Tipsheet: States respond with force amid another night of protests

View in your browser     States respond with force amid another night of protests By Marty Johnson   States around the country ratcheted up their response to demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd on Saturday, using force as tame gatherings escalated into violence. The killing of Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed black man who died in the custody of Minneapolis police on Monday, sparked nationwide protests this week as anger over the treatment of black Americans by the country's law enforcement and justice system continues to intensify. Read the full story here     Protestors knock down White House security barricades as tensions mount over Floyd's death By Marina Pitofsky   Protests broke out near the White House Saturday, with demonstrators pushing down multiple security barricades and some clashing with police, according to multiple reports. Read the full story here     Trump calls Floyd death 'grave tragedy,' decries violent protests in Florida speech By Morgan Chalfant   President Trump on Saturday called the death of George Floyd a “grave tragedy” while decrying “violence and vandalism” as protests rippled across the country in the aftermath of the incident. Read the full story here     Trump swipes at DC mayor, accuses police of refusing to help at White House protest By Tal Axelrod   President Trump accused Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) of refusing to allow the city’s police department to help the Secret Service on Friday during a protest outside the White House, a claim that the mayor quickly refuted. Read the full story here       Trump praises Secret Service, warns of 'vicious dogs' after White House protest By Tal Axelrod   President Trump on Saturday praised the Secret Service after the White House went on lockdown the previous night due to protests over the death of George Floyd, with Secret Service and other law enforcement officers locked in an hours-long confrontation with demonstrators. Read the full story here     DC mayor blasts 'gross' Trump tweet threatening 'vicious dogs' at White House By J. Edward Moreno   Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) fired back Saturday at President Trump's tweets threatening to handle protesters demonstrating in front of the White House with "vicious dogs" and the "most ominous weapons" if they breached the building's fence. Read the full story here     NYPD police cruisers lurch through group of demonstrators protesting Floyd's death By Marina Pitofsky   Two New York Police Department vehicles appeared lurched through a crowd of protesters in New York Saturday night as demonstrations grew violent throughout the city over the death of George Floyd, according to multiple reports. Read the full story here     More states mobilize National Guard as George Floyd protests continue into Saturday night By Marty Johnson   Three more states have mobilized the National Guard as nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd continued to escalate into Saturday. Read the full story here     GOP deeply divided over Trump's social media crackdown By Jonathan Easley   Conservatives are deeply divided over President Trump’s executive order directing the federal government to consider stripping some of the legal protections afforded to the social media platforms. Read the full story here     Trump postpones G-7, plans to invite Russia, other nations By Morgan Chalfant   President Trump said Saturday that he would postpone the Group of Seven (G-7) summit until at least September and plans to invite Russia, South Korea, Australia and India. Read the full story here     SpaceX's mission: A new chapter in space exploration — and in humanity's age-old quest By Sean O'Keefe   OPINION | On a warm, beautiful morning in January 2003, the space shuttle mission STS 107 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center. Two weeks later, it proved to be the beginning of the last mission of the space shuttle Columbia. Read the full story here     Playing politics with Section 230 makes the Internet weaker, not stronger By Konstantinos Komaitis   OPINION | Thursday the president of the United States signed an executive order that aims to address the liability regime of social media companies. A wide variety of reports have highlighted the problems with this move, but there is one problem that we find especially troubling: the danger of politicizing what is fundamentally a legal debate around party lines. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: ‘We’re sick of it’: Anger over police killings shatters US By Tim Sullivan and Stephen Groves   Another night of unrest in every corner of the country left charred and shattered landscapes in dozens of American cities Sunday as years of festering frustrations over the mistreatment of African Americans at the hands of police boiled over in expressions of rage met with tear gas and rubber bullets. Read the full story here     The New York Times: In days of discord, a president fans the flames By Peter Baker   Mr. Trump has presented himself as someone who seeks conflict, not conciliation, a fighter, not a peacemaker. And he has lived up to his self-image at a perilous time. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Biden leads Trump in Post-ABC poll as president’s coronavirus rating slips By Dan Balz and Emily Guskin   Both candidates receive mixed reviews from Americans. Trump backers more enthusiastic than Biden supporters. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Democrats stick with tax-rise policies as they make plans for 2021 majority By Richard Rubin   Higher taxes on wealthy people and corporations won’t damp economic recovery, Democrats say. Read the full story here     Reuters: FBI's top lawyer resigns as agency faces pressure from Trump By Andy Sullivan   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. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet   You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

Link