Read: George Floyd’s brother’s opening statement at today’s hearing on police reforms

By POLITICO STAFF 06/10/2020 11:02 AM EDT Read prepared opening remarks below that Philonise Floyd, the…

‘I’m tired’: George Floyd’s brother pleads for police reforms

By KYLE CHENEY 06/10/2020 10:11 AM EDT Updated: 06/10/2020 03:40 PM EDT The brother of George…

Ousted State Department watchdog tells lawmakers he’s unaware if Pompeo probes were stopped

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. | Nicholas Kamm/Pool Photo via AP Former State Department watchdog Steve…

US producers ‘in tears’ at having to cull livestock on their farms

As traumatised US farmers continue to cull their animals in response to the slaughterhouse crisis, an…

Chris Packham: ‘The virus has taught us that we are part of nature, not above it’

‘I’m tramping through damp, long grass in the wake of two poodles,” Chris Packham tells me,…

Great Barrier Reef: drone footage allows researchers to count 64,000 green sea turtles – video

Play Video 1:21 Researchers have pioneered a new way of calculating the large green sea turtle…

Republicans eye police reform — and search for Trump’s blessing

Congressional Republicans are under pressure for perhaps the first time in decades to make a serious…

Spiky, hairy, shiny: LA abuzz with insect discoveries – in pictures

Among the insects sampled as part of the BioSCAN (Biodiversity Science: City and Nature) project at…

Social distancing will suppress recovery despite emergency aid, CBO chief says

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McConnell taps Tim Scott to lead Senate’s police reform plan

Sen. Tim Scott. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tapped the chamber’s only…