The attorney of a Florida airman who was shot and killed by an Okaloosa County deputy in his home last week says authorities entered the wrong apartment. The airman was identified as Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, according to Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Fortson's family. Crump's office said Fortson was shot six times before later being pronounced dead. Crump is expected to hold a news conference Thursday morning, requesting transparency and the...

A Black U.S. Air Force airman was fatally shot in his home by Florida deputies, who mistakenly burst into the wrong apartment while responding to a disturbance call, according to his family’s attorney. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, who was based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, was in his off-base apartment in Fort Walton Beach when he was gunned down by law enforcement officers on Friday. He was on a Facetime call at the time with an unnamed woman, civil...

Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., on Thursday submitted to House counsel impeachment articles against President Joe Biden alleging he is compromising the national security of the United States with his withholding of military aid to Israel. Mills wrote up the impeachment against the president, referring to him as "Quid Pro Joe," and using as a template impeachment articles written by Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., accusing then-President Donald Trump of abuse of power in 2019 for withholding aid to...

Republican Sen. Tim Scott has claimed that African Americans, Hispanics and Asians all had their lowest unemployment rate under former President Donald Trump. But the lowest unemployment rate on record for African Americans was under President Joe Biden, and the lowest unemployment rate for Hispanics was the same under both presidents. Women also had their lowest unemployment rate since the 1950s under Biden, despite what Scott suggested on May 5, when he was ...

The Biden administration is under growing pressure to finalize a policy hailed by progressive Democrats as essential to ensuring people of color have access to affordable housing. A group of 28 House Democrats is demanding the Biden administration quickly issue the long-pending policy amid growing anxiety that it won’t be released or would be released late enough in the president’s term that it could be subject to rollback by a potential Donald Trump administration. The Affirmatively...

The Congressional Review Act is a little-known legislative mechanism that could come into extensive use for undoing Biden administration rules if Republicans win the November elections. The law creates a special process for allowing quick votes to strike down regulations with simple majority votes in both chambers of Congress. Republicans are hoping to gain control of the presidency, Senate, and House of Representatives and use Congressional Review Act resolutions to...

A Virginia school board has approved a motion for two schools to revert to their Confederate names following a debate that bitterly divided a town. The Shenandoah County School Board voted 5-1 to reinstate the names of Stonewall Jackson High and Ashby-Lee Elementary in Quicksburg. Community members had been pushing for a reversal, arguing the 2020 name change was unpopular. The vote marked the first such U-turn anywhere in the US. A large crowd flocked to the school board's public...

President Biden’s striking admission this week that American weapons are killing civilians in Gaza appeared to mark a turning point in U.S. policy toward Israel — coming days after the Israeli military made its first move on Rafah and before a highly anticipated government report on Israel’s adherence to the laws of war. While the Biden administration has repeatedly expressed alarm over civilian casualties in Gaza, some former officials say it has drawn out the implementation of...

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