Daniel Ellsberg, the man responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers, documents that revealed previously unknown details of the U.S. military's strategy in the Vietnam War, died on Friday at 92.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) has a slight lead over Republican candidate and former Chief of the Detroit Police Department James Craig in the race for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).
The Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles is leading a day of prayer Friday that will be marked by a special Mass at the city's cathedral in response to the Los Angeles Dodgers' decision to honor an anti-Catholic drag group.
"Patterns and practices” of excessive force and unlawful policing within the Minneapolis Police Department “made what happened to George Floyd possible," Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday at the conclusion of the two-year-old federal investigation.
The Supreme Court did not decide on any of the major cases pending this term on Friday, signaling it will be saving decisions on matters such as the fate of affirmative action and student loan challenges for the final weeks of June.
Donald Trump's attorney Jim Trusty, who resigned from representing him after he was indicted on federal charges last week, withdrew from another legal matter involving the former president Friday.
