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A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained neck restraint tactic. “We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said. Mercil’s testimony came as a series of police experts testified

Click here for updates on this story     ARLINGTON, Texas (KTVT) — As many as 40,000 fans were inside Globe Life Field in Arlington Monday afternoon for the Texas Rangers’ home opener. The full capacity crowd is one of the first since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago. There was lots of energy

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks, but said Americans must remain on a “war footing” to beat the virus. With all states having opened eligibility to the public or at least having

Migrant families are “self-separating” in Mexico, sending children alone to cross into the United States after first having been expelled, the US Border Patrol’s chief patrol agent of the Rio Grande Valley sector told CNN. “What we are seeing, more and more, is the families are self-separating in Mexico,” Brian Hastings, who leads the busiest

A Michigan man says government officials erroneously placed him on the “No Fly List” after he refused to become an FBI informant, according to a new federal lawsuit. Almost three years ago, Ahmad Chebli was approached by FBI agents who accused him of being part of Hezbollah, a terrorist organization — an allegation that “shocked”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned big businesses they would face “serious consequences” after accusing them of employing “economic blackmail” in attempts to influence voting laws as the backlash over Georgia’s elections law that imposes voting restrictions intensifies. “From election law to environmentalism to radical social agendas to the Second Amendment, parts of the private

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Tuesday that fallen Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans, who was killed as the result of an attack on the Capitol last week, will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Evans, an 18-year veteran of the Capitol Police, died while protecting the

President Joe Biden plans to announce Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks. With all states having opened eligibility to the public or at least having announced when they plan to do so, Biden will announce that every

The US Air Force’s new hypersonic missile program suffered a blow Monday after it failed to launch from a B-52H Stratofortress bomber aircraft flying from Edwards Air Force Base in California. “B-52H Stratofortress took off Monday over the Point Mugu Sea Range intending to fire the first booster test vehicle for the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid

Less than one week after perhaps the most egregiously anti-transgender bill in modern US history passed the Arkansas legislature, it was vetoed in a surprise move by Governor Asa Hutchinson, a staunch Republican with a poor record on LGBTQ and civil rights. The bill, HB 1570, erroneously dubbed the “Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act” (SAFE),

The training coordinator for the Minneapolis Police Department’s crisis intervention program testified Tuesday in Derek Chauvin’s criminal trial about the importance of recognizing when someone is in crisis and de-escalating the situation. “Policy requires that when it’s safe and feasible, we should de-escalate,” said Sgt. Ker Yang, who has been with the department for 24

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, a frequent critic of Biden administration nominees for supporting the Iraq War and other “forever wars,” himself wrote in support of the Iraq War prior to becoming a senator in newly uncovered blog posts. “The question should not be, When do we get to leave? But instead, How are

Sen. Joe Manchin, an influential centrist Democrat, warned Monday that the Biden administration’s massive infrastructure package can’t pass in its current form because he and a handful of other Senate Democrats believe the corporate tax hikes proposed in the bill — designed to offset its costs — are too steep. “As the bill exists today,

President Joe Biden has made clear that if he gets his way, companies will soon be paying more taxes. What’s happening: Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, called the American Jobs Plan, would increase the corporate income tax rate to 28% from 21%. On Monday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also called for a global minimum corporate

The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Democrats may amend the budget resolution they used for their Covid-19 relief bill and attach another set of reconciliation instructions to it, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The ruling is a key step for Democrats as they weigh their options for moving infrastructure legislation, potentially giving