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Trump sued over police dispersal of protesters before church photo op

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 05 07:36 AM

US civil rights groups on Thursday filed a case suing President Donald Trump after security forces fired pepper balls and smoke bombs to clear peaceful demonstrators outside the White House. Read more »

New York under curfew as looters hit luxury stores

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 02 03:48 PM

NEW YORK, United States - New York was under a curfew that would last until early Tuesday morning, officials said, after looters raided stores in central Manhattan, targeting some of the city's top retailers.   Read more »

Music industry hits pause to reflect as U.S. protests rage

Reuters
Posted at Jun 02 02:48 AM

Several top artists have also spoken out in response to the death and subsequent demonstrations, some of which have turned violent. Read more »

As protests and violence spill over, Trump shrinks back

Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 01 09:28 PM

While Trump has been a focus of anger, particularly among the crowds in Washington, aides repeatedly have tried to explain to him that the protests were not only about him, but about broader, systemic issues related to race. Read more »

China: US protests show 'chronic disease' of racism, American hypocrisy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 06:40 PM

Chinese diplomats and state media have seized on the violent unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd to accuse the US of hypocrisy and compare American protesters with pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong.   Read more »

Clashes outside White House as US cities under curfew

Agnes Bun, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 01 02:04 PM

Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as major US cities were put under curfew to suppress rioting as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality. Read more »

US officer charged with murder over unarmed black man's death

Joy Powell and Gilles Clarenne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 30 10:05 AM

MINNEAPOLIS, United States - The Minneapolis police officer accused of killing a handcuffed African American man was charged with murder Friday as authorities declared a curfew after three nights of violent protests left parts of the city in flames. Read more »

TikTok owner ByteDance moves to shift power out of China: sources

Yingzhi Yang, Echo Wang and Alexandra Alper, Reuters
Posted at May 29 11:39 AM

TikTok's poaching of Disney's Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its center of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions, several people familiar with the plans said.  Read more »

Trump fires State Dept watchdog said to be probing Pompeo

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 16 03:41 PM

WASHINGTON, United States - A government watchdog fired suddenly by Donald Trump was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, said a Democratic lawmaker who accused the president of committing a potentially illegal act of retribution.  Read more »

Trump calls on Senate to question Obama in conspiracy theory

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 15 07:05 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump broke with tradition Thursday by calling for investigation of his White House predecessor Barack Obama in the latest attempt to push a conspiracy theory about his Democratic opponents. Read more »

China says has no interest in meddling in US elections

Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 06:50 PM

China has no interest in interfering in the US presidential election, it said on Thursday, after US President Donald Trump said he believed Beijing would try to make him lose his re-election bid in November. Read more »

Obama suggests Trump team 'denied warnings' of pandemic

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 01 07:01 AM

Former US president Barack Obama took a veiled swipe Tuesday at his successor Donald Trump, chastising those who have "denied warnings" of a deadly coronavirus pandemic and cautioning against ignoring the consequences of climate change.   Read more »

Virus disrupts White House race as Sanders, Biden cancel rallies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 08:51 AM

Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden both cancelled their election night rallies in Cleveland, Ohio Tuesday as fears of the coronavirus took hold in their taut primary battle.  Read more »

Biden and Sanders enter key phase in Democrats' race

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 08 08:50 AM

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders on Saturday began what amounts to a fresh campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, as the septuagenarians prepare to go head-to-head at the polls for the first time since the field narrowed to two credible candidates.   Read more »

Jill is 'my Secret Service' Biden jokes after wife tackles protestors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 06:26 PM

LOS ANGELES, United States - Joe Biden joked that wife Jill was his Secret Service protection after she fought off vegan protestors who stormed the stage as the former vice president was giving a victory speech to supporters.   Read more »

Revived Biden earns endorsement from 3 ex-rivals in bid to halt Sanders

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 03 02:49 PM

Democrat Pete Buttigieg endorsed Joe Biden for US president on Monday, providing a major boost to the former vice president's White House hopes just one day after the onetime Indiana mayor himself dropped out of the race. Read more »

Buttigieg to drop out of Democratic nomination race day after big Biden win

Joseph Ax and Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 07:48 AM

Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg was preparing to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, an aide said on Sunday, the day after fellow moderate Joe Biden won a big victory in South Carolina.  Read more »

In new gaffe, White House hopeful Biden says running for 'Senate'

Agence France-Presse 
Posted at Feb 26 07:05 AM

Joe Biden's White House bid has been rocked by a series of verbal slip-ups days before South Carolina's Democratic primary, a make-or-break contest as the former vice president struggles to reverse his campaign's slide.  Read more »

Justice chief blasts Trump for making job 'impossible'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 08:11 AM

US Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday delivered an extraordinary public rebuke of Donald Trump, saying the president's tweets were making his job at the Justice Department "impossible." Read more »

Soldier who testified at Trump impeachment loses White House job

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 10:39 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - A US Army officer who testified in President Donald Trump's impeachment probe was pushed out of his White House job on Friday, his lawyer said. Read more »