Politics

White House forces reporters to ditch social distancing

By David Bauder, Associated Press

The White House abandoned social distancing for reporters attending President Donald Trump's Rose Garden event Friday. The reason? It looks better, according to the presidential aide who ordered the journalists' seats to be placed closer together.

Race Matters: America in Crisis, A PBS NewsHour Special

As the United States grapples with widespread unrest after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, our fraught national relationship with race is again in the spotlight. How can we move forward from this moment? PBS NewsHour believes we…

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Trump’s voice absent in nationwide discussion on racism

By Daniel Bush

President Donald Trump has largely avoided talking about racism in addressing the death of George Floyd and the protests that have followed across the nation.

De Blasio faces criticism for downplaying rough police treatment of NYC protesters

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday said he had personally seen "no use of force around peaceful protests," belying social media posts and witness accounts of officers moving on demonstrators without provocation and hitting them with batons.

WATCH: Buffalo Police hold news conference after officers suspended for use of force

By John Wawrow, Associated Press

Prosecutors are investigating after a video captured police in Buffalo, New York, shoving a 75-year-old man who then fell and cracked his head.

WATCH: Trump delivers remarks following tour of Puritan Medical Products in Maine

By Patrick Whittle, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters and opponents are lining the streets of Guilford, a tiny city in rural Maine where the president is stopping Friday to visit a company that makes specialized swabs for coronavirus testing.

WATCH: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser holds news conference amid protests

By Associated Press

City workers and local artists painted the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White House, a highly visible sign of the District of Columbia's embrace of a protest movement that has…

WATCH: Trump moves to allow commercial fishing in conservation area

By Patrick Whittle, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts off the New England coast was the first national marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean, and one of just five marine monuments altogether.

Demonstrators vow to sustain momentum until change happens

By Sudhin Thanawala, Brian Mahoney, Associated Press

Protesters stirred by the death of George Floyd are vowing to turn an extraordinary outpouring of grief into a sustained movement as demonstrations shift to a calmer, but no less determined, focus on addressing racial injustice.

Trump administration moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to scale back a century-old law protecting most American wild birds despite warnings that billions of birds could die.