Suzanne Nuyen

In his statement, Obama said Republicans should “apply rules with consistency, and not based on what’s convenient or advantageous in the moment.”

Lewis began his nearly 60-year career in public service leading sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in the Jim Crow-era South. He went on to serve in Congress for more than three decades.

Police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks during an attempted arrest Friday. By Sunday the city’s police chief had resigned and the officer who shot Brooks had been fired.

Cities from San Francisco to Philadelphia saw anti-police brutality and Black Lives Matter protests for the second weekend since the killing of George Floyd sparked outrage across the world.

Prosecutors say a probe of the unarmed black man’s death in Minneapolis is underway and federal charges are possible. Violent protests erupted for a third night.