This Treasury official is running the pandemic relief fund. It’s been great for his family.
Deputy Treasury Secretary Justin Muzinich still has ties to his family’s investment firm, which is a major beneficiary of the Treasury’s bailout actions.
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Trump ‘consumed with blinding ego,' isn’t leading during crisis, Biden charges
Joe Biden on Tuesday blistered President Donald Trump a day after police drove back peaceful protesters near the White House so Trump could pose with a Bible before a damaged church.
As Trump attacks voting by mail, GOP builds 2020 strategy around limiting its expansion
Republicans have targeted tens of millions of dollars for lawsuits and advertising aimed at restricting who receives ballots and who remains on the voter rolls.
White instigators to blame for much of mayhem, officials say
An arrest warrant for a 20-year-old white man accused of inciting riots in Pittsburgh sheds light on how some protests for racial justice create opportunity for pandemonium.
‘Everything he has said and done is to inflame violence’: Bishop criticizes Trump’s church visit
The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, said she had not been given notice that the president would be visiting the church and did not approve of the manner in which the area was secured for his appearance.
Inside the push to tear-gas protesters ahead of a presidential photo op
Trump was eager to show that the nation’s capital - and especially his own downtown swath of it - was under control. There was just one problem: the throngs of protesters,
Louisville police chief fired in aftermath of fatal shooting
David McAtee, known for offering meals to police officers, died early Monday while police officers and National Guard soldiers were enforcing a curfew amid ongoing protests over a previous police shooting in Kentucky’s largest city.
Democratic governors reject Trump’s call to send in military
At least 23 states and the District of Columbia had already deployed guard troops as of Monday morning, according to a statement from the National Guard. It wasn’t clear whether the action would be enough to satisfy the president.
Defense secretary pledges Pentagon support to help ‘dominate the battlespace’ amid unrest
The response has included discussions about whether the administration should invoke the Insurrection Act, which permits President Donald Trump to deploy active-duty forces to quell domestic unrest.
Before Trump vows end to ‘lawlessness,’ National Guard confronts peaceful protesters outside White House
he National Guard fired sting balls and some form of tear gas at peaceful protesters outside the White House on Monday evening as President Donald Trump appeared in the Rose Garden.
Fresh trouble as New York imposes curfew amid Floyd protests
The limit on a city of more than 8 million people comes after months of restrictions already imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Another night of violence in US cities again overshadows peaceful protests
President Trump, seeking his second term in office, demanded an end to the heated protests in remarks from the Rose Garden and vowed to use more force to achieve that aim.
Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents died during coronavirus pandemic, government report shows
More than 34,400 nursing home employees got sick and nearly 450 died from the coronavirus.
Floyd died by homicide, medical examiner says
The cause of death was “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression,” according to Hennepin County, Minnesota, medical examiners.
Factory trawler returns to Seattle after 85 crew members test positive for COVID-19
The FV American Dynasty was scheduled to fish later in summer for pollock in the Bering Sea off Alaska.
Trump calls governors ‘weak,’ urges them to use force against unruly protests
Trump told governors that if they don’t take back the streets and use force to confront protesters they would look like “fools,” alarming several governors on the call as they communicated privately.
Fort Lauderdale police officer suspended for pushing kneeling woman
The officer was one of several who had come to the assistance of a colleague, who had been surrounded by demonstrators and felt endangered.
Journalists covering several protests are injured by police or arrested
While displaying press badges, some were hit with pepper spray or rubber bullets. “I have never been fired at by police,” said one startled war correspondent, “until tonight.”
Man arrested in arson fire at historic Nashville courthouse during protests
In addition to the courthouse, the Ryman Auditorium, known as Nashville’s mother church of country music, was damaged, police said.
Police in several cities under scrutiny for use of excessive force against protesters
Some believe tough police tactics are actually making the violence worse rather than quelling it.