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Inside the push to tear-gas protesters ahead of a Trump photo op

The scene at St. John’s Episcopal Church and authorities’ attacks on protesters were the product of a president who favors brute strength and fears looking weak.
Before Trump vows to end ‘lawlessness,’ federal officers confront protesters outside White House

Episcopal bishop on Trump: ‘Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence’

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White instigators are to blame for much of the mayhem, officials say

An arrest warrant for a white man accused of inciting Pittsburgh riots shows how some protests create opportunity for chaos.
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Violent clashes between police and public escalate

How does this end? As nation convulses, leaders struggle to address deep racial despair.

President Trump, for his part, has been reluctant to adjust his approach.

Joe Biden denounces Trump’s actions and vows to heal racial wounds

The former vice president spoke after peaceful protesters were cleared from a D.C. street for a President Trump photo op.
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Poll: 7 in 10 Americans would be likely to get a coronavirus vaccine

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Marisela Martinez glances at her phone at her home in Dallas. (Tamir Kalifa for The Post)
Marisela Martinez glances at her phone at her home in Dallas. (Tamir Kalifa for The Post)

‘Am I making the right choice?’

A Dallas family struggles with how much risk to take each day amid conflicting advice on the coronavirus.

Experts dispute reports that virus is becoming less lethal

An Italian report suggested recent patients have lower viral loads, but that’s not likely because of changes to the virus, experts say.

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Police officers across the U.S. kneel, pray alongside protesters
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Analysis

The central feature of Trump’s presidency: False claims and disinformation

Will future presidents return to trying to tell the truth?

In Pennsylvania, officials prepare for civil unrest to disrupt primary

Eight states plus the District are holding primaries Tuesday. Several have struggled with demand for absentee ballots and poll worker shortages.

Trump threatens military action to quell protests — and the law would let him do it

The Insurrection Act provides the authorization to deploy military personnel to states.
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Election officials contradict Barr’s assertion that counterfeit mail ballots produced by a foreign country are a ‘real’ worry

The attorney general said in an interview that “it’d be very hard” to stop foreign governments from submitting phony ballots. Election officials said it would be virtually impossible for such fraud to succeed.

Rep. Steve King’s political career is on the line in Tuesday’s primaries

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Mitch McConnell got ‘rich’ the old-fashioned way

An attack ad misleadingly suggests the Senate majority leader became wealthy through backroom deals in government service. Not so.
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Why the U.S. protests matter to the world

The outpouring of international solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters reflects a particular hold America has on the global imagination.

Trump uses Russia as a shield in fight with European leaders over future of Group of Seven

If President Trump pushes to have Russian President Vladmir Putin attend, it could be the poison pill that ensures the event won’t take place this year.
Workers at a factory in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, adjust their protective face masks while waiting to enter the plant on Monday. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)
Workers at a factory in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, adjust their protective face masks while waiting to enter the plant on Monday. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)

Mexico begins to lift coronavirus lockdown, but officials say the country is still ‘in danger’

The 70-day quarantine is being replaced by a patchwork of sometimes contradictory measures.

MTV, Comedy Central pause to honor George Floyd, but much of Hollywood remains on the sidelines

The cable channels took the unusual step Monday of blacking out screens in honor of Black Lives Matter.

‘The terror of wearing both a press badge and black skin’: Some journalists carry unique burdens

For black journalists, the civil unrest in cities across America isn’t just a big story. It’s personal.
Cereal boxes, diapers, detergent and other items piled up at Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis, as hundreds of people dropped off supplies for local families in need. (Auguste Bernick)
Cereal boxes, diapers, detergent and other items piled up at Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis, as hundreds of people dropped off supplies for local families in need. (Auguste Bernick)

A Minneapolis school asked people to donate food for students after looting closed stores. ‘Miles of cars’ lined up.

“The donations just kept coming, and coming, and coming,” said the middle school principal.
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Congress approved trillions of dollars in emergency aid to help the economy through the pandemic. It's going to expire soon. (AP)
Congress approved trillions of dollars in emergency aid to help the economy through the pandemic. It's going to expire soon. (AP)

Trump, Congress face huge economic decisions over aid as country is rocked by protests

Still reeling from the coronavirus, policymakers must decide what to do with lapsing unemployment benefits and help for states and cities.

Facebook employees blast Zuckerberg’s response to Trump posts

Facebook’s stance on the president’s post stands in stark contrast to Twitter, which for the first time limited the public’s ability to view or share his tweet.

Coronavirus fallout will haunt U.S. economy for years, costing it $8 trillion through 2030, CBO says

The stark illustration of the pandemic’s potential economic impact comes one week after White House officials confirmed they would not release their own updated projections this summer.
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A darkened Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. (AP)
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MLB’s proposal for severely shortened season is a step toward deal with union

The 50- to 60-game concept floated Monday, while extreme on its face, creates a framework for productive negotiations.
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The words teams and players use show who cares about money and who cares about change

There’s no courage in putting out a statement that calls for courage but doesn’t address whom you’re standing up for and what you’re trying to change.
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As unrest grows, officials try to separate protesters from vandals. It’s not a simple task.

Aggressive police tactics can push otherwise peaceful protesters to respond in kind, while others come prepared for destruction.
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Police at a shop in Georgetown on Monday. (Amanda Voisard for The Post)

Where riots raged decades ago, shopkeepers again clean up shattered glass

It has been decades since Washington has been the stage for the kind of chaos that unfolded over the weekend: car fires, police in riot gear, sprawling crowds of protesters and mobs of looters.

Maryland mayor oversaw his town’s virus response. Up next: National Guard deployment.

Prosecutors drop many rioting charges as dozens charged in D.C. protests appear in court

D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said Monday that 88 arrests were made, 44 involving charges of felony rioting.

A white police chief confronts black doubts as Richmond leaders plead for peace and protests continue

Journalist Ryan Grim, left, and Tara Reade, a former staffer of Joe Biden. (Getty; AP)
Journalist Ryan Grim, left, and Tara Reade, a former staffer of Joe Biden. (Getty; AP)

Ryan Grim helped push the Tara Reade story into the mainstream. What does he think of it now?

The Washington editor of the Intercept has been both hero and scourge for various factions of liberals.
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Why I’m not talking to my black sons about the unrest in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing

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Director Spike Lee. (Andre Chung for The Post)

Spike Lee revisits ‘Do the Right Thing’ in short film released after George Floyd’s death

The Oscar-winning filmmaker shared a short film Sunday night called “3 Brothers,” referring to Eric Garner and George Floyd, black men who died in the hands of police, and Radio Raheem, a character killed in Lee’s feature film.
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The Hotel at Avalon (HEI Hotels/Washington Post illustration)

Hotels turned their lobbies into a social hub. Then came the coronavirus.

The hotel lobby has become a buzzy gathering place for guests and locals alike in recent years. In the age of social distancing, that model has to adapt.

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