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In a wide-ranging NPR interview, William Barr defended the Justice Department amid accusations of political interference, including recently in the case of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn.

The statue of the seventh president mounted on a rearing horse sits on a tall pedestal in Lafayette Square. Police fired chemical agents to clear the square of protesters.

Lloyd's of London and pub chain Greene King said they'd donate to charities helping minority communities. A research project documented that founders of the companies received money linked to slavery.

Facebook says the campaign advertisements violated the social network's ban on hate group symbols. The Anti-Defamation League's CEO said that "ignorance is no excuse for using Nazi-related symbols."

Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups are calling for the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general to investigate the claims, centered on conditions at a facility in Georgia.

The Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero Wednesday and pledged it was ready to use all of its available tools to support an economic recovery that appears to be weakening.

Museums are facing mounting pressure to make their collections more representative. At the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, one artist created a fund to acquire other pieces by under-represented artists.

In remarks Wednesday, the attorney general also said restrictions imposed during the coronavirus are "the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history" since slavery.

Demonstrators took to the streets of Atlanta overnight in the wake of the decision not to charge officers directly in Taylor's death. Candidates for a Georgia Senate race weighed in.

The conservative federal judge is just 48 years old and could affect social policy for generations to come if confirmed by the majority-Republican Senate.