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George Floyd two years on: some accountability but killings go on

Minneapolis officers prosecuted, local reforms adopted in some states, but national overhaul of policing falls short.

A candlelight vigil to honor Floyd's memory at the intersection where he died was among the remembrances scheduled for Wednesday's second anniversary of the Black man's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

‘Unprecedented’: US Congress passes massive Ukraine aid package

Backed by President Joe Biden, spending bill will provide nearly $40bn to support Ukrainian war effort against Russia.

Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Joe Biden struggles to take action on US police reform

With Congress stalemated, Biden is stuck between reform advocates and police unions who are far apart on policies.

Capitol police officers detain activists from immigration, climate, and other progressive groups during a rally to call on Democrats in Congress to pass legislation on a range of issues.

The US Senate’s path to a Supreme Court hostile to Roe v Wade

How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans gamed the system to give Trump three Supreme Court picks.

Supreme Court Justice nominee, Neil Gorsuch, center, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, right, meets with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. on Capitol Hill in Washington, in 2017.

Filibuster, cloture: US Senate rules featured in abortion debate

Senate procedures are preventing President Biden and his Democratic Party from passing major legislative proposals.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks to a reporter at the Capitol in Washington.

‘Shameful’: US protests potential Roe v Wade abortion rollback

Al Jazeera speaks to protesters outside the US Supreme Court about potential overturning of Roe v Wade abortion ruling.

pro- and anti-abortion demonstrators shout at each other outside the US Supreme Court

Why Biden’s release of US oil reserves won’t end pain at the pump

Gas prices will keep rising amid Russian war in Ukraine as sanctions tighten and demand outstrips supply, experts say.

Fire at the site of an oil depot in Belgorod region, Russia.

Ukraine war: What would a ‘rupture’ in US-Russia relations mean?

US-Russia ties have reached a new low amid war in Ukraine and experts say that could have a serious ripple effect.

President Joe Biden holds virtual talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin amid Western fears that Moscow plans to attack Ukraine, during a secure video call from the Situation Room at the White House in December.

Biden wants health benefits for US ‘burn pit’ war veterans

Tens of thousands of US military personnel who served in Iraq and Afghanistan were exposed to toxins from ‘burn pits’.

an Afghan National Army pickup truck passes parked U.S. armored military vehicles, as smoke rises from a fire in a trash burn pit at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Ukraine, inflation, Biden’s first State of the Union – a timeline

President Joe Biden’s address to US lawmakers came as international concern grows over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Biden at US Capitol