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DC officials push back on aggressive response to protests
Officials in the nation’s capital pushed back Tuesday on an aggressive response by the federal government to demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, with the mayor flatly rejecting a Trump administration proposal for the federal government to take over its police force and one county in Virginia pulling its officers from Washington.
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Tennessee National Guard troops lay down riot shields at protesters’ request
Nearly 50 people were arrested over the weekend in Tennessee, while many businesses saw property damaged and public buildings vandalized across the state during peaceful protests that turned violent in response to the death of George Floyd.
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New Russian policy allows use of atomic weapons against non-nuclear strike
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday endorsed Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy, which allows him to use atomic weapons in response to a conventional strike targeting the nation’s critical government and military infrastructure.
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Guard troops in DC say they want to ‘give people the opportunity to express their First Amendment rights’
“The mission is to separate the good protesters and then the rioters and looters. You kind of have to draw the line between which is which,” said one private first-class.
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Presidents have leeway to use military for domestic purposes
President Donald Trump’s warning that he would deploy the United States military to any state that refuses to take aggressive action against rioting rests on a longstanding presidential power that gives wide latitude to the White House, legal experts said Monday.
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Russian general decries ‘provocative’ NATO drills near its border
Col.-Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian General Staff said Russia has sent a formal letter to NATO proposing to scale down each other’s military activities for the period of the coronavirus outbreak, but the alliance has stonewalled the offer.
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Louisville chief: Police and National Guard enforcing curfew fatally shot a man after someone in a group fired at them
Protests in Louisville, Kentucky, turned deadly as police and National Guard fired on a man the city’s police chief said.
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National Guard civil unrest update: More than 17,000 troops in 23 states and DC activated
Thousands of National Guard troops have been activated across the nation to deal with civil unrest.
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5,000 National Guard troops in 15 states and DC activated to help quell growing civil unrest
Thousands of National Guard troops have been activated across the nation to deal with civil unrest.
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US Africa Command: Russian jets in Libya present broader worries for region
U.S. Africa Command flatly rejected Russian claims that Moscow did not deploy fighter jets to Libya, saying Friday that the 14 aircraft flown in reflect Russia’s longer term goal to establish a foothold in the region that could threaten NATO allies.
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DC officials push back on aggressive response to protests
Officials in the nation’s capital pushed back Tuesday on an aggressive response by the federal government to demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, with the mayor flatly rejecting a Trump administration proposal for the federal government to take over its police force and one county in Virginia pulling its officers from Washington.
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Tennessee National Guard troops lay down riot shields at protesters’ request
Nearly 50 people were arrested over the weekend in Tennessee, while many businesses saw property damaged and public buildings vandalized across the state during peaceful protests that turned violent in response to the death of George Floyd.
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New Russian policy allows use of atomic weapons against non-nuclear strike
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday endorsed Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy, which allows him to use atomic weapons in response to a conventional strike targeting the nation’s critical government and military infrastructure.
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Guard troops in DC say they want to ‘give people the opportunity to express their First Amendment rights’
“The mission is to separate the good protesters and then the rioters and looters. You kind of have to draw the line between which is which,” said one private first-class.
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Presidents have leeway to use military for domestic purposes
President Donald Trump’s warning that he would deploy the United States military to any state that refuses to take aggressive action against rioting rests on a longstanding presidential power that gives wide latitude to the White House, legal experts said Monday.
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Russian general decries ‘provocative’ NATO drills near its border
Col.-Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian General Staff said Russia has sent a formal letter to NATO proposing to scale down each other’s military activities for the period of the coronavirus outbreak, but the alliance has stonewalled the offer.
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Louisville chief: Police and National Guard enforcing curfew fatally shot a man after someone in a group fired at them
Protests in Louisville, Kentucky, turned deadly as police and National Guard fired on a man the city’s police chief said.
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National Guard civil unrest update: More than 17,000 troops in 23 states and DC activated
Thousands of National Guard troops have been activated across the nation to deal with civil unrest.
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5,000 National Guard troops in 15 states and DC activated to help quell growing civil unrest
Thousands of National Guard troops have been activated across the nation to deal with civil unrest.
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US Africa Command: Russian jets in Libya present broader worries for region
U.S. Africa Command flatly rejected Russian claims that Moscow did not deploy fighter jets to Libya, saying Friday that the 14 aircraft flown in reflect Russia’s longer term goal to establish a foothold in the region that could threaten NATO allies.
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DC officials push back on aggressive response to protests
Officials in the nation’s capital pushed back Tuesday on an aggressive response by the federal government to demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, with the mayor flatly rejecting a Trump administration proposal for the federal government to take over its police force and one county in Virginia pulling its officers from Washington.
-
Tennessee National Guard troops lay down riot shields at protesters’ request
Nearly 50 people were arrested over the weekend in Tennessee, while many businesses saw property damaged and public buildings vandalized across the state during peaceful protests that turned violent in response to the death of George Floyd.
-
New Russian policy allows use of atomic weapons against non-nuclear strike
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday endorsed Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy, which allows him to use atomic weapons in response to a conventional strike targeting the nation’s critical government and military infrastructure.
-
Guard troops in DC say they want to ‘give people the opportunity to express their First Amendment rights’
“The mission is to separate the good protesters and then the rioters and looters. You kind of have to draw the line between which is which,” said one private first-class.
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Presidents have leeway to use military for domestic purposes
President Donald Trump’s warning that he would deploy the United States military to any state that refuses to take aggressive action against rioting rests on a longstanding presidential power that gives wide latitude to the White House, legal experts said Monday.
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Russian general decries ‘provocative’ NATO drills near its border
Col.-Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian General Staff said Russia has sent a formal letter to NATO proposing to scale down each other’s military activities for the period of the coronavirus outbreak, but the alliance has stonewalled the offer.
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Louisville chief: Police and National Guard enforcing curfew fatally shot a man after someone in a group fired at them
Protests in Louisville, Kentucky, turned deadly as police and National Guard fired on a man the city’s police chief said.
-
National Guard civil unrest update: More than 17,000 troops in 23 states and DC activated
Thousands of National Guard troops have been activated across the nation to deal with civil unrest.
-
5,000 National Guard troops in 15 states and DC activated to help quell growing civil unrest
Thousands of National Guard troops have been activated across the nation to deal with civil unrest.
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US Africa Command: Russian jets in Libya present broader worries for region
U.S. Africa Command flatly rejected Russian claims that Moscow did not deploy fighter jets to Libya, saying Friday that the 14 aircraft flown in reflect Russia’s longer term goal to establish a foothold in the region that could threaten NATO allies.



