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Native Americans to protest Trump trip to Mount Rushmore

By Stephen Groves

President Donald Trump's plan to kick off Independence Day with a showy display at Mount Rushmore is angering Native Americans, who view the monument as a desecration of land violently stolen from them.

WATCH: Biden, Trump surrogates attend virtual town hall to address Asian American, Pacific Islander issues

By Amna Nawaz

Biden will make his case directly to the forum, while the Trump campaign will have a surrogate, former governor of Guam Eddie Baza Calvo. Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, will also deliver remarks…

Demonstrators resist as crews arrive at Seattle protest zone

By Associated Press

Crews arrived with heavy equipment arrived early Friday at Seattle’s “occupied” protest zone, apparently ready to dismantle barriers set up by demonstrators, but halted work when demonstrators resisted, including by lying on top of some of the makeshift structures.

Council advances plan to dismantle Minneapolis Police Department

By Steve Karnowski, Amy Forliti, Associated Press

The council voted Friday in favor of a proposal to amend the city charter to replace the current department with a "Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention."…

WATCH: House adopts bill to make D.C. 51st state

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Democratic lawmakers say Congress has both the moral obligation and constitutional authority to ensure that the city's 700,000 residents are allowed full voting rights, no longer subject to "taxation without representation."…

More Americans disapprove of Trump now than at any other time in his presidency

By Laura Santhanam

Less than five months before the election, significantly more Americans say they would vote for former Vice President Joe Biden than for President Donald Trump, according to this latest PBS NewsHour-NPR-Marist poll.

U.S. police registry would fail without changes in states

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Without major changes in almost every state, a national police misconduct database like what the White House and Congress have proposed after George Floyd’s death would fail to account for thousands of problem officers.

Governors who quickly reopened backpedal as virus surges

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press

An alarming resurgence of coronavirus infections across the country has some governors retreating to measures they previously resisted.

Confirmed new virus cases hit a new high in U.S.

By Michelle R. Smith, Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press

The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40,000 Friday — eclipsing the mark set during one of the deadliest stretches in late April — in a resurgence that has led…