Topic: Tim Scott

A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers were set to begin discussions Thursday on police reform, hoping to reach a compromise on a bill that can be adopted by both houses of Congress.

In his first address before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden explained how his sweeping infrastructure plan will help Americans recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and compete globally.

President Joe Biden called the verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd a "giant step forward in the march toward justice in America" on Tuesday.

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.