Democratic lawmakers push for federal investigation into Ma'Khia Bryant's foster care journey: 'Ma'Khia should be alive today'
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Three Democratic lawmakers are requesting a federal investigation into the foster care journey of Ma'Khia Bryant and the events leading up to the police shooting that resulted in her death.
Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon wrote a letter to the US Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families urging it to assist local authorities with their review of Bryant's case. The lawmakers also pushed for an independent federal investigation. "Ma'Khia should be alive today," states the letter, which was dated May 28.President Joe Biden on Sunday delivers his first commencement address of the 2024 season at Morehouse College, where the president may for the first time in months have to confront the angst that’s been percolating on college campuses nationwide toward his administration’s policies on the Israel-Hamas war.
Arab and Palestinian Americans left a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday night frustrated they did not have a clear understanding of how the Biden administration might act upon their concerns as the Israel-Hamas war devastates the civilian population in Gaza, participants told CNN.