JUNE 2, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) waves to journalists as he returns to the White House after posing for photographs in front of St. John's Episcopal Church June 01, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump held up a bible while standing in front of the church, which was partially burned during violent protests the night before. Church leaders said...
JUNE 2, 2020
Could President Trump order troops onto the streets of a major American city over the objections of local and state officials?
Trump threatened to do so Monday, saying that if governors and local officials failed to end civil unrest, he would deploy the military “to do the job for them.”
Normally, military troops are forbidden by law to be...
JUNE 1, 2020
President Trump holds a Bible as he visits St. John's Church near the White House on Monday. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
President Trump militarized the federal response to protests of racial inequality that have erupted in cities across America late Monday, declaring himself the “president of law and order” as military police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at...
JUNE 1, 2020
Protests are spreading through the US after the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for over 8 minutes.
Many companies are weighing in on the protests, but not all of them have announced specific actions, donations, or internal changes.
Read more to see how...
JUNE 1, 2020
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday labeled President Donald Trump "a miserable failure" as nationwide protests have intensified over the death of George Floyd.
The Democratic governor made the comments moments after Trump declared himself "your president of law and order" as peaceful protesters just outside the White House gates were dispersed with tear gas, flash...
JUNE 1, 2020
FILE Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the opening of the Bits & Pretzels meetup on Sept. 29, 2019 in Munich, Germany. - Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images
Former President Barack Obama published a piece on Medium addressing the protests nationwide following the death of George Floyd -- and, specifically, how he thinks people can move forward to "sustain...
JUNE 1, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as boards Air Force One, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump is en route to Kennedy Space Center for the SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Monday derided the nation’s governors as “weak” and demanded tougher...
JUNE 1, 2020
FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Biden said Friday, May 29, that the "open wound” of systemic racism was behind the police killing of a handcuffed black man in Minnesota, and swiped at...
MAY 31, 2020
Despite the Delhi government’s submission in the ongoing case—which said that under the Right to Education Act, schools should provide equipment if such children were unable to access online education—little has changed on the ground. (Kehav Singh/HT file photo. Representative image)
Malkeet Singh's 12-year-old son, a Class 6 student at a private school in west Delhi, is worried...
MAY 31, 2020
Former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, left, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020.
Joe Biden holds a 10-point lead over President Donald Trump among registered voters in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, but that's sliced in half among those...
