Politics

WATCH: NYC Mayor de Blasio announces plan to rename streets for Black Lives Matter movement

By Courtney Vinopal and Associated Press

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan on June 9 to paint and rename streets in each borough to honor the Black Lives Matter movement.

London may remove statues as Floyd's death sparks change

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

London's mayor announced Tuesday that more statues of imperialist figures could be removed from Britain's streets after protesters knocked down the monument to a slave trader.

WATCH: Law enforcement officials testify on fraud schemes tied to COVID-19

By Courtney Vinopal and Associated Press

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on law enforcement's response to those exploiting the coronavirus pandemic.

North Korea says it will cut communication channels with South

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

North Korea says it will cut off all communication channels with South Korea as it escalates its pressure on the South for failing to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border.

Cory Booker on how the U.S. should reform policing

While “defund the police” has become a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter activists and some of the thousands of protesters across the country, Democrats on Capitol Hill are considering a different set of reforms. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is…

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Portland police chief resigns amid George Floyd protests

By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press

Portland's police chief resigned on Monday, just six months into her job, amid criticism of her department's handling of protests in Oregon's largest city. An African American lieutenant on the force replaced her.

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on protest pressure, Trump's response

NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including the pressure that mass public protests are putting on lawmakers to enact police reform, President Trump’s “law and order”…

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Minneapolis police reform plan would require insurance for officers

By Amy Forliti, Mohamed Imbrahim, Associated Press

Several advocacy groups are presenting their own recommendations to reform law enforcement in Minneapolis, a day after the majority of the City Council signaled support for abolishing the police department.

Officer charged in Floyd's death held on $1 million bail

By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

Derek Chauvin said little during an 11-minute hearing Monday in which he appeared on closed-circuit television from the state's maximum security prison in Oak Park Heights.