The Trump administration will remove federal paramilitaries from Portland starting Thursday in a major change after weeks of intensifying protests and violence. Oregon Governor Kate Brown said she agreed to withdraw in talks with Vice President Mike Pence. Brown said state and municipal police officers will replace agents from the …
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SSome arrive early and leave before the atmosphere changes and the problem begins. Others sit in on the peaceful rally and arrive in time for the nightly showdown to the drummers’ rhythm mustering the ad hoc force of Portland protesters against “Trump troops.” But each night follows the same extensive …
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President TrumpDonald John Trump, Justice Department, says 18 people face federal charges after Portland’s protests against the U.S. He takes over the former Chinese consulate in Houston. Defense Overnight: Republican Senator Aims to Rename Confederate Base | Trump approves sale of more larger armed drones MOREThe campaign announced Saturday that …
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Valerie Yurk from The Guardian reports: Forty states lack mandates to fully protect citizens from electricity, gas and water disconnections as leniency measures to pay bills expire, making Americans affected by the economic downturn vulnerable to one of the hottest summers on record and the continued spread of the coronavirus, …
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Donald Trump has cited Black Lives Matter’s protests against the police murder of George Floyd as one of the possible causes of the recent surge in coronavirus cases. The President of the United States did not directly blame the anti-racist protests, but suggested that it “presumably” led Americans to lower …
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