Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday dismissed a plan backed by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) to fund ...

WASHINGTON — Protesters are pushing to “defund the police" over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans killed by law enforcement. Their chant has become a rallying cry — and a stick for ...

Where's the police when you need them? Why are the Fraternal Order of Police, the International Union of Police Associations and local police unions not speaking out against state and local tax cuts, ...

When the first Black Lives Matter protests began, protesters demanded some important incremental changes: body cameras, implicit bias training, and community oversight boards. Local municipalities won ...

Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed is downplaying his past rhetoric around defunding the police, saying his approach to the issue has been influenced by his time helping run health services ...

Central to Zohran Mamdani's 2020 campaign for New York State Assembly was a pitch to radically constrain law enforcement. "Queer liberation means defund the police," he posted two days after securing ...

In the February/March 2026 issue of Reason, we explore Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's policy goals and what they mean for New York City. Click here to read the other entries. Central to Zohran Mamdani's ...