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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asserted in an interview Tuesday that Republicans are "trying to get away with murder, actually -- the murder of George Floyd" -- marking a dramatic escalation in rhetoric as the Democrat-controlled House prepares to pass its police reform package. Pelosi, D-Calif., speaking to CBS News Radio correspondent Steve Futterman, said Senate Republicans' reform proposals in the wake of Floyd's in-custody death in Minneapolis were "unsalvageable" and won't make "any difference." Specifically, Pelosi said Democrats want a total ban on chokeholds, which Attorney General William Barr has also suggested he would support. But, Pelosi said, some Republicans...

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order on police reform amid a broad national debate sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which has itself led to heightened calls to address racial justice issues in the United States. Trump held a Rose Garden event to sign the order, the text of which has yet to be released by the White House. “What is needed now is not more stoking of fear and division. We need to bring law enforcement and communities closer together, not to drive them apart,” Trump said. The executive order would use federal...

The left has tried to pin a variety of epithets on Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. First came "Cocaine Mitch." The allegation was so absurd that the savvy Leader was actually able to fundraise off it with T-shirts mockingly embracing the moniker. Next, Joe Scarborough, alleging McConnell ties to Russia, tried out "Moscow Mitch." That became a hot hashtag among ranty Democrats. But on today's Morning Joe, Scarborough descended to a truly despicable depth, slurring McConnell as "Chokehold Mitch."Get the rest of the story and view the video now.

MINNEAPOLIS — Negotiators for the city of Minneapolis have agreed with the state to ban the use of chokeholds by police and to require police to report and intervene any time they see an unauthorized use of force by another officer. The moves are part of a stipulation between the city and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, which launched a civil rights investigation this week in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody. The city council is expected to approve the agreement Friday. The agreement, which will be enforceable in court, would require any officer, regardless...