Tuesday's Headlines: Tear gas used to clear peaceful crowd ahead of Trump’s walk to church
Inside the push to tear-gas protesters ahead of a Trump photo op; Before Trump vows to end 'lawlessness,' federal officers confront protesters outside White House; Trump threatens military action to quell protests — and the law would let him do it; White instigators are to blame for much of the mayhem, officials say; Episcopal bishop of Washington on Trump: 'Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence'; 'The terror of wearing both a press badge and black skin': Black journalists are carrying unique burdens; Experts dispute reports that the coronavirus is becoming less lethal; Tatiana's luck ; We saw it with our own eyes: Trump wants to go to war against America; This is the consequence of Trump's reign of rage; We are the governed. We no longer consent to let the police kill us.; How we can change our policy choices to reduce police violence; Trump's demands for rough policing are the opposite of law-and-order; Burden-sharing talks are distracting Washington and Seoul from North Korea; As Trump attacks voting by mail, GOP builds 2020 strategy around limiting its expansion; Facebook employees blast Zuckerberg's response to Trump posts; Taliban continues to back al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, despite deal with U.S., report says
The president also threatened to deploy federal troops if state and city leaders don't act to quell acts of violence and looting amid the protests over the killing of George Floyd.
By Marisa Iati, Meryl Kornfield, Abigail Hauslohner, Felicia Sonmez, Meagan Flynn, Allyson Chiu, Katie Shepherd, Teo Armus and Olivier Laurent ●Read more »
The scene at St. John's Episcopal Church and authorities' attacks on protesters were the product of a president who favors brute strength and fears looking weak.
By Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey and Rebecca Tan ●Read more »
The Insurrection Act provides the president authorization to act. It has been used in the past to force desegregation in Arkansas schools and to address riots in Los Angeles in the early '90s.
An arrest warrant for a 20-year-old white man accused of inciting riots in Pittsburgh sheds light on how some protests for racial justice create opportunity for pandemonium.
The Right Rev. Mariann Budde says she is "outraged" that police cleared protesters from in front of St. John's Episcopal Church so the president could visit.
By Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey ●Read more »
The Republican National Committee and allied groups plan to spend tens of millions of dollars fighting efforts to loosen mail-balloting rules amid the coronavirus pandemic.
By Amy Gardner, Shawn Boburg and Josh Dawsey ●Read more »
Facebook's stance on the president's post stands in stark contrast to Twitter, which for the first time limited the public's ability to view or share his tweet.
By Rachel Siegel and Elizabeth Dwoskin ●Read more »
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