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| Jamaal Bowman set for primary win as Senate stalls on police reform – live updates | Jamaal Bowman set for primary win as Senate stalls on police reform – live updates |
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| Bowman likely to beat Eliot Engel in New York; Amy McGrath leads Charles Booker in Kentucky | Bowman likely to beat Eliot Engel in New York; Amy McGrath leads Charles Booker in Kentucky |
| The debate over whether military bases should carry the names of men who fought for the Confederacy is going to continue. | |
| There’ll be a further development today with Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats unveiling legislative plans to force them to change. She’s still - remember - in with a chance of being Joe Biden’s running mate in November. | |
| The legislation is expected to “require removal, within one year of the law’s enactment, of any Confederate names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia from any Defense Department asset.” | |
| John M. Donnelly has more on the plans over on Roll Call this morning. | |
| Read it here: Roll Call - Democrats’ new push: Cleanse Confederacy from military in a year | |
| There had been some chatter that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was going to come under pressure in her New York primary - but early results suggests she has walked it. In a video message she has claimed the margin of victory as a clear mandate for her policy position, | |
| A constant theme of the Trump administration has been the removal or watering down of federal safeguards over the environment. My colleague Emily Holden in Washington is reporting for us today on another move in that direction - a plan to exempt companies from reporting harmful chemical releases: | |
| You can read her report in full here: US moves to exempt companies from reporting harmful chemical releases | |
| Also overnight is the news that Senator Tim Carpenter was reportedly attacked by protesters during an unruly night in Madison, Wisconsin. | Also overnight is the news that Senator Tim Carpenter was reportedly attacked by protesters during an unruly night in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| During the course of the evening two statues were torn down - the Lady Forward statue, and a statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg. | During the course of the evening two statues were torn down - the Lady Forward statue, and a statue of Col. Hans Christian Heg. |
| Carpenter told reporters at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “I don’t know what happened. All I did was stop and take a picture and the next thing I’m getting five-six punches, getting kicked in the head.” | Carpenter told reporters at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “I don’t know what happened. All I did was stop and take a picture and the next thing I’m getting five-six punches, getting kicked in the head.” |
| The unrest appears to have followed the arrest of a black man by police in the afternoon, who detained him after he allegedly entered a a restaurant with a megaphone and a baseball bat. | The unrest appears to have followed the arrest of a black man by police in the afternoon, who detained him after he allegedly entered a a restaurant with a megaphone and a baseball bat. |
| Crowds demanding the release of 28 year old Devonere Johnson later gathered, and in the ensuing demonstration the statues were toppled. | Crowds demanding the release of 28 year old Devonere Johnson later gathered, and in the ensuing demonstration the statues were toppled. |
| The Heg statue was decapitated and thrown into lake Monona. Heg was an anti-slavery campaigner who fought for the Union against the Confederacy. | The Heg statue was decapitated and thrown into lake Monona. Heg was an anti-slavery campaigner who fought for the Union against the Confederacy. |
| The Republican leader of the state Assembly, Robin Vos, condemned the events, saying: “This is absolutely despicable. I am saddened at the cowardice of Madison officials to deal with these thugs.” | The Republican leader of the state Assembly, Robin Vos, condemned the events, saying: “This is absolutely despicable. I am saddened at the cowardice of Madison officials to deal with these thugs.” |
| Overnight the city of Charleston in South Carolina removed the statue from a 100 foot (30m) monument to former vice president and slavery advocate John C. Calhoun. Officials voted unanimously on Tuesday to remove the statue from downtown Marion Square. | |
| Just before midnight on Tuesday the Charleston Police Department tweeted that, “Calhoun Street between Meeting Street and King Street is closed for the removal of the John C. Calhoun statue,” adding that the street will be closed for several hours. | Just before midnight on Tuesday the Charleston Police Department tweeted that, “Calhoun Street between Meeting Street and King Street is closed for the removal of the John C. Calhoun statue,” adding that the street will be closed for several hours. |
