National Guard Troops Deployed to Protect DC National Monuments Amid Protests

National Guard Troops Deployed to Protect DC National Monuments Amid Protests

Mona Salama
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June 24, 2020
The National Guard Bureau on Wednesday has deployed unarmed personnel in the nation’s capital to assist with additional security in guarding monuments and infrastructure amid protests over the death of George Floyd. "The District of Columbia National Guard is responding to a request to support law enforcement officials and has dispatched unarmed personnel, with others on […]
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Pelosi Says GOP Are ‘Trying To Get Away With Murder’ On Police Reform Bill

Pelosi Says GOP Are ‘Trying To Get Away With Murder’ On Police Reform Bill

Mona Salama
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June 23, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in a radio interview Tuesday evening asserted that Senate Republicans are “trying to get away with the murder of George Floyd” with their version of the police reform bill. “In other words, for something to happen, they’re going to have to face the reality of police brutality, the rallies of […]
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Obama Tells Biden’s Supporters At Joint-Fundraiser: ‘Whatever You’ve Done So Far Is Not Enough’

Obama Tells Biden’s Supporters At Joint-Fundraiser: ‘Whatever You’ve Done So Far Is Not Enough’

Mona Salama
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June 23, 2020
Former President Barack Obama joined his former vice president Joe Biden in a virtual fundraiser Tuesday evening, promising that “help is on the way” and urging supporters not to be “complacent or smug” declaring that “whatever you’ve done so far is not enough.” “I am here to say the help is on the way if […]
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Trump To Sign Executive Order Extending Visa Restrictions

Trump To Sign Executive Order Extending Visa Restrictions

Mona Salama
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June 22, 2020
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday to temporarily suspend certain temporary worker visas through the end of the year and expand on the foreign-worker restrictions by those heavily used by multinational corporations and the technology industry. The White House just announced the new order extending restrictions that were originally enacted […]
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Trump Says AOC Should Challenge Schumer For Senate Seat: ‘She Would Win!’

Trump Says AOC Should Challenge Schumer For Senate Seat: ‘She Would Win!’

Mona Salama
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June 22, 2020
President Trump tweeted that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) “would win” a Senate primary election against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), predicting not only would she win, but “would be a big improvement.” “Actually, that would be a big improvement - and she would win!” Trump quote tweeted in response with the recent Washington Times […]
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Twitter Disables Trump Tweet Video Featuring CNN Chyron

Twitter Disables Trump Tweet Video Featuring CNN Chyron

Mona Salama
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June 19, 2020
Twitter is back waging war against President Trump tweet, this time disabling a video on a tweet he posted earlier Friday after initially flagging the clip as "manipulated media" that included a clip of a black toddler and a white toddler edited with a CNN chyron reading “terrified toddler runs from racist baby.” “This media […]
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AOC Kicks Out Reporters Covering In-Person NY-14 Debate

AOC Kicks Out Reporters Covering In-Person NY-14 Debate

Mona Salama
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June 18, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in the eleventh hour accepted to face off her democratic primary opponents in-person ahead of next week’s primary, but the incumbent made sure there was a lack of media coverage as she demanded that reporters be removed from the venue before taking the stage. AOC had planned to skip out on […]
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Sen. Tim Scott Slams Durbin For Calling His Police Reform Bill A ‘Token, Half-Hearted Approach’

Sen. Tim Scott Slams Durbin For Calling His Police Reform Bill A ‘Token, Half-Hearted Approach’

Mona Salama
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June 17, 2020
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) in an emotional speech on the Senate floor Wednesday lambasted Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) for describing his newly-unveiled police reform bill as a “token, half-hearted” approach. Senate Republicans unveiled their own version of police reform bill dubbed the Justice Act, a week after the House Democrats unveiled their own […]
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Senate Republicans Introduce Police Reform Legislation

Senate Republicans Introduce Police Reform Legislation

Mona Salama
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June 17, 2020
Senate Republicans unveiled a police reform bill on Wednesday that aims to change policing procedures and beef up accountability, the latest effort by Congress to overhaul policing in response to nationwide protest and pressure following the death of George Floyd three weeks ago. The bill, dubbed the Justice Act (Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate […]
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Pence Calls Media’s ‘Panic’ of Second Wave of Coronavirus ‘Overblown’

