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• Some of the US President's advisers see his rally as a cure-all for the campaign's woes. But to many Republicans, it's a sign of desperation

  19-06-2020 23:59 via cnn.com
  
  Earlier this month, several top Trump campaign advisers gathered for a virtual strategy session to address a political reality they could no longer ignore: The President was in serious trouble.
  
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• Van Jones revisits 3 Trump voters amid national unrest

  19-06-2020 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Van Jones returns to three battleground states to talk to voters that helped President Donald Trump win the 2016 election to see if they approve of the President's handling of the national unrest over policing in the US.
  
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• Man United star takes a knee and raises fist

  19-06-2020 23:48 via cnn.com
  
  There was to be no perfect ending to a momentous week for Marcus Rashford as Manchester United was held to a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Friday.
  
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• Acosta to McEnany: Doesn't sharing fake videos make you fake news?

  19-06-2020 23:44 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jim Acosta presses White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany about a video posted by President Donald Trump on Twitter, which the social media site has since labeled "manipulated media."
  
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• Trump rally violates nearly every CDC guideline

  19-06-2020 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  As the coronavirus plows through the United States, health experts worry President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will become a new hotspot for coronavirus infections.
  
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• China to Increase U.S. Agricultural Imports after Secret Trade Talks: Report

  19-06-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China will increase its purchases of U.S. agricultural products following secret talks between the two nations held in Hawaii, Bloomberg reported on Friday.China is a vital market for American soybeans, corn, ethanol, meat, and other agricultural products. But Beijing, which committed to buying $36.5 billion in American agricultural goods under the terms of a phase-one trade deal signed by President Trump and Chinese premier Xi Jinping, had only purchased $4.65 billion worth through the first fo
  
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• Trump to renew push to end DACA program

  19-06-2020 23:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump slams Supreme Court ruling; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• Navy Won't Reinstate Crozier, Holds 1-Star's Promotion Over Poor Decision Making

  19-06-2020 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Navy won't reinstate the captain who was fired after warning of a serious health crisis on his ship.
  
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• 'Why not a Black woman?' Consensus grows around Biden's VP

  19-06-2020 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden is facing growing calls to select a Black woman as his running mate as an acknowledgement of their critical role in the Democratic Party and a response to the nationwide protests against racism and inequality.The shifting dynamics were clear late Thursday when Amy Klobuchar took herself out of contention for the vice presidency.Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has already pledged to select a woman as his vice president to energize the party's base with the prospe
  
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• International nuclear watchdog puts pressure on Iran to cooperate, 'immediately comply' with safeguards

  19-06-2020 23:31 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The United Nations international nuclear watchdog announced Friday that they have “serious concern[s]” regarding Iran’s inability to comply with contractual safeguard obligations.
  
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• Woman Charged With Burning Philadelphia Police Cars Must Remain In Jail Until Trial

  19-06-2020 23:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lore Elisabeth Blumenthal is charged with arson.
  
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• Did you learn about Juneteenth in school? Many history lessons fall short

  19-06-2020 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One educator says black history curriculums in schools are either "inadequate, inaccurate, or simply non-existent."
  
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• Twitter permanently suspends account of far-right UK columnist

  19-06-2020 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  Twitter has permanently suspended the account of extreme right-wing British columnist Katie Hopkins for violating its hateful conduct policy.
  
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• Juneteenth celebrations across America – in pictures

  19-06-2020 23:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Tens of thousands of people in the US marked the Juneteenth holiday on Friday, which commemorates the end of slavery. Celebrations took place from from coast to coast, with the day taking on renewed significance as Americans confront the nation’s legacy of police brutality and racial injustice Continue reading...
  
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• Professor who told student to 'anglicize' her name placed on leave

  19-06-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "If I lived in Vietnam and my name in your language sounded like Eat a D---, I would change it to avoid embarrassment," the instructor allegedly wrote.
  
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• Rise in coronavirus cases in L.A. puts Latinos at even greater risk, doctors say

  19-06-2020 23:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We can’t let the discrimination of this pandemic continue this way," a clinic director said.
  
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• Navy upholds firing of captain of USS Roosevelt

  19-06-2020 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In a stunning reversal, the Navy has upheld the firing of the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak.(June 19)
  
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• More than 2 weeks after start of nationwide protests, little sign of COVID spike, but officials remain cautious

  19-06-2020 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When protests started after the killing of George Floyd, health experts worried they could spark outbreaks of the coronavirus. There is little evidence that has happened, though officials caution it is far too early to draw conclusions. 
  
