Monday's Headlines: Trump lavishes praise on his supporters amid protest clashes
Biden accuses Trump of 'recklessly encouraging violence' in response to Portland shooting; Dueling narratives fuel opposing views of Kenosha protest shooting; One person shot dead as BLM activists, Trump supporters clash in Portland; As confrontations between armed groups and protesters turn deadly, police face complaints of tolerating vigilantes; Senior officials won't brief Congress in person on election threats; In Trump, much of the world sees an act that's wearing thin; The six political states of Florida; A rural wedding led to dozens of coronavirus cases. Officials see it as a cautionary tale.; 2020 Trump looks like a man who knows his show is about to be canceled; Trump cannot be allowed to incite his way to reelection; Mike Pompeo is the worst secretary of state in history; Three years since their genocide began, the Rohingya remain desperate for help; Don't forget about inflation; Chadwick Boseman helped us understand our history. His death shatters our hearts.; Fears Beirut port chemicals would be stolen may have contributed to blast; Chadwick Boseman embodied the Black heroes of our past and gave us one for the future; Biden's sister, Valerie, at his side for 74 years — and for one final goal
The rebuke came after the president let loose roughly 90 tweets and retweets attacking Democratic officials and defending aggressive actions by his supporters in Portland.
Days after Kenosha police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back, public attention has shifted to the deaths of two people, Anthony Huber and Joseph "Jojo" Rosenbaum, at ensuing demonstrations.
The fatal shooting Saturday came after racial upheaval in Kenosha, Wis., left two protesters dead last week, signaling how political strife is manifesting itself in violence as the country barrels toward the fall's presidential contest.
By Faiz Siddiqui and Isaac Stanley-Becker ●Read more »
At times, police have appeared to offer support to conservative groups that take up arms against protests that have occasionally spawned violence, vandalism and looting.
By Josh Partlow and Isaac Stanley-Becker ●Read more »
Briefings from intelligence officials on foreign threats will now be in writing. The move prompted outrage from top Democrats, who called it "shameful."
Officials with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention have linked at least 87 cases to an Aug. 7 wedding at a lakefront inn just outside the rural town of Millinocket.
Officials' actions to seal off the building where the explosives were held may have increased the risk of disaster, leaving the material trapped in a warehouse secured so tightly that firefighters could not gain entry to fight the blaze.
By Liz Sly, Loveday Morris and Suzan Haidamous ●Read more »
"Black Panther" actor Chadwick Boseman, who died Friday, spent the majority of his career playing Black icons such as Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall.
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