Trump restores access to military gear for police agencies
President Trump signs an executive order revoking Obama era limits on transferring surplus military equipment to local law enforcement. The order directs all agencies to end those restrictions and rescind related policies. Attorney General Sessions cited officer safety and reported the Orlando nightclub attack case as a defense for helmet and body armor programs.
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Washington
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
White House
Obama
Ferguson
Trump
United States
Jeff Sessions
Fraternal Order of Police Union
Nashville
Lawsuits challenge Trump transgender military service ban
Civil rights groups file two federal suits in Seattle and Baltimore challenging President Trump’s July ban on transgender service members. The suits claim violations of equal protection and due process, seeking temporary blocking while the cases proceed. The ACLU represents six transgender service members. Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN represent a sergeant and two transgender applicants.
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Donald Trump
U.S
Seattle
Baltimore
Trump
Barack Obama
Washington
D.C
White House
Defense Department
Obama
American Civil Liberties Union
Eugene Fidell
Yale Law School
Fidell
ACLU
Lambda Legal and
OutServe- Sldn
Dueling clergymen clash as Washington hosts protests
Clergy from multiple faiths gather in Washington for the One Thousand Ministers March for Justice organized by Rev. Al Sharpton to rebuke the Trump presidency over race and racism. Evangelical leaders also meet at the National Press Club to discuss confronting racism amid political divides.
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National Action Network
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
Trump
National Press Club
Arpaio
White House
Sharpton
Harry Jackson
Reuters
al Sharpton
Department of Justice
Trump executive sought Kremlin aid on stalled Moscow project
Michael Cohen, a Trump Organization executive, emailed Dmitry Peskov in January 2016 asking for Kremlin help to push a Trump Tower Moscow deal. He said the project stalled and sought meetings with relevant officials, noting Sater's recommendation for government approval. The project was abandoned two weeks later.
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Vladimir Putin
U.S
Moscow
Congress
Michael Cohen
Trump
Trump Organization
Dmitry Peskov
Kremlin
Russia
Cohen
Putin
Felix Sater
Sater
Peskov
Shooting at Clovis NM Library Leaves Two Dead
A gunman opened fire at the Clovis Public Library in New Mexico, killing two and wounding four. Victims' names and ages are withheld. three patients were taken to University Medical Center in Lubbock and a fourth was en route.
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Clovis
N.M
Texas
David Lansford
Lansford
University Medical Center
Lubbock
Vanessa Aguirre
Clovis-Carter Public Library
New Mexico
Reuters
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