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China media, Hong Kong government bristle at Trump's pledge of curbs, sanctions
China's state media and the government of Hong Kong lashed out on Sunday at U.S. President Donald Trump's vow to end Hong Kong's special status if Beijing imposes new national security laws on the city, which is bracing for fresh protests.
[ reuters.com ] topNews,George Floyd's brother says Trump 'didn't give me an opportunity to even speak' during phone call
George Floyd's family spoke to both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden this week following Floyd's death in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
[ cnn.com ]Trump postpones G7 summit, seeks to add countries to invitation list
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a Group of Seven summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later and expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,South Korea says it will discuss Trump's invitation to G7 summit with the U.S.
South Korea is aware of U.S. President Donald Trump's invitation to Seoul to join this year's Group of Seven summit and will discuss the matter with the United States, a government official told Reuters on Sunday.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,The FBI's top lawyer is resigning
The FBI's top lawyer is resigning amid renewed pressure from President Donald Trump and Republican allies for the bureau to remove any remaining officials associated with the Russia investigation.
[ cnn.com ]Trump postpones G7 summit, seeks to expand invitation list
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would postpone the Group of Seven summit that he wanted to hold in late June and expand the list of countries invited to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Trump postpones G7 to at least September
President Donald Trump has announced he is postponing the G7 until at least September and wants to invite four additional countries to the summit: Russia, Australia, India and South Korea.
[ cnn.com ]With fact-checks, Twitter takes on a new kind of task
In addition to disputing misleading claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots this week, Twitter has added fact-checking labels to thousands of other tweets since introducing the alerts earlier this month, mostly on posts about the coronavirus.
[ reuters.com ] companyNews,FBI's top lawyer resigns as agency faces pressure from Trump
The FBI said on Saturday that its top lawyer, Dana Boente, had announced his resignation as the agency faces scrutiny over its investigations of former staffers and supporters of President Donald Trump.
[ reuters.com ] domesticNews,Opinion: Somehow, things are worse now than in 1968
Americans are waking up to a new nightmare. On top of a pandemic that has ravaged the country, killed more than 100,000 people so far and shut down much of our economy, there are now mass protests in response to the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded, "I can't breathe," as a white police officer kneeled on his neck. With President Donald Trump sending out tweets threatening violence against looters and police arresting reporters on air, it's hard for Baby Boomers not to feel like this is 1968 all over again.
[ cnn.com ]Trump says military could respond quickly to Minneapolis unrest
U.S. President Donald Trump said the military could deploy troops to Minneapolis "very quickly" to respond to violent protests in the aftermath of a police killing of an unarmed black man.
[ reuters.com ] topNews,Trump slams White House protesters as 'just there to cause trouble' as DC mayor defends city
After a night of protests and racial unrest in US cities, President Donald Trump used Saturday morning messages to declare himself safe inside the White House, lash out at a Democratic mayor and raise the prospect of another demonstration with his supporters later in the day.
[ cnn.com ]Trump says protesters would have met 'vicious dogs' if White House fence breached
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said demonstrators protesting the death of a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck would have been "greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen" had they breached the White House fence.
[ reuters.com ] domesticNews,Hong Kong officials say Trump 'completely wrong' to end city's special status
Hong Kong officials lashed out on Saturday at moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to strip the city of its special status in a bid to punish China for imposing national security laws on the global financial hub.
[ reuters.com ] worldNews,Analysis: What you need to know about vote-by-mail
President Donald Trump in recent days has resurfaced and repeated false claims about voter fraud in the US. Specifically, the President has suggested that mail-in voting -- which many are pushing to expand in light of the coronavirus pandemic -- is particularly susceptible to fraud, casting it as a lawless, unregulated exercise.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Trump's menacing message follows 1960s script
As fires burned in Minneapolis on the third night of protests in the wake of George Floyd's death, President Donald Trump tweeted, "When the looting starts, the shooting starts." In doing so, Trump repeated the words of former Miami Police Chief Walter Headley, who used the phrase in 1967 while announcing a "war" against crime in black neighborhoods, adding, "We don't mind being accused of police brutality."
[ cnn.com ]Hong Kong leaders say Trump 'completely wrong' for curbing ties
Senior Hong Kong government officials lashed out on Saturday at moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to strip the city of its special status in a bid to punish China for imposing national security laws on the global financial hub.
[ reuters.com ] topNews,Trump cutting U.S. ties with World Health Organization over virus
The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization over the body's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday, accusing the U.N. agency of becoming a puppet of China.
[ reuters.com ] healthNews,Trump backpedals after 'shooting' threat to Minneapolis rioters
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday tried to walk back a Twitter threat to respond with deadly force to three days of violent protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of an unarmed black man.
[ reuters.com ] technologyNews,Trump is at war with the truth
Fact checks are not censorship. But that's what President Donald Trump is claiming in his new assault on social media platforms: an over-reaching executive order targeting social media companies, signed shortly after Twitter applied fact checks to two of Trump's tweets.
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