven into crowds and men with guns
Protesters confronted by armed men – including members of the so-called ‘boogaloo movement’ – in different parts of America Anti police-brutality protesters have been confronted by armed men in cities around America in recent days, with some brandishing firearms or other weapons, some driving vehicles at crowds, and others...
Trump Rebuffs Protests Over Systemic Racism and Calls Police ‘Great People’
In a meeting with law enforcement officials, Mr. Trump said he opposed any defunding or dismantling of police departments, which many demonstrators have been demanding to address police violence....