Military police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a peaceful protest near the White House while the president delivered a Rose Garden address on Monday.
Category: Politics
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Cities brace for another night of chaotic protests against police violence
An autopsy finds George Floyd’s cause of death was “asphyxiation from sustained pressure,” family lawyers say.
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George Floyd’s death was a homicide, according to two autopsies
The county’s autopsy determined Floyd died of “cardiopulmonary arrest,” but a family-commissioned autopsy found he died of “asphyxiation from sustained pressure.”
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The self-anointed ‘wartime president’ finds a new, more exciting war
His supporters seem eager to enlist.
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As Trump attacks voting by mail, GOP builds 2020 strategy around limiting its expansion
The Republican National Committee and allied groups plan to spend tens of millions of dollars fighting efforts to loosen mail-balloting rules amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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What we know about the White House’s secret bunkers and tunnels
One huge facility, built after 9/11, remains an object of speculation.
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Trump suggests the kind of ‘vicious’ response to protesters he once hailed when China did it
Trump’s rhetoric has made clear how he feels protests can be put down. On Monday, he suggested he’ll push for a more heavy-handed response.
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Waiting for Trump to speak, and bracing for whether his words will make matters worse
As pressure grows for Trump to respond to uprisings, so do fears about the potential impact.
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The difference between Democratic and Republican reactions to the protests: Elevate George Floyd or ‘antifa’?
Republican and Democratic lawmakers see the same events noticeably differently.
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Trump’s inability to speak convincingly to anyone but his base is a unique liability in the moment
Trump’s demonstrated disinclination to do so is a problem of its own.
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Trump calls governors ‘weak,’ urges them to use force against unruly protests
Pockets of the United States have descended into chaos in recent nights — after days of mass demonstrations over the death of another black man in police custody.
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Supreme Court upholds Puerto Rico oversight board from constitutional challenge
Court’s ruling avoids a disruption of other home-rule laws, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere