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Joe Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.
Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead...
Biden works to push Black turnout in campaign’s final days
Joe Biden was spending the final days of the presidential campaign appealing to Black supporters to vote in-person during a pandemic that...
Joe Biden: Donald Trump ignores pandemic, stokes unrest, solves neither
Joe Biden's broadsides came a day ahead of his own trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Biden said he wants to help “heal” a city reeling from another police shooting of a Black man.
Mike Pence defends police at convention amid rising race tension
Vice President Mike Pence, the evening's featured speaker, seized on the national reckoning over racial injustice to argue that Democratic leaders are allowing lawlessness to prevail in cities from coast to coast.
Congress stalls on policing overhaul, despite public outcry
The standoff threatens to turn the nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others into another moment that galvanizes the nation but leaves lawmakers unable to act.
Portraits of former Confederate leaders removed from Capitol
The portraits depict former speakers from three Southern states.
Democrats propose sweeping police overhaul; Donald Trump criticizes
Before unveiling the package, House and Senate Democrats held a moment of silence at the Capitol's Emancipation Hall.
Dan Sutter: Will things ever change?
Dan Sutter discusses the recent protests and the economics of certain crimes.
