Trump likes to omit the fact that he is largely a bystander in National Guard deployments.

The White House press secretary also ignored questions about the 17-year-old who shot and killed two people in Kenosha last week.

A similar move weeks ago failed to ‘clean up’ the tensions.

Also: The cast of ‘The West Wing’ reunites to promote voting, and Pennsylvania may legalize recreational marijuana.

Video posted online shows what appears to be a white man with a semi-automatic rifle.

Philonise Floyd led a national moment of silence to remember his brother George and others lost to ‘hate and injustice.’

A protest movement has helped create a new generation of Black progressive leaders in St. Louis.

Also: Michelle Obama debuts a new podcast, and the House honors the late Rep. John Lewis by naming voting rights legislation after him.

The Ohio Republican grilled Dr. Anthony Fauci on whether the government should curb free speech.

Trump aide Stephen Miller said without federal agents, a federal courthouse would’ve been reduced to ‘ash, smoke, rubble, and cinder.’ But evidence suggests otherwise.

‘Irony is way down the list of things that President Trump worries about,’ said Robert Spitzer, a political scientist at the State University of New York College at Cortland.

The Republican congressman was defending Attorney General William Barr’s decision to send federal agents into Portland against the wishes of city and state officials.

Only 22% of Republicans support the demonstrations, however.

‘There’s no logic to it.’

Black leaders and protesters say the surge in activity hasn’t distracted from their anti-racist message. Instead, it’s shined a spotlight on it.

The federal government argued that journalists must disperse when an illegal assembly is declared.

Mayor Ted Wheeler’s appearance at the protest in Portland came hours after attorneys for Oregon urged a judge to issue a restraining order against federal agents in the city.

Donald Trump has discussed sending federal law enforcement officers to New York and Chicago.

Tom Cotton says ‘insurrectionists’ in Portland, Oregon, need to be stopped by federal enforcement.

People peacefully protesting police brutality and racism in Portland, Oregon, have been subjected to riot-control munitions.

A white husband and wife were charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion.

It didn’t.

Camouflaged federal agents descended upon Portland, Oregon, to combat what the Trump administration called ‘violent’ crime — the vast majority of which was just graffiti incidents.

House leaders said they were ‘alarmed’ by the Trump administration’s tactics against protesters in Portland and other cities.

Whose history should the United States honor now?

‘Corporate power is a threat to racial justice.’

Trump campaign messaging is telling Americans, falsely, that the rare looting and violence that marred largely peaceful social justice protests are spreading and foretell a wave of mayhem.

The Defense Department officials are scheduled to appear before the House Armed Services Committee.

Corey Lewandowski criticized property destruction and protesters removing Confederate statues, but praised the Boston Tea Party as patriotic.

In many cities, the protests actually seemed to lead to a net increase in social distancing, said one study author.