Pence Calls Media’s ‘Panic’ of Second Wave of Coronavirus ‘Overblown’

Mona Salama
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June 16, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence in an op-ed ripped the media for inciting panic about a second wave of the coronavirus cases, calling the coverage “overblown,” while touting the Trump administration's handling of the pandemic. "In recent days, the media has taken to sounding the alarm bells over a 'second wave' of coronavirus infections. Such panic […]
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DNC Launches First General Election Attack Ad Against Trump

DNC Launches First General Election Attack Ad Against Trump

Mona Salama
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June 16, 2020
The DNC launched its first 2020 general election offensive ad against President Trump, tying the president’s five-year anniversary announcing his presidency to the decline of America. Titled 'Descent,' the DNC ad begins with the images of Trump descent down the golden escalator at Trump Tower and tying it to the decline of American jobs, health […]
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Read: Trump Executive Order On Safe Policing For Safe Communities

Read: Trump Executive Order On Safe Policing For Safe Communities

Mona Salama
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June 16, 2020
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order on police reform, titled "Safe Policing for Safe Communities," amid growing calls from weeks of protests across the nation for action to reform the police in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The executive order addresses officers’ use of chokeholds “except in those situations where the use of […]
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Trump Signs Executive Order On Police Reform

Trump Signs Executive Order On Police Reform

Mona Salama
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June 16, 2020
President Trump signed an executive order on police reform, titled "Safe Policing for Safe Communities,” on Tuesday that directs police departments across the country to adopt new standards for the use of force, following weeks of national unrest in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody last month.  “Today is about pursuing […]
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NYPD Disbands Plainclothes Anti-Crime Units In Move Toward More Community Policing

NYPD Disbands Plainclothes Anti-Crime Units In Move Toward More Community Policing

Mona Salama
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June 15, 2020
The New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Dermot Shea announced on Monday that the NYPD will disband its anti-crime units and will be reassign those officers into a “variety of assignments including detective bureaus, neighborhood policing, and other assignments” effective immediately. Shea called the disband of anti-crime policing is in “the realm of closing one of […]
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Trump To Sign ‘Pretty Comprehensive’ Police Reform Executive Order Tuesday

Trump To Sign ‘Pretty Comprehensive’ Police Reform Executive Order Tuesday

Mona Salama
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June 15, 2020
President Trump announced that he will sign a “pretty comprehensive” executive order addressing police reform on Tuesday amid growing calls from protestors across the nation for action to reform the police in the wake of George Floyd’s death. “The overall goal is we want law and order and we want it done fairly, justly. We […]
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Trump To Restart Campaign Rally Next Week in Oklahoma

Trump To Restart Campaign Rally Next Week in Oklahoma

Mona Salama
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June 10, 2020
President Trump announced Wednesday that he is restarting his campaign rallies since the coronavirus pandemic next Friday at a "beautiful new venue" in Oklahoma. Trump told reporters the Oklahoma rally would take place in Tulsa on June 19 in a "beautiful new venue,” and named three other states — North Carolina, Arizona and Florida as places […]
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Sanders Has ‘Better Relationship With Biden’ Than He Had With Clinton

Sanders Has ‘Better Relationship With Biden’ Than He Had With Clinton

Mona Salama
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June 10, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) says his relationship with Democratic nominee Joe Biden is “better” than what he had with his former 2016 Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. “I think the difference now is that, between you and me. I have a better relationship with Joe Biden than I had with Hillary Clinton, and that Biden has […]
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Senate Confirms Air Force Gen. Charles Brown as Nation’s First African American Military Service Chief

Senate Confirms Air Force Gen. Charles Brown as Nation’s First African American Military Service Chief

Mona Salama
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June 9, 2020
The Senate unanimously confirmed Air Force Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown Jr. as the Air Force’s next chief of staff on Tuesday, becoming the first African American U.S. military’s service chief. Vice President Mike Pence made a rare appearance on the Senate floor to preside over the historic 98-0 vote to confirm Brown to be the […]
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Senate Confirms Air Force Gen. Charles Brown as Nation’s First African American Military Service Chief

