SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Several Democratic governors on Monday pushed back against President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy the U.S. military unless they dispatch National Guard units to “dominate the streets” in reaction to the violence that has erupted across the country.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wielding extraordinary federal authority, President Donald Trump threatened the nation’s governors on Monday that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests over police brutality that have roiled the nation over the past week. His announcement came as police under federal command forced back peaceful demonstrators with tear gas so he could walk to a nearby church and pose with a Bible.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It began with Attorney General Bill Barr standing with his hands casually in his pockets, not wearing a tie, surveying the scene at Lafayette Park across from the White House, where several thousand protesters had gathered for more demonstrations after the police killing of George Floyd.
01 June 2020; MEMO: The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has cancelled its 2021 conference due to COVID-19.
AIPAC President Betsy Korn sent an email to supporters citing “no predictable avenue” for the infamous conference to safely take place in 2021.
NEW YORK, June 1. / TASS /: Russian citizens who wished to return to their homeland flew on an Aeroflot flight from Miami, Florida to St. Petersburg and Moscow on Sunday, the Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoli Antonov told reporters on Monday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. judge weighing whether to drop a criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former adviser Michael Flynn faces a Monday deadline to respond to the Justice Department’s bombshell request to drop a charge to which Flynn has pleaded guilty.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered Judge Emmet Sullivan to respond by June 1 after Flynn, who briefly served as Trump’s national security adviser, filed an emergency petition in line with the Justice Department’s request.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has little choice but to stick with his Phase 1 China trade deal despite his anger at Beijing over the coronavirus pandemic, new Hong Kong security rules, and dwindling hopes China can meet U.S. goods purchase targets, people familiar with his administration’s deliberations say.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision expected in the coming weeks on the fate of the young immigrants known as “Dreamers” could cause an election-year headache for President Donald Trump - even if he wins the legal battle.
UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The Security Council on Friday adopted resolutions to renew the mandates of peacekeeping or political missions in Somalia, Iraq and Sudan's Darfur, and to extend sanctions against South Sudan.
WASHINGTON, June 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United States has delivered 2 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to Brazil, the two governments announced, days after the World Health Organization (WHO) halted the anti-malaria drug’s clinical trials over safety concerns.
“The United States will also soon be sending 1,000 ventilators to Brazil,” added a joint statement released by the White House.
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