President Donald Trump said Monday that he’d support laws criminalizing flag burning, saying in a call with governors that it’s time for the Supreme Court to take up the issue again as nationwide protests have intensified over the death of George Floyd. Trump’s comments follow nearly a week of protests across the country that at…… MORE
Judge Emmet Sullivan on Monday defended his authority to keep control of the Michael Flynn case and his decision to appoint an outside lawyer to review it, even after the Justice Department asked him to dismiss it. The developments in Flynn’s case “raise questions that any judge should take seriously,” Sullivan of the DC District…… MORE
Judge Emmet Sullivan defended his decision to appoint an outside lawyer to review the Michael Flynn case in a filing with a federal appeals court Monday. Read the filing here: Click here to read full story »… MORE
Air travel is nowhere near pre-pandemic levels. But it began bouncing back in May. The number of people passing through airport security checkpoints nearly doubled over the course of the month. The Transportation Security Administration says it screened nearly 949,000 passengers over the past weekend. It scanned 476,000 people over the first weekend in May.…… MORE
Five people, including a 15-year-old girl, have died of Ebola in a fresh outbreak of the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations Children’s Fund said Monday. Nine cases total have been reported, UNICEF said. “Four additional people who contracted the virus — all contacts of the deceased and including the child…… MORE
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she is trying to strike a “tough balance” between criticizing police officers and supporting ones who protect the city amid protests spurred by the recent killing of a black man in Minnesota by a white officer. “This has been a really tough balance because I feel helpless. I feel…… MORE
The show will be paused. At least, that’s the message coming from leaders and artists in the music business as part of a movement being referred to as Blackout Tuesday. Music executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang spearheaded the effort to shutter normal business operations on June 2 via their #theshowmustbepaused initiative. A Twitter account…… MORE
An independent autopsy called George Floyd’s death a homicide and determined he died of “asphyxiation from sustained pressure” — a finding that is at odds with the medical examiner. The autopsy commissioned by Floyd’s family says compression to the neck and back, caused by officers kneeling on him, led to a lack of blood flow…… MORE
George Floyd’s brother Philonise had a clear and pressing question for the Minneapolis Police chief on Sunday. “I want to know if he’s going to get justice for my brother and arrest all the officers and convict them,” he told CNN. That question regarding the legal fate of the four officers present during Floyd’s death…… MORE
White House aides were instructed Monday to begin preparing for a possible statement by President Donald Trump from the Rose Garden, two officials told CNN, providing a venue for the President to address growing racial unrest gripping the country. Officials described the plans as tentative, but said the statement could come at 6 or 6:30…… MORE
