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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's Pentagon chief shot down his idea of using troops to quell protests Wednesday but then reversed course on pulling part of the 82nd Airborne Division off standby in an extraordinary clash between the U.S. military and its commander in chief. |
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— Minn Gov. Walz sends National Guard to western border. — Minneapolis officials estimate damage at $55 million, ask aid to rebuild. — Citing virus restrictions, Norway refuses permission for rallies. — Police in New Orleans use tear gas on hundreds of demonstrators. NEW YORK — Gov. |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and some of his supporters are claiming authorities did not use tear gas against people in a crackdown outside the White House this week. There's evidence they did. Law enforcement officials shy away from describing crowd-dispersing chemical tools as tear.... |
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief shot down his idea of using troops to quell protests across the United States, then reversed course on pulling part of the 82nd Airborne Division off standby in an extraordinary clash between the U.S. military and its commander in chief. |
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WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump “has sole authority to invoke the Insurrection Act” and “if needed, he will use it,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Wednesday afternoon. Earlier in the day, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, “The option to use active-duty forces.... |
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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump and some of his supporters are claiming authorities did not use tear gas against people in a crackdown outside the White House this week. There's evidence they did. Law enforcement officials shy away from describing crowd-dispersing chemical tools as tear gas; it.... |
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Judging solely by President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed Wednesday morning, you’d think the nationwide protests against police violence Tuesday evening consisted only of looting, rioting, and property damage. However, the protests remained mainly peaceful , especially after George Floyd’s family members implored protesters to remain nonviolent. |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and some of his supporters are claiming authorities did not use tear gas against people in a crackdown outside the White House this week. There's evidence they did. Law enforcement officials shy away from describing crowd-dispersing chemical tools as tear.... |
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Federal institutions such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense have listed tear gas as the common term for riot-control agents. Whether the common or formal term is used, the effects on people are the same. |
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KEY POINTS Manuel Ellis, a black man in Tacoma, Washington died March 3 while allegedly in police custody; The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office has determined that it was a homicide; Ellis told officers “I can’t breathe” before dying of asphyxiation. |
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