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Attorney General William Barr on Thursday defended his order to force back protesters ahead of President Trump’s Monday photo op at St. John’s Church, saying the group was “becoming increasingly unruly” and was asked to move several times. “We asked three times,” for protesters in Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C. to move back one block, Barr said at a press …
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Senator Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska) on Thursday told reporters she could have difficulty backing President Trump in the November elections. Murkowski made the admission after praising former defense secretary James Mattis’s criticism of Trump’s performance. “We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership,” Mattis told the Atlantic on Wednesday. Murkowski said Mattis’s remarks were “necessary …
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Senator Lindsey Graham on Thursday said he thinks former Defense Secretary James Mattis was “missing something” when he criticized President Trump in the wake of the protests sweeping the nation over the death of George Floyd. “To General Mattis, I think you’re missing something here, my friend,” Graham said during an Fox News interview. “You’re …
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Nearly three dozen former employees from Facebook’s early days on Wednesday blasted chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to act against incendiary posts by President Trump as “cowardly” and a “betrayal” of company ideals. The open letter, initially reported by the New York Times, deepened a crisis facing Facebook’s leadership team, who had to defend …
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey doesn’t appear to be interested in making up with President Trump any time soon. Just a week after flagging two of Trump’s tweets with fact-checking labels — prompting the president to call for regulation of social media companies — Dorsey announced that he was donating $3 million to the charity run …
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Retired Marine general James Mattis, who resigned as President Trump’s Secretary of Defense in 2018, broke his silence on the administration in a statement Wednesday, saying he was “angry and appalled” by Trump’s response to national unrest after the death of George Floyd. Mattis, who clashed with Trump’s over the initial decision to withdraw American …
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Snapchat is following Twitter’s lead in minimizing content from President Trump. The social network famous for its funny face filters and disappearing photos on Wednesday confirmed to The Post that it would no longer promote Trump’s content on its “Discover” page, which hosts curated content from prominent accounts. “We will not amplify voices who incite …
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Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testified to Congress on Wednesday that he would not have signed off on a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant renewal to spy on former Trump campaign associate Carter Page had he been aware then of the unreliability of the underlying evidence. “If you knew then what you know now, …
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The Trump administration is planning to bar Chinese airlines from flying to the U.S., Reuters reported on Wednesday. The decision was reportedly made in response to China’s refusal to allow U.S. airlines to resume passenger service to Chinese airports. “We…conclude that the public interest requires the suspension of all Chinese carrier scheduled passenger air services …
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President Trump on Tuesday announced that the Republican National Convention would not take place in Charlotte, N.C., after Governor Roy Cooper said the state could prevent the convention from proceeding at full capacity due to the pandemic. “Governor Cooper is still in Shelter-In-Place Mode, and not allowing us to occupy the arena as originally anticipated …
Attorney General William Barr on Thursday defended his order to force back protesters ahead of President Trump’s Monday photo op at St. John’s Church, saying the group was “becoming increasingly unruly” and was asked to move several times. “We asked three times,” for protesters in Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C. to move back one block, Barr said at a press …
