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Jim Mattis, who resigned as Trump’s defense secretary nearly a year-and-a-half ago, accuses the president of dividing the nation and warns against “militarizing our response” to protests.

The department was set to receive a staggering increase in its annual budget from $1.189 billion to $1.86 billion for the 2020-2021 year. But on Wednesday Garcetti said he’s looking to make deep cuts.

McAtee is remembered as a family man and the owner of Yaya’s BBQ. He was shot and killed at his business Monday when police and National Guard were dispersing a crowd after curfew.

Protesters filled the streets the same day it was announced that the charge against one Minneapolis officer was increased to second-degree murder and three others face charges of aiding and abetting.

In a virtual town hall, the former president did not mention his successor. But he did extol the young demonstrators who he said give him hope the country will get better.

Some of the social network’s earliest hires say CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s inaction on the president’s most inflammatory posts is a ‘betrayal’ of the company’s ideals.

In the latest update to a UAW corruption scandal, Jones admits he conspired to embezzle more than $1 million of union money, in addition to pleading guilty to racketeering and tax evasion.

After years of U.S. criticism about human rights, China’s Communist Party has seized on protests sparked by George Floyd’s death to spread propaganda about what it calls American “double standards.”