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Discovery of Frederick Douglass letter sheds light on contested Lincoln statue
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Trump requests toppled Confederate statue in DC be restored – report
Donald Trump has personally requested that a statue of a Confederate general be put back up after protesters in Washington DC tore the monument down, according to NBC News. The networked reported that the US president had called interior secretary David Bernhardt and asked the Park Service to restore the fallen monument to Brigadier Gen […] More
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‘A matter for democracy’: why DC’s bid for statehood is returning to the House
DC has been trying to make its case to join the union for decades as its residents have long found themselves in a constitutional black hole Although at just 68 sq miles (176 sq km) DC is hard to find on maps, its population of just over 700,000 is bigger than than Wyoming’s and Vermont’s. […] More
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Civil rights groups sue Trump over assault on peaceful protesters near White House
Protesters were forcefully removed from a park near the White House before Trump walked to a nearby church to take a photo Protestors run as riot police fire teargas to clear Lafayette Park for Donald Trump to be able to walk through for a photo opportunity. Photograph: Reuters The American Civil Liberties Union and other […] More
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Journalists charged at by police while live on air at Washington protests – video
Play Video 0:43 Washington police appeared to charge at an Australian news cameraman live on air as the crew attempted to report on the George Floyd protests in the US capital on Tuesday. Outrage over the death of Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white officer knelt on his neck for several […] More
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Americans vote in primaries amid Covid-19 and mass protests
The fight to vote US elections 2020 Seven states and the District of Columbia are holding elections Tuesday in the most widespread trial yet of whether it can be done safely George Floyd killing – latest US updates See all our George Floyd coverage Voter Brian Taylor prepares to cast his ballot in the Democratic […] More
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Trump has reached the 'mad emperor' stage, and it's terrifying to behold | Richard Wolffe
Trump has reached the ‘mad emperor’ stage, and it’s terrifying to behold Richard Wolffe He incites violence from the safety of a bunker, then orders peaceful people tear-gassed for the sake of a surreal photo op Donald Trump holds a Bible for a photo outside St John’s church across Lafayette Park from the White House […] More
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First families pay tribute after ex-White House butler dies from Covid-19
Tributes from former first families have rolled in after the death from Covid-19 of Wilson Jerman, a former White House butler who was a fixture in Washington under 11 presidents. Jerman, who was 91, started working as a cleaner under Dwight Eisenhower and retired as an elevator operator during the presidency of Barack Obama. “With […] More
