Washington Post – Politics:
Rev. Mariann Budde says she is “outraged” that police cleared protesters from in front of St. John’s Church so president could visit.
Category: Politics
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Trump mobilizes military, threatens to use troops to quell protests across U.S.
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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.
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Cities brace for another night of chaotic protests against police violence
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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
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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
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His supporters seem eager to enlist.
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As Trump attacks voting by mail, GOP builds 2020 strategy around limiting its expansion
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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
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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
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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
Washington Post – Politics:
As pressure grows for Trump to respond to uprisings, so do fears about the potential impact.