Senate Confirms Air Force Gen. Charles Brown as Nation’s First African American Military Service Chief

Mona Salama
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June 9, 2020
The Senate unanimously confirmed Air Force Gen. Charles “C.Q.” Brown Jr. as the Air Force’s next chief of staff on Tuesday, becoming the first African American U.S. military’s service chief. Vice President Mike Pence made a rare appearance on the Senate floor to preside over the historic 98-0 vote to confirm Brown to be the […]
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Green at George Floyd Funeral Calls For a ‘Department of Reconciliation’

Green at George Floyd Funeral Calls For a ‘Department of Reconciliation’

Mona Salama
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June 9, 2020
Rep. Al Green (D-TX) speaking at George Floyd's funeral on Tuesday called for the federal government to create a Department of Reconciliation, saying it’s time for the United States “to seek reconciliation for black people.” “The Congressional Black Caucus is making a difference, but I believe there’s one more thing that we ought to do to […]
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Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders Endorse Progressive Democrat in Kentucky Senate Primary To Challenge McConnell

Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders Endorse Progressive Democrat in Kentucky Senate Primary To Challenge McConnell

Mona Salama
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June 9, 2020
Two prominent progressives, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced on Tuesday that they are endorsing Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker over the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) chosen candidate, Amy McGrath in the upcoming Kentucky Senate primary race that will determine which Democrat will get a shot at unseating Republican Senate […]
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Trump: ‘We Won’t Be Dismantling Our Police’

Trump: ‘We Won’t Be Dismantling Our Police’

Mona Salama
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June 8, 2020
President Trump rejected calls to disband or defund police departments, following a growing rallying cry movement to “defund the police” that has emerged from the nationwide protests in light of the death of George Floyd and now has gained the support among progressive lawmakers. “We won’t be defunding our police. There won’t be dismantling of […]
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Democrats Unveil Sweeping Police Reform Proposals

Democrats Unveil Sweeping Police Reform Proposals

Mona Salama
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June 8, 2020
House and Senate Democrats unveiled a comprehensive sweeping national proposed package Monday morning aimed at police reforms in response to protests over the death of George Floyd that seeks to hold police departments accountable, end the use of police chokeholds, create a national database to track officers with record of misconduct, and outline ways for […]
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De Blasio Joins Calls to ‘Defund The Police’ Vows to Cut NYPD Funds For Youth and Social Services

De Blasio Joins Calls to ‘Defund The Police’ Vows to Cut NYPD Funds For Youth and Social Services

Mona Salama
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June 8, 2020
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has joined the nationwide calls to defund the police in response to the death of George Floyd, pledging for the first time after a week and a half of mass protests and violent riots to cut the New York Police Department (NYPD) funding to reallocate the funds to […]
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Trump Blasts Mayor Bowser As ‘Incompetent’

Trump Blasts Mayor Bowser As ‘Incompetent’

Mona Salama
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June 5, 2020
President Trump blasted Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser(D) as “incompetent” on Twitter Friday after she demanded the president to remove the federal law enforcement and military presence from the nation’s Capital amid the ongoing unrest of protest following the death of George Floyd. “The incompetent Mayor of Washington, D.C., @MayorBowser, who's budget is totally out […]
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Trump on May Surprising Job Surge Numbers: ‘We’re Opening With a Bang’

Trump on May Surprising Job Surge Numbers: ‘We’re Opening With a Bang’

Mona Salama
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June 5, 2020
President Trump touted May's surprising positive job report that exceeded economists’ expectations on Friday, and predicted the battered economy will start to recover all of the lost jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic by 2021. "We're bringing our jobs back. We're going to be back higher next year than ever before," Trump said touting the economy […]
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Murkowski Says Mattis Rebuke Were ‘True and Honest and Necessary and Overdue’

Murkowski Says Mattis Rebuke Were ‘True and Honest and Necessary and Overdue’

Mona Salama
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June 4, 2020
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) praised former Defense Secretary James Mattis statement that condemned President Trump handling of the current protest plaguing the nation, saying his words were “true, and honest and necessary and overdue,” adding that she is ‘struggling” with whether to support the president. "When I saw General Mattis' comments yesterday I felt like […]
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Mattis In Fiery Statement Says Trump Wants ‘To Divide Us’

