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UPDATE, 3:49 PM PT: Joe Biden told reporters that he is “hopeful that after Memorial Day” there will be a deal on a police reform bill. The president made the remarks after meeting at the White House with the family of George Floyd on the one-year anniversary of his death. He said that such anniversaries of personal…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing on Tuesday that addresses officers’ use of chokeholds and attempts to establish a database for law enforcement misconduct, but it will be up to Congress to legislate more robust reforms. At a Rose Garden ceremony on Tuesday, the president also leaned in…

House and Senate Democrats unveiled police reform legislation that would ban racial profiling and prohibit federal law enforcement from using chokeholds to restrain suspects. The bill, called the Justice In Policing Act, also would create a police misconduct registry, and make it easier to prosecute police abuse. Also…