Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Reid Epstein. Lisa is off this week. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. ImageRepresentative Jahana Hayes, a former teacher, at Yale Law School last year.Credit…Jessica Hill for The New York […]
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George Floyd Died Of Drug Overdose, Cops’ Lawyers Argue
Defense Attorney Eric J. Nelson, who is representing former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, is now claiming that George Floyd died of a drug overdose, rather than in a police homicide. Chauvin has been charged with Floyd’s murder which occurred as officers got into an altercation with him purportedly involving […]
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What Happened in the Portland Shooting
Portland, Ore., has had nightly protests since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. On Saturday night, a caravan of supporters of President Trump traveled through the city, clashing with counterprotesters. A man was shot and killed during the unrest. Here’s what we know so far. What happened in Portland? […]
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Petition To Replace Confederate Statue With Black Panther Actor Garners Thousands Of Signatures
After a private four-year battle with colon cancer, “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman passed away at the age of 43 last Friday. Now, a petition is going viral demanding that the town of Anderson, South Carolina replace its confederate statue with a tribute to Boseman. Started by DeAndrew Weaver, the […]
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Democrat Senator: President Trump Is ‘Deliberately Killing People’
Chris Murphy, the Democrat Senator from Connecticut, argued on Twitter that President Trump is “deliberately killing people.” “His Plan Is To Kill People” “Can we take the gloves off and tell the truth? Trump is deliberately killing people,” Murphy tweeted on Saturday. His argument? President Trump “holds rallies where people […]
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TikTok Deal Faces Complications as U.S. and China Ratchet Up Tit-for-Tat
SAN FRANCISCO — On most days, companies like ByteDance, Microsoft, Walmart and Oracle are considered kings within their fields. But over the weekend, it became increasingly clear that they can also be something else: a set of pawns. The industry titans have been caught in an escalating tit-for-tat between the […]
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The Few, the Proud, the White: The Marine Corps Balks at Promoting Generals of Color
WASHINGTON — All things being equal, Col. Anthony Henderson has the military background that the Marine Corps says it prizes in a general: multiple combat tours, leadership experience and the respect of those he commanded and most who commanded him. Yet three times he has been passed over for brigadier […]
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Biden, Speaking to National Guard Group, Takes Aim at Republican Criticism on Crime
After a Republican National Convention week in which President Trump and his allies sought to brand Joseph R. Biden Jr. as radically anti-law enforcement, the Democratic nominee took implicit aim at that characterization in his own remarks on Saturday as he swiped at Mr. Trump’s calls for “law and order” […]
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Democrat Operative Claims He Was Involved In Massive Mail-In Voting Fraud For Decades
An anonymous Democrat operative has told the New York Post of how he was involved in massive mail-in voting fraud, going back decades. The Democrat operative, whose identity and involvement in the elections was verified by the New York Post, claimed that mail-in voting fraud is “the rule rather than […]
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Kayleigh McEnany Makes Reporter Regret Trying To Bait Her With Question About Pro-Trump Violence
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany conducted a clinic in handling a mainstream media desperate to shift focus away from leftwing violence in Democrat-led cities. The main story over the weekend concerned an Antifa supporter in Portland who was arrested for shooting and killing Patriot Prayer’s Aaron ‘Jay’ Danielson, a […]