Hong Kong (CNN)British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to provide a path to British citizenship for potentially millions of Hong Kongers, as China prepares to impose a draconian new national security law on the city. That law, Johnson said in an op-ed published in the South China Morning Post Wednesday, "would curtail (Hong Kong's)…
(CNN)A former top policy official at the Pentagon, James Miller, resigned from his role on the Defense Advisory Board due to what he said was Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's visible support for law enforcement officers' clearing of protesters from Lafayette Square on Monday.Miller called what he saw as Esper's support for suppressing the protest…
the arrival of dozens of military vehicles on Washington’s streets on Tuesday seemed to underscore the president’s latest threat — to use the military to crack down on violence and looting — as it emerged that it was Attorney General William P. Barr who ordered officers to clear Lafayette Park on Monday in time for…
Politics|Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Churchtear gas.It was because the president, who spent part of the weekend in a secure bunker as protests roiled, wanted to have his picture taken holding a Bible at a battered church just beyond the gates.That church, St. John’s — the so-called Church of the…
A late-night curfew imposed on New York City Monday failed to prevent another night of destruction, including arrests after a break-in at the iconic Macy's store on 34th Street, following protests over George Floyd's death. As the 11 p.m. deadline to get off the streets approached, bands of protesters marched peacefully through Manhattan and Brooklyn,…
Protesters lie on the ground with their hands behind their backs in New York City's Times Square Monday evening. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images Protesters lie on the ground with their hands behind their backs in New York City's Times Square Monday evening. Timothy…
Lori Loughlin's daughter Olivia Jade is slammed for urging users to 'use their white privilege to stop racism'... as her parents await sentences amid college admissions scandalInfluencer Olivia Jade, 20, shared a lengthy post to Instagram Stories on Sunday, urging others to 'use their white privilege to stop racism'Her post was in light of many…
(CNN)The police chief of Louisville, Kentucky, has been fired after officials discovered two police officers involved in fatal shooting of a man during a protest over George Floyd's death had not activated their body cameras. "This type of institutional failure will not be tolerated," Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said on Monday. "Accordingly, I have relieved…
