Many police departments adopted major changes after civilian killings. Now, police chiefs worry ICE is ignoring those lessons and setting back efforts to improve public trust. By Shaila Dewan Five ...

ICE agents arrested a police officer Thursday morning in the Chicago suburb of Hanover Park, accusing him of being an unlawful immigrant from Montenegro. The Department of Homeland Security says the ...

(RNS) — Leatherwood had been criticized for other recent positions on topics of key interest to Southern Baptists, such as not supporting legislation that would have jailed women who chose abortions. ...

Public opinion on police use of force is shifting. Over the past several decades, Americans have increasingly disapproved of officers’ actions, even when those actions are lawful and follow ...

Laura Geller is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist in the Crime and Public Safety Beat. She joined the CBS News Innovation Lab as a national investigative producer in September 2023.

Yesterday, July 31, 2025, Brent Leatherwood submitted his resignation as president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, bringing to an end nearly a decade-long relationship with the ...

After four years under Brent Leatherwood, SBC pastors look for a leader to rebuild trust in its public-policy arm. Pamphlets with a photo of Brent Leatherwood alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson ...

A D.C. police commander is under investigation for allegedly making changes to crime statistics in his district. The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Michael Pulliam was placed on paid ...

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for "The Daily Signal." Send her an email. The Southern Baptist Convention held its annual conference this week, and delegates narrowly ...

Southern Baptists didn’t enact major reforms at their annual meeting this week. They didn’t vote to shut down their long-standing public policy arm, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC).

Going into its annual meeting, SBC faces slipping trust and pushes for greater accountability. Ask Southern Baptists their favorite part of their annual meeting, and nearly everyone will tell you: the ...

The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of Mr. Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020. Killings of armed people have increased, while killings of unarmed people ...