Nichols family attorney: Congress must pass George Floyd policing reform bill

BY STEPHEN NEUKAM

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Ben Crump, the attorney for the family of Tyre Nichols, called on Congress to pass federal police reform legislation in the wake of the 29-year-old’s death.

“Shame on us if we don’t use his tragic death to finally get the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act passed,” Crump, who also leads the Floyd family legal team, said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We told President Biden that when he talked to us.”

Crump placed the onus on Biden to spark a renewed push for policing reform, saying the president should “marshall the United States Senate… try to get the House to re-engage.”

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Kinzinger: Potential police reform talks likely to fall apart in Congress

BY STEPHEN NEUKAM

“On the right, it’s all the sudden like we have to back the blue and not talk about any reforms and sometimes on the left it ends up being basically, you saw it to the extreme, defund the police,” former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (D-Ill.)  said on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash. “This may happen here at this moment too.”

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Durbin does not rule out a federal investigation into the Memphis police department

BY LAUREN SFORZA 

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Sunday that he would not rule out a federal investigation into the Memphis Police Department, which has come under scrutiny after five of the department’s police officers were charged with second-degree murder in the death of Tyre Nichols.

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Jordan says there are not enough ‘good people’ applying to be police officers

BY LAUREN SFORZA

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said on Sunday that there are not enough “good people” applying to be officers, citing the “defund the police” movement as a reason why.

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Crump: Officer’s race does not determine whether they will use excessive force

BY LAUREN SFORZA 

“It is not the race of the police officer that is the determining factor, whether they’re going to engage in excessive use of force, but it is the race of the citizen, and oftentimes, it is the Black and brown citizens that bear the brunt of the brutality,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump told Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”

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McCarthy says he’ll meet Biden on Wednesday to talk debt ceiling

BY LAUREN SFORZA

“We’re going to meet this Wednesday,” Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)  told Margaret Brennan on CBS’s “Face the Nation. “I know the president said he didn’t want to have any discussions, but I think it’s very important that our whole government is designed to find compromise.”

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McCarthy: Social Security, Medicare cuts ‘off the table’

BY STEPHEN NEUKAM

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said ahead of a meeting with President Biden this week that cuts to Medicare and Social Security are off the table in talks around raising the debt limit.

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‘Bakersfield BS’: Schiff, Swalwell, Omar blast McCarthy over committee removals

BY STEPHEN NEUKAM 

A trio of Democratic House members targeted by Speaker Kevin McCarthy for removal from their committee assignments defended themselves on Sunday from claims that they are unfit to serve on the congressional panels, with one blasting the California Republican’s efforts as “Bakersfield BS.”

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Turner laments ‘systemic problem’ in Biden, Pence handling of classified docs

BY LAUREN SFORZA

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said on Sunday the discovery of documents in the homes of President Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence shows a “systemic problem” in the executive branch regarding classified files.

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Sununu predicts DeSantis ‘probably’ tops Trump in 2024 GOP New Hampshire primary

BY STEPHEN NEUKAM

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) predicted on Sunday that former President Trump would not win the New Hampshire GOP primary in 2024, dinging the early performances of Trump’s reelection bid and adding that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) would more likely come out on top.

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Ex-NATO commander says West sending Ukraine tanks ‘creates real problems for Putin’

BY JARED GANS

Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis said the West sending tanks to Ukraine to provide additional aid in its war with Russia “creates real problems” for Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

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