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• The Navy Is Blaming the Captain It Fired for Accurate COVID-19 Warning

  19-06-2020 22:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Navy Capt. Brett Crozier has been vindicated after warning of a dire coronavirus outbreak aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt—just not by the Navy, which on Friday announced that it will not reverse Crozier’s firing for the infraction of trying to save his sailors’ lives. Instead, the Navy leadership implied that Crozier was responsible for the outbreak that he loudly warned he needed urgent help from the Navy to redress.“If Capt. Crozier was still in command today, I
  
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• Ex-officer charged in Rayshard Brooks' fatal shooting will spend weekend in jail

  19-06-2020 22:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former police officer Garrett Rolfe waived his right to make a court appearance after being booked on 11 counts.
  
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• Galwan Valley: India PM Modi says military will keep borders secure

  19-06-2020 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Narendra Modi says no foreign troops are on Indian territory, following deadly border violence.
  
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• Court set to rule on Trump attempt to stop aide's damning book

  19-06-2020 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A judge weighed President Donald Trump's last-ditch bid Friday to stop former top aide John Bolton's bombshell book from publication, but with much of the damning contents already out there was little hope for the White House."It certainly looks difficult to me about what I can do about those books all over the country," Judge Royce Lamberth said at a hearing in Washington, DC, federal court, referring to copies of "The Room Where it Happened" that have already been distributed and dissected in
  
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• FBI arrests of protestors based on social media posts worry legal experts

  19-06-2020 22:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four cases offer some insight into how federal law enforcement continues to monitor online speech related to social movements.
  
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• Coronavirus: Is the pandemic getting worse in the US?

  19-06-2020 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some states are seeing a spike in cases, but the White House says not to worry. So what's going on?
  
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• Parent of toddler in 'manipulated' Trump video forces Facebook to remove it

  19-06-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook on Friday removed a video posted by President Donald Trump's account that had twisted a viral video of two toddlers after one of the children's parents lodged a copyright claim. The video had more than 4 million views by the time Facebook took it down.
  
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• Facebook removes misleadingly edited video posted by Trump's account

  19-06-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook on Friday removed a video posted by President Donald Trump's account that had twisted a viral video of two toddlers after one of the children's parents lodged a copyright claim. The video had more than 4 million views by the time Facebook took it down.
  
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• Maryland police chief latest to face reckoning amid protests

  19-06-2020 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Maryland police chief resigned this week within hours of a court filing that portrayed his department, one of the state’s largest, as an agency poisoned by a racist culture.A complaint cited by the filing said a Prince George’s County police sergeant had a personalized license plate with an acronym for a vulgarity directed at President Barack Obama.A lieutenant derided Black Lives Matter protesters in comments quoted in a New York Times article.
  
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• 'What am I supposed to do?' Federal judge unlikely to order Bolton book delay

  19-06-2020 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  "The Room Where It Happened," by Trump's former national security adviser, is due out Tuesday.
  
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• Top members of coronavirus task force advised against Trump's Tulsa rally

  19-06-2020 21:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx were among those warning about health risks for those attending such indoor rallies as the coronavirus' spread continues.
  
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• Trump threatens protesters ahead of rally in Tulsa

  19-06-2020 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  • How Trump plans to turn around his losing campaign
  • Analysis: Trump's presidency is in a tailspin. His reelection may survive it
  
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• Brazilian mayor censured over 'racist' coronavirus ban

  19-06-2020 21:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Fredson de Silva, mayor of Pau d’Arco, issued decree locking down only indigenous peopleLocal authorities in the Brazilian Amazon have been accused of racism after locking down a string of indigenous villages and banning indigenous people from entering a local town because of a coronavirus outbreak.Federal prosecutors on Friday called for the mayor of Pau D’Arco in the Amazon state of Pará – population 6,000 – to revoke the decree, which he said had been issued to
  
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• Coronavirus: Why US is expecting an 'avalanche' of evictions

  19-06-2020 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As businesses reopen across the US, so are eviction courts with millions of lives being upturned.
  
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• Florida reports record-high spike in coronavirus cases and a 'plunging' median age of infection

  19-06-2020 21:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Despite the surge, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wouldn't issue a statewide order requiring face masks.
  
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• Two Iowa men arrested in brutal, 'racially motivated' assault of Black man

  19-06-2020 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dale Lee Millard and Jesse James Downs were both arrested and charged with willful injury. It's punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
  
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• UN Human Rights Council condemns abuse in Nicaragua

  19-06-2020 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United Nations Human Rights Council condemned what it called serious human rights violations in Nicaragua and urged President Daniel Ortega to cease such tactics Friday.The council approved the resolution with a vote of 24 to 4 with 19 abstentions at its seat in Geneva, Switzerland.The resolution said the council “expresses grave concern at the continuing reports of serious human rights violations and abuses since April 2018, and the persisting disproportionate use of force by the poli
  
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• Officer in Breonna Taylor death to be fired

  19-06-2020 21:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "Chief Schroeder is today initiating termination procedures against Louisville Metro Police Officer Brett Hankison," said Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.Officials in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday initiated the dismissal of one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, whose death - along with George Floyd's and other unarmed African Americans' - have been the subject of worldwide protests against police brutality and racism.The Louisville Metro Police Department
  
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• Cash floods into pro-Biden super PAC

  19-06-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Priorities USA, a super PAC backing Joe Biden, has raised $40 million in less than two months, further whittling President Trump's cash advantage.
  
