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Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made his first public comments about his appearance, saying he should not have been there with President Trump.
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a defense policy bill that would require the Pentagon to remove the names of Confederate generals from military assets within three years.
In the wake of protests over George Floyd's death in police custody, Gov. Tim Walz (D) urged the legislature to put investigations of officer-involved deaths under the attorney general, revamp oversight and disciplinary procedures and fund community groups that could be alternatives to police.
Many faculty are skeptical that colleges can engineer a massive shift in behavior among students who would be returning to campus after months at home in semi-isolation, starved of social contact.
The United States has never recognized the court's jurisdiction. The Trump administration has taken a tough stand against what it calls the court's attempts to violate U.S. sovereignty.
What the movement to "defund the police" wants. Joe Biden's complicated history on criminal justice. And a new hope for patients whose lungs have suffered from covid-19.
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