Trump Criticizes 75-Year-Old Buffalo Protester Injured in Altercation With Police  —  Two Buffalo, N.Y., police officers were charged with felony assault in connection with the Thursday night altercation that was caught on video  —  President Trump criticized a 75-year-old protester …

Trump Wanted to Fire Esper Over Troops Dispute  —  How defense secretary's stand against federal troops at protests prompted president's plan to fire him  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump last week was on the brink of firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper over their differing views of domestic use …

Wave of New Polling Suggests an Erosion of Trump's Support  —  Joe Biden appears in a stronger position to oust an incumbent president than any challenger since Bill Clinton in the summer of 1992.  —  The coronavirus pandemic, a severe economic downturn and the widespread demonstrations …

‘The Future Is Blue, Not Purple’: Is This the Year Georgia Flips?  —  With both Senate seats in play and President Trump up for re-election in November, Georgia Democrats are telling anyone who will listen: This time, it's real.  —  ATLANTA — There's a joke about Atlanta's most popular sports teams …

White House Seeking Ways to Repair Race Relations  —  George Floyd was laid to rest today in his hometown of Houston, with the eulogy delivered by Rev. Al Sharpton.  —  The White House is preparing a speech on race relations written by Stephen Miller, who crafted the Trump Administration's …

Trump gets the 2016 band back together as he tumbles in polls  —  President Donald Trump, increasingly nervous about the direction of his campaign as he struggles in general election polls, is considering bringing back more loyal aides from his successful campaign in 2016, according to five Republicans who speak to the president.

Bipartisan group of lawmakers, with Speaker Gunn's blessing, pushes to change Mississippi state flag  —  A bipartisan group of Mississippi lawmakers, with the blessing of Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, began whipping votes and drafting a resolution on Monday to change the state flag …

Team Trump ‘Desperately’ Wants Bush to Endorse Biden.  Some Dems Love the Idea, Too.  —  A president once reviled could prove to be an easy punching bag for Trump or a signal of bipartisan appeal for Biden.  Choose your own adventure.  —  President Donald Trump and his political lieutenants …

Officer Who Violently Shoved Protester in Brooklyn to Face Charges  —  The police officer, who was recorded knocking down a young woman that questioned his order, surrendered himself on Tuesday.  —  A New York City police officer surrendered to face criminal charges on Tuesday …

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Trump's latest attempt to tag Biden as a radical flops  —  Joe Biden declared he opposed a growing movement on the left to defund police departments.  —  President Donald Trump and Republicans are determined to make him own it anyway.  —  Trump lit into Biden on Twitter …

How the Trump administration has tried to explain clearing protesters from Lafayette Square  —  As the Trump administration continues to face questions about why mostly peaceful protesters outside the White House in the past week were cleared so President Trump could take a photo outside a nearby church …

Live Coronavirus Updates: A Warning From the W.H.O.  —  Seven million people have been infected worldwide, and new cases hit a high globally on Sunday, according to the W.H.O. Central banks are seeking new tools to offset the downturn.  —  RIGHT NOW New Jersey's governor said on Tuesday …

POLITICO Playbook PM: It's more than just a tweet  —  THE CHASM BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT and pretty much everyone else in Washington is growing, as DONALD TRUMP seems more alone and isolated with his thoughts, and detached from the overall political conversation in the Capitol, and the rest of America.

Take the Confederate Names Off Our Army Bases  —  As I have watched Confederate monuments being removed by state and local governments, and sometimes by the forceful will of the American people, the fact that 10 U.S. Army installations are named for Confederate officers has weighed on me.

This city disbanded its police department 7 years ago.  Here's what happened next  —  (CNN)Last week, Minneapolis officials confirmed they were considering a fairly rare course of action: disbanding the city police department.  —  It's not the first locale to break up a department, but no cities as populous have ever attempted it.

The Untold Power of Bill Barr to Direct US Military Forces in Case of “Civil Unrest”  —  Left completely to his own devices, President Trump apparently sees no problem with deploying U.S. military forces to American streets even when there's no need for such intervention.

Joe Biden delivers video message at George Floyd's funeral  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden offered condolences to the family of the late George Floyd in a video message played at Floyd's funeral in Houston on Tuesday, telling them: “Unlike most, you must grieve in public.  It's a burden.

He Tweeted That He Was the Leader of Antifa.  Then the FBI Asked Him to Be an Informant.  —  It all began with a tweet.  Chandler Wirostek, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was reading the news last Monday when he saw that the attorney general had declared that the leaderless anti-fascist movement known …

What the Pandemic Revealed  —  On March 3, in response to reports that some Republican lawmakers favored free testing and treatments for COVID-19, Derek Thompson of The Atlantic tweeted, “There are no libertarians in a pandemic.”  The witticism bounced all over social media during the ensuing days …

Senate confirms first black service chief in U.S. history  —  The Senate unanimously confirmed Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown Jr. as Air Force chief of staff in a historic vote presided over by Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday.  —  Why it matters: Brown, the commander of Pacific Air Forces …

If You Want To Know What Disbanding The Police Looks Like, Look At Mexico  —  The rise of vigilante groups in Mexico offers a hint of what happens when institutions fail and civil society collapses.  America should be paying attention.  —  One of the most visible and insistent demands …

Trent Lott fired by top lobbying firm  —  The lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs has fired former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, one of Washington's most prominent lobbyists.  —  The firm gave no reason for the Mississippi Republican's sudden departure and declined to answer questions about it.