Factbox: All the president's countries featured so far in ex-Trump adviser's bookus domestic news

China was not the only country mentioned in a litany of allegations that former national security adviser John Bolton makes about U.S. President Donald Trump in excerpts https://ift.tt/2USp6Er published on Wednesday of his book, "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir."

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Facing Arizona surge, Navajos reimpose virus curfewus domestic news

The Navajo Nation has reimposed 57-hour weekend curfews to protect citizens from a surge in coronavirus cases in neighboring Arizona after the largest Native American reservation managed to flatten its own COVID-19 curve.

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U.S. attorney general orders execution dates set for four federal inmatesus domestic news

U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Monday ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the first executions of federal death-row inmates since 2003, the Justice Department said.

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Some scold, others cheerlead: U.S. states tackle reopening differentlyus domestic news

The two most populous U.S. states took markedly different approaches to reopening on Monday with New York scolding local governments for not enforcing social distancing and California encouraging counties to restart economies if they met criteria.

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Trump says ex-adviser Bolton will break the law if he publishes bookus domestic news

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday his former national security adviser John Bolton will have broken the law and face criminal liability if a book he has written about his time in the White House is published.

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Next LGBTQ rights legal battle looms after Supreme Court victoryus domestic news

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling protecting LGBT rights in the workplace sets the stage for another major legal fight over the scope of religious-rights exemptions to certain federal laws that could dilute the landmark decision's impact.

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Trump to sign police reform executive order on Tuesdayus domestic news

U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that will seek to improve how police officers treat African Americans and others by improving credentialing, training and mental health resources, administration officials said.

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Trump plans order on policing, opposes major reformsus domestic news

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced modest plans for an executive order on policing, while making it clear he would not support sweeping proposals in response to protests against police brutality prompted by the killing of George Floyd.

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U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin: no plans to speed Harriet Tubman $20 bill despite protestsus domestic news

The U.S. Treasury has no plans to accelerate introduction of a $20 bill picturing escaped slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman despite protests over police treatment of African-Americans, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday.

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Disney eyes July reopen for California theme parksus domestic news

Walt Disney Co plans to reopen the Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure park on July 17, pending approval from state and local authorities.

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Long lines, voting machine problems fuel probes in U.S. state of Georgiaus domestic news

Voters encountered long lines and problems with voting machines on Tuesday during a chaotic day of in-person balloting in Georgia, the latest state to struggle to conduct elections amid the health worries of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Half of Californians live in areas with worrying resurgence of coronavirusus domestic news

Nearly half of all Californians live in areas where coronavirus infections and hospitalizations are rising quickly enough to put their counties on a watch list for potential reinstatement of shutdowns, a Reuters analysis of state data show.

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Minneapolis council members see community programs as replacement for policeus domestic news

Four Minneapolis City Council members in favor of dismantling the city's police department on Monday outlined broad plans to shift funding to community-based programs that reduce violence and limit the need for an armed law enforcement response.

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