| About 1am on Wednesday, workers using massive cranes began to bring the statue down. A few hundred people gathered at the scene, mostly in favour of the removal. | About 1am on Wednesday, workers using massive cranes began to bring the statue down. A few hundred people gathered at the scene, mostly in favour of the removal. |
| “I believe that we are setting a new chapter, a more equitable chapter, in our city’s history,” mayor John Tecklenburg said, just before the vote. “We are making the right step. It’s just simply the right thing for us to do.” | “I believe that we are setting a new chapter, a more equitable chapter, in our city’s history,” mayor John Tecklenburg said, just before the vote. “We are making the right step. It’s just simply the right thing for us to do.” |
| Council members had heard from dozens of residents for and against the statue’s removal. Councilman Karl L. Brady Jr. said he knew his support may cost him votes but that he was voting his conscience in a move he said shows that, in Charleston, “we place white supremacy and white supremacist thought back where it belongs - on the ash heap of history.” | Council members had heard from dozens of residents for and against the statue’s removal. Councilman Karl L. Brady Jr. said he knew his support may cost him votes but that he was voting his conscience in a move he said shows that, in Charleston, “we place white supremacy and white supremacist thought back where it belongs - on the ash heap of history.” |
| Calhoun’s support of slavery never wavered. He said in several speeches on the Senate floor in the 1830s that enslaved people in the south were better off than free black people in the north, while calling slavery a “positive good.” | Calhoun’s support of slavery never wavered. He said in several speeches on the Senate floor in the 1830s that enslaved people in the south were better off than free black people in the north, while calling slavery a “positive good.” |
| The statue was erected in 1896, 64 years after he left office and 46 years after he died. | The statue was erected in 1896, 64 years after he left office and 46 years after he died. |
| Good morning, welcome to our US politics live coverage for the day. Here’s a little of what we can expect from today: | Good morning, welcome to our US politics live coverage for the day. Here’s a little of what we can expect from today: |
| We won’t know the results of the Kentucky primary for days yet - but as it stands at the moment Amy McGrath looks like holding off the challenge of Charles Booker for the Democratic nomination and a shot at unseating Mitch McConnell in November | We won’t know the results of the Kentucky primary for days yet - but as it stands at the moment Amy McGrath looks like holding off the challenge of Charles Booker for the Democratic nomination and a shot at unseating Mitch McConnell in November |
| In New York it is looking like progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman is going to oust long-standing Rep. Eliot Engel. Engel had establishment Democrat heavyweights behind him, but Bowman is leading handsomely at the moment. | In New York it is looking like progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman is going to oust long-standing Rep. Eliot Engel. Engel had establishment Democrat heavyweights behind him, but Bowman is leading handsomely at the moment. |
| 24-year-old Madison Cawthorn gained a surprise victory over Trump-backed Lynda Bennett for a Republican North Carolina congressional seat . | 24-year-old Madison Cawthorn gained a surprise victory over Trump-backed Lynda Bennett for a Republican North Carolina congressional seat . |
| We’re expecting stalemate in the Senate over proposals to reform policing with federal legislation as Democrats and Republicans fail to find a package they can agree on. | We’re expecting stalemate in the Senate over proposals to reform policing with federal legislation as Democrats and Republicans fail to find a package they can agree on. |
| New cases of coronavirus in the US have surged to their highest level in two months. | New cases of coronavirus in the US have surged to their highest level in two months. |
| Donald Trump will host Polish president Andrzej Duda at the White House. He’s the first leader to visit since coronavirus travel restrictions were imposed. They’ll do a press conference together later. | Donald Trump will host Polish president Andrzej Duda at the White House. He’s the first leader to visit since coronavirus travel restrictions were imposed. They’ll do a press conference together later. |
| Fresh from raising $11m last night in a fund-raiser he shared with Barack Obama, Joe Biden will attend a virtual Biden for President finance event today. | Fresh from raising $11m last night in a fund-raiser he shared with Barack Obama, Joe Biden will attend a virtual Biden for President finance event today. |
| I’m Martin Belam, you can get in touch with me via email at martin.belam@theguardian.com | I’m Martin Belam, you can get in touch with me via email at martin.belam@theguardian.com |