Attorney General William Barr says law enforcement officers were already moving to push back protesters from a park in front of the White House when he arrived there Monday evening, and he says he did not give a command to disperse the crowd, though he supported the decision. Go to Source
A Republican group that opposes President Trump’s re-election is going up with a new ad on Saturday that spotlights the president’s comments in March that he didn’t “take responsibility at all” for a widespread lack of coronavirus testing Americans faced at a time when the pandemic was spreading across the nation. Go to Source
Your contribution matters, whether it is the Widow’s Mite or the Billionaire’s Loose Change. Go to Source
The Knights of Columbus deserve our thanks. They are some of the best of us. Go to Source
‘Civil war’ at the New York Times evokes memories of Cornell University in 1969. Go to Source
Stories that caught my eye today, from religion to George Floyd. Go to Source
Moral norms that are not themselves basic goods and thus our ultimate reasons for action can guide our choices in these cases. Go to Source
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams just made his criticism of Bill de Blasio’s handling of Big Apple protests personal — accusing the mayor of using his biracial family as a political shield. Go to Source
Maryland police arrested and charged a man who they say was the bicyclist seen in a viral video confronting a teenage girl who was posting flyers about George Floyd in Bethesda, just outside Washington, D.C. Go to Source
Joe Biden is now the Democratic presidential nominee, after reaching the threshold of 1,991 pledged delegates needed to clinch his party’s nomination. Go to Source
