Topic: Tim Scott

President Donald Trump was officially nominated for a second term at the Republican National Convention, during a scaled-down roll call vote in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday.

MSNBC political analyst Joy Reid will take over Chris Matthews' 7 p.m. EDT time slot on the network to host The ReidOut.

The House on Thursday voted 236-181 in favor of a police reform bill conceived following nationwide protests in response to the police-involved killing of George Floyd in Minnesota.

Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked the advancement of Republican legislation to reform policing in the United States, saying it doesn't go far enough.

House Democrats and Senate Republicans on Wednesday took up competing proposals to reform policing in the United States.

The Senate judiciary committee heard from a pair of panels on use of police force following weeks of global protests in response to the police-involved killing of George Floyd.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said Thursday that GOP members of the chamber agree with "concepts" in the police reform bill unveiled by House Democrats.

After two weeks of protests against police brutality and GOP push back against police reforms, Republican senators, led by Sen. Tim Scott, have put together draft legislation to address racial discrimination in policing.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said at the hearing that she has been recommending universal testing for all residents and employees of nursing homes.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill aimed at providing relief in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.