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Nearly 90% of House Republicans voted to restore a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
Last year, the memorial was removed from Arlington Cemetery as part of a push to rethink military i…
John L. Dorman
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Derek Chauvin, ex-cop convicted in George Floyd's killing, is reportedly seriously injured after prison stabbing
Prison employees performed "life-saving measures" on Derek Chauvin at prison FCI Tuscon on Friday.
Michelle Mark
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Columbia's student radio station was the main source of information for the protests. Here's why that matters.
Without any outside press allowed on Columbia's campus, its student radio station WKCR was streamed…
Katie Notopoulos
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Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Trump wanted to 'shoot' demonstrators protesting George Floyd's death: book
"Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something?" Trump reportedly asked of th…
John L. Dorman
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Maine governor thought Trump was having a 'nervous breakdown' during a call on which he complained about George Floyd protests: book
Floyd's murder "seemed to trigger something else entirely in Trump" in comparison to Joe Biden, per…
John L. Dorman
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Trump hit back at Mark Esper's series of damaging claims, saying his former defense chief was so useless he had to 'run the military' himself
Esper made damaging claims about the former president in a "60 Minutes" interview, including that T…
Tom Porter
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Gen. Mark Milley fumed that he was 'fucking done with this shit' after Trump used him to stage a photo op during George Floyd protests: book
Defense Secretary Mark Esper reportedly said they'd been "duped," and Colin Powell called Trump "a …
Sonam Sheth,Bryan Metzger
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Minneapolis cops fist-bumped and said 'gotcha' after shooting demonstrators during George Floyd protests with rubber bullets: report
In another case, an officer called a man a "fuckin' piece of shit" while another cop kicked him in …
Rebecca Cohen
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Esper said he and Milley stopped Trump from sending soldiers with 'rifles and bayonets' into US cities amid George Floyd protests: book
"I think we would have had active-duty troops on the streets, you know, with rifles and bayonets," …
Jake Lahut,John Haltiwanger
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Biden unveiled new order making police misconduct records public on 2nd anniversary of George Floyd's death
"I promised the Floyd family among others: George's name is not just gonna be a hashtag," Joe Biden…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Trump was concerned that publicly showing 'empathy' in George Floyd case would indicate weakness to political base: book
When President Trump saw the George Floyd video last year, he "contorted his face as he watched" an…
John L. Dorman
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Trump yelled 'I don't give a fuck' at his defense secretary for opposing the troop deployments Trump wanted to quell unrest after George Floyd's murder, book says
Trump exploded at Defense Secretary Mark Esper and yelled "you took away my authority" after Esper …
Grace Panetta
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Cars have rammed into protests at least 139 times since George Floyd's death, Boston Globe investigation finds
"I just don't want what happened to me to happen to anybody else," Thomas Ryan Knight, a protester …
Morgan Keith
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'You're all f---ed up': Trump exploded after his officials warned against using military troops to end George Floyd protests, book says
"Mr. President, that guy had an insurrection," Gen. Mark Milley said as he pointed to a portrait of…
John L. Dorman
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Biden responds to Derek Chauvin's conviction in the murder of George Floyd
"No one should be above the law," President Joe Biden said. "And today's verdict sends that message…
Eliza Relman,Charles Davis
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'I want them in jail': Trump screamed at his aides for not doing more to quell protests in Seattle and Portland while he was 'getting killed on Tucker,' new book says
"Get the radicals locked up! You guys can't even do that. What is wrong with you?" Trump yelled at …
Oma Seddiq,Rhea Mahbubani
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More people of color and women are jumping into politics. How protests inspired activists to run for office
People of color inspired by racial justice protests and impacted by the pandemic are going from act…
Gwen Aviles
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Trump blew up at a top general over how to handle George Floyd protests, yelling, 'You can't f---ing talk to me like that!' new book says
Trump got into an expletive-filled yelling match with Gen. Mark Milley in the Situation Room, said …
Mia Jankowicz
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House Republicans urge Pentagon to block removal of a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery
A group of more than 40 Republican lawmakers want to stop the Pentagon from removing a controversia…
Nathan Rennolds
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Minnesota State Patrol officers purged their texts and emails after they were sued over their response to George Floyd protests, according to witnesses
Witness testimony on July 28, 2021, revealed that troopers knew a lawsuit had been filed before del…