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Since the Black Lives Matter movement began in 2014, I’ve stood with hundreds of families impacted by police violence. With few exceptions, justice for them has been a fleeting mystery. The law is working against them. District attorneys are working against them. Bigotry and the undeserved esteem of law enforcement over everyday citizens is working against them. And yet, each new family whose loved one is mowed down in a hail…

Since the Black Lives Matter movement began in 2014, I’ve stood with hundreds of families impacted by police violence. With few exceptions, justice for them has been a fleeting mystery. The law is working against them. District attorneys are working against them. Bigotry and the undeserved esteem of law enforcement over everyday citizens is working against them. And yet, each new family whose loved one is mowed down in a hail…

Since the Black Lives Matter movement began in 2014, I’ve stood with hundreds of families impacted by police violence. With few exceptions, justice for them has been a fleeting mystery. The law is working against them. District attorneys are working against them. Bigotry and the undeserved esteem of law enforcement over everyday citizens is working against them. And yet, each new family whose loved one is mowed down in a hail…

Updated at 4:20 p.m. ET A judge has ruled in favor of Harvard University in a high-profile court case centered on Harvard’s consideration of race in admissions. Federal District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued her decision Tuesday, saying that “Harvard’s admission program passes constitutional muster” and that “ensuring diversity at Harvard relies, in part, on race conscious admissions.” The plaintiff, advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), has accused…

The video of the shooting was filmed by a reporter from Campus TV, a student-run television station at the University of Hong Kong, and provided to The New York Times by another reporter at the station. The Hong Kong police have fired hundreds of rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and beanbag rounds to disperse street demonstrations since the protests began in June. On a few occasions, officers have fired…

The US attorney general met UK intelligence agencies in the summer to discuss Britain potentially cooperating with Donald Trump’s administration on an inquiry examining the FBI’s investigation into alleged collusion with Russia, according to sources. William Barr met British intelligence officials in London on 29 July at a meeting attended by intelligence agencies from the Five Eyes group. He was accompanied by the US homeland security department’s acting deputy secretary,…

CLOSE The White House said President Trump’s outreach on William Barr’s behalf was a legitimate effort to assist the inquiry into the Mueller investigation. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., criticized Republicans and said President Donald Trump needed to be “imprisoned & placed in solitary confinement” because “impeachment is not good enough for Trump.” Waters, who chairs the House Financial Services…

A jury has found former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger guilty of murder after less than 24 hours of deliberation. Guyger was indicted last year after fatally shooting her unarmed neighbor, Botham Jean, in his apartment, which she said she mistook as hers.  Jurors were given the option of finding Guyger guilty of the lesser offense of manslaughter. With the murder conviction, Guyger, 31, now faces up to life in prison. The verdict follows a case that has…

Pompeo’s letter came as Trump, during a spate of morning tweets, questioned why he is not “entitled to interview & learn everything about” a whistleblower whose identity is protected by federal statute. Trump also again insisted that his July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was “PERFECT,” dismissing concerns at the core of the whistleblower’s complaint that Trump pressed for an investigation of former vice president Joe Biden and his…

Our correspondent describes when his father saw Mao. The first and only time my father saw Mao Zedong in person was in the October 1 parade of 1950, on the first anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic In the fall of 1950, there were not many students in Beijing, and the call to attend the parade went out to all the universities. My father had started classes a…

The inspector general who oversees the nation’s intelligence groups defended its handling of the Ukraine whistleblower complaint, stating on Monday that the whistleblower submitted the proper form and reiterating the complaint was urgent and credible. “The whistleblower submitted the appropriate Disclosure of Urgent Concern form that was in effect as of August 12, 2019, and had been used by the ICIG since May 24, 2018,” the inspector general’s office wrote….

Simon Denyer Min Joo Kim October 1 at 11:55 AM TOKYO — North Korea and the United States will resume negotiations Saturday, marking the first official talks between the two sides since President Trump met Kim Jong Un in June, the North Korean government announced Tuesday. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus later told reporters that officials from the two countries plan to meet “within the next week.” North Korean Vice Foreign…

Rudy Giuliani subpoenaed by House committees Key facts and latest news Attorney General William Barr and the president asked foreign officials for help investigating the origin of the Mueller probe. Three House committees subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani for documents about his dealings with Ukraine, and sent letter requesting documents from three business associates. In a July phone call, President Trump urged the president of Ukraine to open an investigation targeting Joe…

Troops prepare for the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Tuesday in Beijing. VCG/VCG via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption VCG/VCG via Getty Images Troops prepare for the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Tuesday in Beijing. VCG/VCG via Getty Images Updated at 7 a.m. ET Near Beijing’s center,…

President Donald Trump and his allies advanced a conspiracy theory about the Ukraine whistleblower over the last few days alleging that the intelligence community had recently changed the rules requiring whistleblowers to base their claims on first-hand information. But the law hasn’t changed, and there is no requirement that whistleblowers stick to first-hand information in their complaints precisely because those filings are designed to trigger official investigations that would uncover…

Video Graham: Barr should be talking to Australia, Italy, UK about intelligence cooperation Anonymous sources reveal details about another Trump call; South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham weighs in on White House leaks. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., criticized a report by the New York Times that claimed President Trump “pressed” the prime minister of Australia for information to discredit the probe conducted by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, calling it an “effort” to…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is trying to contain damage at home and abroad after the world learned last week that Trump pushed him to “look into” Biden and his son Hunter, who served on the board of a troubled Ukrainian gas company. “We cannot be ordered to do anything. We are an independent country,” Zelenskiy told reporters Monday during a visit to a Ukrainian military base, when asked about Trump’s request….

The semiautonomous Chinese city tried to hold muted parallel celebrations with Beijing right after daybreak on Tuesday, but the flag-raising ceremony was under such threat that no one could not be outside to watch it. As the fire-red Chinese flag was hoisted accompanied by the rousing national anthem, officials watched from inside a sprawling convention center. By midday people were carrying Chinese flags with its stars rearranged into swastikas, and…