Saturday's Headlines: Trump commutes sentence of confidant Roger Stone
Trump commutes sentence of confidant Roger Stone ; After months of decline, U.S. coronavirus death rate begins to rise; Trump and DeVos want schools 'fully' open five days a week, but not many are listening; 'If I die, I die': As pandemic surges, older people alarm adult kids by living as they usually would; Minneapolis police officers say they are suffering from PTSD after Floyd protests; Big tech starts to get tougher on Trump and allies over hate speech, misinformation; Trump confirms, in an interview, a U.S. cyberattack on Russia; Trump's GOP is becoming a Garish Opera of Paranoia; Roger Stone is saved; Trump's commutation of Roger Stone's sentence is an unforgivable betrayal of his office; What would Frederick Douglass think of the killing of 11-year-old Davon McNeal?; How criminal background checks lead to discrimination against millions of Americans; Roberts, Supreme Court emerge as counterweight to Trump, Congress; Judge gives Trump deadline in lawsuit over tax returns ; Touting criticized study, White House again presses FDA to authorize hydroxychloroquine; Mexico's Jalisco New Generation Cartel blazes a bloody trail in rise to power; Hong Kong protesters are holding up blank signs. They're still being arrested.
Stone was set to go to prison July 14 for lying to Congress and witness tampering. President Trump has labeled the prosecution a "Witch Hunt" on Twitter and has amplified Stone's claims of juror bias during his federal trial last year.
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School systems across the country plan to have students learn from home part of the time, including a network that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has repeatedly praised for its approach during the pandemic.
The dynamic can leave middle-aged people, many of whom may already be worried about their adult children going to protests or beach gatherings, feeling that they must also parent their parents.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is probing the Trump Organization over hush money payments to two women during the 2016 presidential campaign.
The revival of a politically fraught issue comes as agency Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn tries to shake off critics who say he sometimes seems overly deferential to President Trump.
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