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• Trump to Appear on Newsmax TV's 'Spicer & Co.'
  
  President Donald Trump will appear on Newsmax TV's "Spicer & Co." next week, host Sean Spicer announced on his daily show Thursday.Spicer instructed viewers to text "Trump" to 39747 to get more information about the appearance. "This is going to be huge," Spicer said toward...
• Dem Sen. Klobuchar Had Declined to Prosecute Floyd's Killer
  
  The police officer who held his knee to George Floyd's neck had previous excessive force complaints, and several media outlets reported Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., had declined to prosecute him in 2006.
• Actress McGowan Praises Trump for Call to Probe Floyd Death as MIsreporting Ties Officers to Political Right
  
  Actress and social activist Rose McGowan praised President Donald Trump on Thursday, a day after he urged the Justice Department to dig in and investigate the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis this week. "Credit to Trump for calling for an immediate...
• Rosenstein Before Testimony: Even Best Make Mistakes
  
  Saying "even the best law enforcement officers make mistakes," former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has confirmed he will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee investigating the conduct of the probe into the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.
• Tyson Foods Will Shut US Pork Plant as More Workers Catch COVID-19
  
  Tyson Foods Inc said on Thursday it will temporarily close an Iowa pork plant due to the coronavirus pandemic, a month after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered slaughterhouses to stay open to protect the country's food supply.
• VA to Stop Almost All Use of Unproven Drugs on Vets
  
  The VA has stopped almost all use of an unproven malaria drugs on vets with COVID-19, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said Thursday.
• House Dems Call for DOJ Probe of 3 Killings of Unarmed Blacks
  
  Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee want the Department of Justice to investigate three recent killings of unarmed black people.
• LA Union, Joined by 'Pandemic Pig,' Demands Meatpacking Plant Closure
  
  The union representing workers at a meatpacking plant near Los Angeles where at least 153 employees have come down with COVID-19 called on Thursday for the plant's immediate closure, saying measures to control the outbreak were not working.The outbreak has hit over 10% of...
• Medal of Honor Sells for Over $15K, Sen. Cruz Objects
  
  A U.S. Medal of Honor awarded in 1899 sold for triple the expected price at a German auction house Thursday, defying outrage and opposition from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
• Renewable Energy Surpasses Coal Use in US for First Time Since 1885
  
  Renewable energy use surpassed coal consumption in the United States last year for the first time since 1885, when wood was the main source of power, the federal government reported Thursday...
• Larry Kudlow to Newsmax TV: Back-to-Work Bonus, 20 Percent Growth Possible
  
  The White House is weighing a new bonus payment for people who go back to work, White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow told Newsmax TV.
• Texas to Allow Fans at 25 Percent Capacity in Sporting Events
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has given the thumbs up to outdoor professional sporting events in most of the state's 254 counties, allowing 25% capacity beginning Friday, according to his new proclamation....
• Police, Experts Condemn Knee Restraint Used on George Floyd
  
  Police around the nation and law enforcement experts on Thursday broadly condemned the way George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis police custody this week, was restrained by an officer who dug his knee into the man's neck, saying no circumstances warrant such a dangerous...
• Some California Officials Scale Back Fast Pace Of Coronavirus Reopenings
  
  Coronavirus cases spiked after one Northern California county reopened, and now officials are scaling back, the Los Angeles Times reported....
• UN Chief Warns Leaders Pandemic May Cause Historic Famine; US, China, Russia Aren't There to Hear
  
  The U.N. chief on Thursday warned the largest gathering of world leaders since the coronavirus pandemic began that it will cause "unimaginable devastation and suffering around the world," with historic levels of hunger and famine and up to 1.6 billion people unable to earn...
• Governor Calls in National Guard for Minneapolis Riots
  
  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday signed an executive order to call up National Guard "to help protect Minnesotans' safety and maintain peace" in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd...
• Kaepernick Sounds Call To 'Fight Back' In Floyd Death
  
  Former NFL star and take-the-knee-for-social-justice activist Colin Kaepernick rallied calls to "fight back" in the wake of the deadly police arrest of black man George Floyd.Addressing the protests that followed Floyd's death on Monday in Minneapolis - and the video that...
• Chris Rock, Rosie Perez Urge New Yorkers to Wear Masks, Practice Social Distancing
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reached out to two New York celebrities to help get everyone tested for coronavirus and wearing masks to stop the spread of the disease....
• NIH: No Way of Knowing If Virus Came From Wuhan Lab
  
  There was "no way of knowing" if the virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, according to the director of the National Institutes of Health to Politico.
• Trump: Would Love to 'Get Rid of My Whole Twitter Account'
  
  To many, Donald Trump is the Twitterer in chief, who communicates thoughts, policies and opinions to 80.4 million followers on the social media platform, often many times a day.But at a briefing on Thursday in the Oval Office, he said he'd get rid of his Twitter account if...
• Tech Billionaires Plan to Boost Biden's Digital Campaign
  
  Digital campaigning efforts for Joe Biden reportedly have the backing of four Silicon Valley billionaires.
• FCC Commissioners Split Over Trump Social Media Order
  
  With one taking to Twitter to voice her opposition, the heads of the Federal Communications Commission have sharply divided over President Donald Trump's planned executive order on social media, according to Business Insider.
• Most Countries Underreporting COVID-19 Deaths
  
  Many countries are not reporting all of the fatalities linked to COVID-19, The Wall Street Journal reports.According to the newspaper, global death statistics indicate that very few countries are accurately portraying how many coronavirus deaths they have had....
• Remembering Ex-Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas: The Gentleman Warrior
  
  Anyone who knew Sam Johnson, who died Thursday at age 89, knows no one could get the soft-spoken Texan lose his temper and lash out, Newsmax's John Gizzi remembers.
• SCOTUS to California, Illinois: Respond to Appeals by Local Churches to Reopen
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court has instructed the governors of Illinois and California to respond to appeals by local churches for emergency relief from stay-at-home orders over the coronavirus....

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