LOS ANGELES—City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money away from law enforcement agencies. About two-thirds of the funding was earmarked for police overtime and will be […]

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The Trump administration has decided to re-establish the Ready Reserve Corps (RRC) to boost the public health response to the CCP virus pandemic. The U.S. Public Health Service has in service a commissioned Regular Corps and an additional RRC that can be called at short notice to assist the former during a public health crisis […]

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He says he hopes ‘symbol of hate’ won’t be painted on New York’s ‘greatest street’ President Donald Trump on Wednesday said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is wrong for painting “Black Lives Matter” along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, describing the slogan as a “symbol of hate.” “NYC is cutting Police $’s by ONE […]

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered new restrictions on indoor activities for most of the state, affecting 19 counties that are home to more than 70 percent of the state’s population—more than 27 million people. For at least the next three weeks, indoor operations are to be closed at sectors including restaurants, wineries and […]

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NEW YORK—President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $266 million during the second quarter, including $131 million in June, a joint committee said on Wednesday. The June figure is the largest monthly haul of 2020 for Trump. The committee’s fundraising numbers suggest the Trump campaign is still increasing its re-election war […]

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Sec. Mnuchin invokes CARES Act to save jobs, protect strategic infrastructure The U.S. Department of the Treasury is set to lend the YRC Worldwide Inc. trucking company $700 million in exchange for a 29.6 percent equity stake in the logistics giant, which specializes in LTL (less-than-truckload) shipping. According to a statement from the Treasury, an agreement […]

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NEW YORK—President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee raised $266 million during the second quarter, including $131 million in June, a joint committee said on Wednesday. The committee’s fundraising numbers suggest the Trump campaign is still increasing its re-election war chest despite the health and economic damage done by the novel coronavirus […]

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Authorities said one person was in custody and another person of interest is dead in connection to the disappearance to Fort Hood, Texas, soldier Vanessa Guillen. A person wanted in connection to the case died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Killeen Police Department in a news release on Wednesday. “During the course […]

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Beijing’s latest move to suffocate Hong Kong via a national security law should prompt the world to unite in confronting the authoritarian power, Hong Kong activists told U.S. officials during a July 1 congressional hearing. They warned that if not stopped, the Chinese regime would be emboldened to take more aggressive actions further out from […]

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Gun retailers across the nation executed a record number of criminal background checks in June, according to statistics from the FBI. The FBI reported that 3,931,607 background checks were conducted through the National Instant Background Check System this year, the highest number since the bureau began to track the statistic 14 years ago. The number […]

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