Barr seeks to subdue D.C. protests by ‘flooding the zone’ with federal firepower
The attorney general is directing President Trump’s response to violent protests from a command center in downtown Washington.
Analysis
A dangerous new factor in an uneasy moment: Unidentified law enforcement officers
Identification is needed to hold law enforcement officers accountable for their actions. The public also needs to know how someone is authorized to enforce the law in any given situation.
Mattis, Esper comments reveal tensions building in Pentagon circles
President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to use active-duty troops in U.S. cities, and Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper referred to American cities as a “battlespace.” Former defense secretary Jim Mattis excoriated the president for working to divide the country.
Adam Lenssa, an 18-year-old college student, pleaded with police in Washington. (Michael E. Miller/The Post)
Begging to be heard: Young protesters implore police to acknowledge their cause
Some heated conversations — held inches apart from police in riot gear — have led to remarkable moments of reconciliation.
BREAKING NEWS
Unemployment insurance claims eased at end of May
Millions of people are still claiming unemployment benefits, but there are signs the economic damage from the pandemic is slowing.
Scores of testing sites forced to close because of vandalism in civil unrest
At least 70 testing locations across the country have had to close because of destruction, according to figures compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Students celebrate their high school graduation from Nacka Gymnasium in Stockholm on June 3. (EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Scientist behind Sweden’s covid-19 strategy suggests it allowed too many deaths
The world has watched Sweden’s light-touch approach, wondering whether it was genius or misguided.
Latin America had time to prepare for the coronavirus. It couldn’t stop the inevitable.
Early in the pandemic, when Latin America was mostly a spectator to global outbreaks, there was hope that when the virus arrived there, things would be different. Weeks later, more than a million people have been infected, tens of thousands are dead, and those hopes are gone.
Guide to the pandemic
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