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Retired top generals reacted with alarm Tuesday to President Trump's plan to use active-duty military to patrol cities where police have failed to contain violence, while Democrats in Congress said they would seek to block funding for any domestic troop deployment.

02 Jun 2020 9:56pm GMT

Infectious disease specialists and vaccine developers interviewed by Yahoo News said that even accepting some encouraging research at face value, it is unclear if or when an effective vaccine will be available.

02 Jun 2020 9:29pm GMT

A top immigration official for the Trump administration admitted on Tuesday that immigrants are not systematically tested for the coronavirus when they are apprehended.

02 Jun 2020 7:45pm GMT

GOP lawmakers have been mostly silent on the use of tear gas and rubber bullets to make way for the president's church photo op.

02 Jun 2020 7:28pm GMT

Tuesday marks one week since the harrowing video of George Floyd pinned to the ground beneath a Minneapolis police officer's knee went viral on social media. As activists call for the arrest of the other officers who were on the scene, police nationwide are lining up to denounce what some are frankly calling "murder."

02 Jun 2020 5:00pm GMT

After vowing Monday to deploy military force to restore order in states that fail to "dominate" unlawful demonstrations, President Trump on Tuesday all but ordered New York City to request help from the National Guard.

02 Jun 2020 4:44pm GMT

"It's a wake-up call for our nation, in my view." The protesters were cleared so Trump could have his photo taken in front of nearby St. John's church with a Bible in hand. "The president held up the Bible," Biden continued. "I wish I could say that hate began with Donald Trump and will end with him."

02 Jun 2020 3:27pm GMT

The Pulitzer Prize winner says that violent demonstrations tend to hurt incumbents, as evidenced by GOP losses in the 1970 midterms.

02 Jun 2020 2:09pm GMT

President Trump vowed to put an end to the violent protests over the killing of George Floyd as Washington law enforcement officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of protester a block away.

01 Jun 2020 11:57pm GMT

The far-left antifa and far-right 'Boogaloo' movements have both made headlines as protests continue nationwide, but neither is an organized group in the traditional sense.

01 Jun 2020 9:13pm GMT

A global pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 Americans and now recent nationwide unrest after a brutal police killing of a black man have challenged both President Trump and his presumed Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, while also highlighting their different leadership styles.

01 Jun 2020 9:09pm GMT

Protests in cities across the country in response to the death of George Floyd have once again brought the issue of police brutality into the national spotlight. What reforms can limit violence by law enforcement in the future?

01 Jun 2020 8:37pm GMT

Joe Biden said Monday that police under attack should shoot their assailants "in the leg instead of the heart" as a way to avert the killings of civilians.

01 Jun 2020 8:17pm GMT

Following a weekend in which protests over the death of George Floyd raged in virtually every major American city, President Trump on Monday told U.S. governors they were "weak" for not being more aggressive in enforcing laws against the demonstrations.

01 Jun 2020 5:34pm GMT

Former President Barack Obama addressed nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, condemning the violence brought on by a "small minority."

01 Jun 2020 4:28pm GMT

By a bare majority, Americans think President Trump is a racist, and want him to stop tweeting, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. The public's response to Trump's tweets and racial attitudes is predictably divided along party lines.

01 Jun 2020 4:08pm GMT