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• How Trump plans to turn around his losing campaign

  19-06-2020 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  Earlier this month, several top Trump campaign advisers gathered for a virtual strategy session to address a political reality they could no longer ignore: The President was in serious trouble.
  
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• Ontario school reopening plans give parents option to keep children at home

  19-06-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Friday parents will have the option to keep their children at home to continue with remote learning under the three scenarios school boards have been asked to consider, as the province prepares to reopen classrooms for the 2020-21 school year.Ontario's three scenarios are: a return to pre-pandemic education, with all students attending in person and strict cleaning guidelines in place; a modified routine allowing a maximum of 15 students per day into classrooms
  
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• US Navy will not reinstate aircraft carrier captain fired after sounding alarm about coronavirus outbreak

  19-06-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Navy upheld Capt. Brett Crozier's firing, a reversal of an earlier recommendation that he be reinstated.
  
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• Trump is in a tailspin. His reelection may survive it

  19-06-2020 21:15 via cnn.com
  
  If he was any other President, at any other time, Donald Trump's reelection hopes would probably already be doomed.
  
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• U.S. "not going to allow Russia and China to continue" increasing nuclear stockpiles, top negotiator says

  19-06-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. is set to sit down with Russia and possibly China on Monday to discuss limiting all three countries' nuclear stockpiles. CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk spoke to Ambassador Robert Wood, the U.S. top arms control negotiator, about his growing concerns over Russia and China's nuclear arsenals.
  
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• In California, Hanging Deaths of Two Black Men Summon a Dark History and FBI Scrutiny

  19-06-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PALMDALE, Calif. -- Poncitlan Square in the center of this high desert city is a tidy expanse of green lawn with a gazebo and a fountain. On one side is City Hall, on the other, a fire station. There is a cafe and the Whispering Palms Apartments. This time last year, for the first time, it was filled with revelers celebrating Juneteenth, the annual holiday to mark the end of slavery.Today, it is a place of mourning, anger and suspicion after a black man was found dead in the park, in the early h
  
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• Air Force Probing Use of RC-26 Spy Plane in US Cities

  19-06-2020 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The investigation was prompted by lawmakers' concern over use of military equipment during protests across the country.
  
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• In This Coronavirus Wave, China Tries Something New: Restraint

  19-06-2020 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  At an apartment complex in southern Beijing that is under lockdown, residents could not leave their homes in a gated cluster of low-rise brick buildings. Uniformed security guards and medical workers in protective gear watched the gate.Around the corner in the Baizhifang neighborhood lay a different world. Shops were open. A supermarket was doing a brisk business. Residents came and went and seemed unfazed by a new coronavirus outbreak."It should not be as serious as last time," said Johnny Zhao
  
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• In Cuba, families fear shortages will worsen as coronavirus affects the economy

  19-06-2020 21:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  “We cannot choose. We buy whatever appears in the stores,” said one Havana resident.
  
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• Poland accuses Putin of re-writing history over WWII surrender jibe

  19-06-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Poland has accused Vladimir Putin of manipulating history after he wrote an article claiming the pre-war Polish government threw “its own people under Hitler’s machine of destruction”. The article comes out just a week before Mr Putin is to host the annual Victory Day parade previously cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak, and ahead of a nationwide vote that could allow him to stay in power until 2036. Mr Putin has used the Soviet Union’s decisive contribution to
  
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• Meet All the Weapons Kim Jong-Un Wishes He Could Get His Hands On

  19-06-2020 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Thankfully sanctions will make it harder for him.
  
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• Kayleigh McEnany on Supreme Court DACA ruling

  19-06-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany addresses reporters’ questions during a briefing.
  
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• In Minneapolis, Looking for Police Recruits Who Can Resist Warrior Culture

  19-06-2020 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS -- Even as the Minneapolis Police Department reels in the aftermath of its officers' involvement in the killing of George Floyd, the department has been recruiting a new crop of trainees who will face the same challenge of every rookie: navigating the dramatic difference between what is preached at the academy and what is practiced on the street.In the Minneapolis Police Academy, cadets are trained to be mindful of their own biases, to treat the public with respect and to use force o
  
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