The Supreme Court said that it will not hear cases that asked the court to revisit the doctrine of qualified immunity, which shields public officials, including police, from lawsuits for conduct that does not involve a "clearly established" violation of the law.
The Supreme Court said it will not hear appeals of a slew of cases involving gun laws, dealing a loss to Second Amendment activists who want to expand the rights of gun owners.
The Supreme Court said it will not hear a challenge brought by the Trump administration to a so-called sanctuary law in California that was passed as part of an effort to limit the impact of the president's immigration agenda in the state.
Scott is leading a group of GOP senators on police reform amid national protests over the killing of George Floyd and other black people by the police..
Democrats believe Michigan is a must-win for Joe Biden. Having Whitmer on the ticket could help deliver the state, which went for President Trump in 2016.
The letter comes as President Donald Trump prepares to address the Army's new second lieutenants at an in-person ceremony adapted with social-distancing measures aimed at preventing transmission of the coronavirus.
"Given the many problems with the PPP program, it is imperative American taxpayers know if the money is going where Congress intended — to the truly small and unbanked small business," said Schumer.
Democratic senators expressed concern that the current form to apply for forgiveness, which is 11 pages long, "is especially burdensome" for "very small and underserved businesses."
Trump's former national security advisor says in a forthcoming book that politically self-serving deals like the one Trump sought with Ukraine "existed across the full range of his foreign policy."
"I think I've done more for the Black community than any other president, and let's take a pass on Abraham Lincoln," Trump said, weeks after the death of George Floyd in police custody.
A lawyer for President Donald Trump's first national security advisor Michael Flynn called the prosecution of him for lying to the FBI a "travesty of justice."
Lawmakers and activists are cautiously optimistic that the massive, sustained protest movement in the wake of George Floyd's death could bring major reforms that they have long pushed for.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo slammed President Donald Trump on Tuesday for tweeting the unsupported notion that an injured Buffalo, New York, protester was an "ANTIFA provocateur."