Friday's Headlines: As protests grip Washington, White House and D.C. Mayor Bowser clash over control of city streets
With White House effectively a fortress, Trump's backers see strength while critics see weakness; In urban areas, police are consistently much whiter than the people they serve; Two Buffalo officers suspended after shoving 75-year-old protester to the ground; As protests spread, tensions escalated over Trump's reach for military in response; Revered Marine's rebuke of Trump forces Republicans to pick sides; U.S. economic slide is likely bottoming out, but a recovery could take years; Racism is killing black people. It's sickening them, too.; It's hard to hear 'Minnesota Nice' without undertones of irony and despair; Trump is uniting Americans — against him; Amid Trump's incursions, D.C.'s mayor takes an impressive stand; The lawless law-and-order president; The world failed after Tiananmen Square. We must not fail Hong Kong now.; All three men charged in Arbery death to stand trial for murder, judge rules; After staff uproar, New York Times says Sen. Cotton op-ed urging military incursion into U.S. cities 'did not meet our standards' ; People are sawing through and climbing over Trump's border wall. Now contractors are being asked for ideas to make it less vulnerable.; The failure to protect black Americans from covid-19
District officials view the federal show of force as an unnecessary and worry that the Trump administration's moves to extend security barriers beyond the White House perimeter and close off nearby Lafayette Square could become permanent.
The White House is now so heavily fortified that it resembles monarchical palaces or authoritarian compounds. The resulting picture is jarring and distinctly political — a Rorschach test for one's view of the Trump presidency.
By Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, Matt Zapotosky and Josh Dawsey ●Read more »
In the wake of Jim Mattis's criticism, several Republican members of Congress stayed silent, accused the media of trying to stir controversy or offered support for the president.
Welcome to the "limbo economy" where there are signs of improvement after the coronavirus-induced pandemic, but the overall state for many workers and businesses remains glum.
An agent testified that the man who captured Ahmaud Arbery's death on video told investigators that one of the suspects directed a racial slur at the dying man before police arrived.
By Cleve Wootson, Annie Gowen and Abigail Hauslohner ●Read more »
The paper said a "rushed editorial process" was to blame. Publisher A.G. Sulzberger earlier defended the essay as commitment to airing a "diversity" of voices that differ from the paper's editorial stance.
By Elahe Izadi, Paul Farhi and Sarah Ellison ●Read more »
Though the president had previously sold his border wall as a nearly impenetrable structure, his administration is hoping to find ways to shore it up against those defeating it.
How cities failed to protect the black community from the coronavirus. President Trump's break with the World Health Organization during a pandemic. And the double-edged sword of cameras being everywhere for racial injustice protesters and police.
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