Hill negotiators pushing for policing deal ahead of recess deadline
CNN
It's the final day before the Senate leaves for its two-week July 4 recess and it remains unclear if a bipartisan group of lawmakers working on a policing bill will be able to come to an agreement Thursday, a goal all negotiators had hoped to accomplish.
The likely best case scenario would be to agree to a framework before they leave and write the legislation over the break. But even achieving that remains in question at this moment. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the chief congressional negotiator for Republicans, said last month it was "June or bust" when it came to getting a deal. The other negotiators had also said they wanted to see a framework by the end of this month.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.