Mattis In Fiery Statement Says Trump Wants ‘To Divide Us’

Mona Salama
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June 3, 2020
Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis slammed President Trump for his handling to the nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, saying in a fiery statement his former boss wants “to divide” the American people. “Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not […]
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Trump Criticizes New York City ’Liberal Mayor’ For Resisting National Guard Help To Quell Widespread Looting

Trump Criticizes New York City ’Liberal Mayor’ For Resisting National Guard Help To Quell Widespread Looting

Mona Salama
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June 3, 2020
President Trump threatened to intervene and “solve it fast” the violent protest in New York City, criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio for resisting calling in the National Guard, saying the “liberal mayor” is having a “lot of trouble” to quell the widespread rioting that have occurred over the last few nights. “The National Guard can […]
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Trump: ‘Forced to Seek Another State’ To Host 2020 Republican National Convention

Trump: ‘Forced to Seek Another State’ To Host 2020 Republican National Convention

Mona Salama
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June 2, 2020
President Trump said the GOP is now “forced” to find a new state to host the 2020 Republican National Convention after North Carolina refused to “guarantee” full occupancies of the arena due to the coronavirus. “Had long planned to have the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, a place I love. Now, @NC_Governor Roy […]
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Trump Urges New York Governor To ‘Call Up’ National Guard Following Widespread Looting

Trump Urges New York Governor To ‘Call Up’ National Guard Following Widespread Looting

Mona Salama
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June 2, 2020
President Trump on Tuesday turned up the pressure on New York to quell the violent protest, urging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to "call up" the national guard to stop the "lowlifes and losers" following another night of widespread looting and rioting chaos. "NYC, CALL UP THE NATIONAL GUARD," Trump tweeted Tuesday morning. "The lowlifes […]
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Pelosi in Citing Ecclesiastes Urges Trump to Be a ‘Healer in Chief’

Pelosi in Citing Ecclesiastes Urges Trump to Be a ‘Healer in Chief’

Mona Salama
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June 2, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called on President Trump to be a “healer in chief and not a fanner of the flames” as violence erupts in mass protests across the nation for the past week. Speaking with reporters at a bill enrollment ceremony on Tuesday, Pelosi took out her bible and began reading from […]
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Gov. Cuomo: Trump ‘Wants To Make It A Reality TV Show Of God And Country’

Gov. Cuomo: Trump ‘Wants To Make It A Reality TV Show Of God And Country’

Mona Salama
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June 1, 2020
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) said President Trump wants to make the protests over George Floyd’s death a “reality TV show of God and country.” “The president wants to make it a reality TV show of God and country,” Cuomo said in an interview with CNN’s OutFront. “Call out the military and then I […]
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Trump Vows to Mobilize ‘Federal Resources’ To Stop Violent Nationwide Protests

Trump Vows to Mobilize ‘Federal Resources’ To Stop Violent Nationwide Protests

Mona Salama
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June 1, 2020
President Trump announced that he is taking “immediate presidential action” by mobilizing federal resources to stop the violent protests that have swept the nation for days and threatened to deploy the military if states don’t send in the National Guard. "I am mobilizing all federal and local resources, civilian and military, to protect the rights […]
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Trump Lashes Out at ‘Weak’ Governors, Urges Them to ‘Dominate’ Protestors

Trump Lashes Out at ‘Weak’ Governors, Urges Them to ‘Dominate’ Protestors

Mona Salama
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June 1, 2020
President Trump lashed out to nation’s governors in a phone call Monday, calling many of them "weak" over how they are responding to protests and riots that have erupted across the country following the death of George Floyd, and urged the state leaders to "dominate." "Most of you are weak," Trump said, according to a […]
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Trump Threatens to ‘Strongly Regulate’ Twitter After Fact Check Added to Tweet

Trump Threatens to ‘Strongly Regulate’ Twitter After Fact Check Added to Tweet

Mona Salama
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May 27, 2020
President Trump on Wednesday threatened to “strongly regulate” shut down social media companies after Twitter just a day ago tagged fact-check warning label under two of his tweets on mail-in voting. “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices,” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning. “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we […]
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