WASHINGTON — Protesters are pushing to “defund the police" over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans killed by law enforcement. Their chant has become a rallying cry — and a stick for ...

Socialist mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday explicitly backed down from his unpopular past “defund the police” stance in the wake of a Midtown mass shooting that left four dead, including ...

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat running for the US Senate in Michigan, has quietly erased thousands of old social media posts — including a dozen tweets that championed the “defund the police” ...

When the first Black Lives Matter protests began, protesters demanded some important incremental changes: body cameras, implicit bias training, and community oversight boards. Local municipalities won ...

Minneapolis has seen a series of shootings that have left six dead and five injured, sparking citywide concern over safety and local leadership. Former Republican attorney general nominee Jim Schultz ...