WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to lay out new steps to stem a rising national tide of violent crime, with a particular focus on gun violence, as administration officials brace for what they fear could be an especially turbulent summer....

The strike forces will focus on upending “trafficking corridors” that funnel illegal firearms from mostly southern states to New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, D.C., according to Attorney General Merrick Garland....

Recent police killings highlight inconsistencies between police reports and the facts. One former lieutenant told Insider they are trained to mislead.

Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko Tuesday accused modern Germany of Nazism on the 80th anniversary of Hitler's invasion of the USSR and a day after coordinated Western sanctions on his country. The EU, US, British and Canadian sanctions were a response...

"This is an important step from the Biden administration to begin to correct the imbalance of federal judgeships," Latino group leader says.