Jun 01 WATCH: WHO director asks U.S. to continue collaboration By Associated Press President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted that the United States "will be designating" Antifa as a "terrorist organization" amid a week of unrest across the country. Continue reading
Jun 01 Biden doesn’t have the delegates to clinch the nomination. That could change June 2. By Daniel Bush Biden has been referred to in the press as the “presumptive nominee” ever since Sanders ended his White House bid, but he's still 425 delegates shy of the 1,991 he needs to guarantee the nomination. Continue reading
Jun 01 Canada’s Trudeau says Russia won’t be included in the G7 By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Trudeau noted Russia was excluded from the group after it invaded Crimea in 2014 and annexed it from Ukraine. Continue reading
Jun 01 WATCH: New York City mayor eyes curfew amid protests By Jennifer Peltz, Karen Matthews, Associated Press Mayor Bill de Blasio has previously rejected imposing a curfew, as many other cities across the U.S. have done in efforts to curb violence that erupted amid demonstrations over Floyd's May 25 death, police brutality and racial injustice. Continue reading
Jun 01 LISTEN: Trump tells governors they are ‘weak,’ urges crackdown on protests Trump spoke to governors on a video teleconference that also included law enforcement and national security officials, telling the state leaders they “have to get much tougher."… Continue reading
Jun 01 Biden meets with black leaders at local church amid unrest By Associated Press Biden's softer approach may foreshadow how the presumptive Democratic nominee presents himself in the five months before the presidential election. Continue reading
Jun 01 States, cities plead for virus aid as Congress faces crises By Associated Press Congress is confronting mounting crises — the virus outbreak, the shattered economy and now nationwide protests over the killings of black people — all crashing into an election year. Continue reading
Jun 01 World’s reaction to U.S. protests weaves solidarity and calls to change By Associated Press Many people around the world have watched with growing unease at the civil unrest in the U.S. after the latest in a series of police killings of black men and women. Continue reading
Jun 01 Trump took shelter in White House bunker as protests raged By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades. Continue reading
May 31 Unrest demonstrates Biden’s challenge in breaking through By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press That low-key, high-touch approach may be a sign of how the presumptive Democratic nominee presents himself in the five months before the presidential election, emphasizing calm and competence as a contrast to a mercurial president. Continue reading