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Attorney General William Barr defe stanley cup nds the decision to move the perimeter near the White House on Monday that led to a violent clash with protesters.Watch Barr remarks in the player above.There were projectiles being thrown and the group was becoming increasingly unruly and the operation to which they were asked three times if they would move back one block, said Barr Thursday at the Justice Department.They refused. And we we proceeded to to move our perimeter out to I Street.This comes after federal forces abruptly cleared peaceful protesters from Lafayette Park near the White House so that Trump could stage a photo op in front of St. John , the church of presidents, holding up a Bible.I think the president is the head of the executive branch and the chief executive of the nation and should be able to walk outside the White House and walk across the street to the church of presidents, said Barr.I don ;t ne stanley cup cessarily view that as a political act. I think it was entirely appropriate for him to do.The protest come after George Floyd, who was black, died May 25 in Minneapolis after a white police officer pressed his knee into stanley cup Floyd neck while Floyd was handcuffed for several minutes even after Floyd stopped moving and pleading for air.Since then, Floyd name has been chanted by hundreds of thousands of people and empowered a movement.In response, the Trump administration has made an effort Zgrm In U.S. s welcome to Ukrainians, African refugees see racial bias
President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new proposal for air traffic control operations at 11:30 a.m. Monday. Watch the president remarks in the player above.WASHINGTON 鈥?President Donald Trump is launching a major push for a $1 trillion overhaul of the nation ro af1 ads and bridges, a key item on his agenda that been stymied in Congress and overshadowed by White House controversies.Trump plans a series of events this coming week to highlight his effort to modernize A af1 merican infrastructure 鈥?the highway, waterway, electrical and airway systems on which the nation operates. His campaign for public and private funding for the projects is expected to run from the Rose Garden, where he ;ll speak about upgrading air traffic control, to Ohio and Kentucky on inland waterways and through meetings with mayors, governors and Transportation Department officials.The Trump administration has struggled to gain traction on many of its economic policies. Job growth has slowed in recent months instead of accelerating as the president predicted. Trump has said he has tax legislation moving through Congress but his effort has been stalled and no bill has been written. His budget plan released during his foreign trip included math errors that enabled the White House to falsely claim that its tax plan would deliver both faster growth and a balanced budget.Trump agenda has been overshadowed by ongoing probes into whether Trump campaign officia hoka ls or associat |
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