Updates in Policy and Government
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'More interested in power than in principle': Trump is using racial wounds for political gain, Biden says
on June 2, 2020
Biden likens Trump to violent segregationists in response to George Floyd protests, decries gassing of demonstrators for a church "photo op."
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Can Operation Warp Speed deliver a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year?
on June 2, 2020
Operation Warp Speed aims to produce 300 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year. If scientists succeed, it would be a first.
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Insurrection Act: Would it allow Trump to send troops to a state over a governor's protests?
on June 2, 2020
The law does allow a president to send troops to a state over the state government's objections, but only under specific circumstances.
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Biden seeks to convey sense of leadership amid a national crisis
on June 1, 2020
Joe Biden takes an opportunity to portray himself as a leader, stepping up events as protests nationwide appear to leave President Trump paralyzed.
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Newsom urges peace as George Floyd's death ignites protests by day, violence by night
on June 1, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom urges peace at a news conference Monday and seeks to calm anger in California over the death of George Floyd.
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Trump calls for 'law and order,' threatens to deploy troops to major cities
on June 1, 2020
President Trump after 48 hours of public silence, threatens to deploy troops to major cities to quell civil unrest. Democrats express outrage.