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Facebook said it has taken down Trump campaign ads on the social network that contained a symbol used by Nazis to designate political prisoners.

Facebook Removes Trump Ads With Symbol Used By Nazis. Campaign Calls It An 'Emoji'

9:58pm June 18, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

Facebook says the campaign advertisements violated the social network's ban on hate group symbols. The Anti-Defamation League's CEO said that "ignorance is no excuse for using Nazi-related symbols."

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Former national security adviser John Bolton, here at a February event in North Carolina, is releasing a memoir with strong allegations of misconduct against President Trump. But Bolton's accusations are notable for the splash they aren't making.

John Bolton Levels Historic Charges At Trump. A Wary Washington Isn't Jumping

4:05pm June 18, 2020

The former national security adviser is reviled so equally by so many on all sides in Washington that the allegations in his new memoir may not spark the kind of response they otherwise might.

In this October 2018 photo U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) shakes hands with State Councilor Yang Jiechi, China's top diplomat, in Beijing. The two met Wednesday in Hawaii as relations between the U.S. and China continue to deteriorate.

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Pompeo And China's Top Diplomat Meet In Hawaii As Relations Worsen

2:30pm June 18, 2020

by John Ruwitch

Neither the U.S. nor China publicly announced the meeting in advance and it was not clear which side had proposed it.

Overview Of John Bolton's Book 'The Room Where It Happened'

7:22am June 18, 2020

by Franco Ordoñez

Former national security adviser John Bolton says President Trump's transactional dealings with world leaders went beyond those in the Ukraine affair, for which Trump was impeached.

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Former national security adviser John Bolton paints a critical portrait of President Trump in a new memoir set for publication soon.

Trump Told China To 'Go Ahead' With Prison Camps, Bolton Alleges In New Book

10:34pm June 17, 2020

by Philip Ewing

The former national security adviser avoided talking to Congress about what he knew when it was convened for impeachment — abetted by Republicans. Now he tells the story in a new book.

Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton speaks in September at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

John Bolton Unloads On Former Boss Trump, Even If It's A Little Late Now

6:08pm June 17, 2020

by Ron Elving

The tone of his forthcoming book, The Room Where It Happened, suggests the diary of a tutor who has endured many frustrating months with a spoiled and inattentive pupil who ignores his lessons.

President Trump walking from the White House to St. John's Church on June 1. Gen. Mark Milley (far right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was among those walking behind the president. Milley says his presence was "a mistake" that he has learned fr

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When Political Partisanship And The Military Collide

8:40am June 17, 2020

by Tom Bowman

Gen. Mark Milley's recent apology for walking with President Trump to his church photo-op has prompted discussion about how the military maintains nonpartisanship under a Trump administration.

Former national security advisor John Bolton, seen in February, is scheduled to publish a memoir of his time with the Trump administration on June 23, and the Justice Department is trying to block publication.

Justice Department Seeks To Block Publication Of John Bolton's White House Memoir

10:57pm June 16, 2020

by David Welna

A week before the scheduled June 23 launch of the former national security advisor's tale of his time serving Trump, the government has filed a lawsuit attempting to hold up the book's release.

Research firm Graphika says a shadowy group of operatives in Russia produced more than 2,500 pieces of false information across seven languages on 300 different social media platforms. In one example, a fabricated tweet appears as if Sen. Marco Rubio is a

Study Exposes Russia Disinformation Campaign That Operated In The Shadows For 6 Years

5:44pm June 16, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

The "Secondary Infektion" campaign spread thousands of false stories, including forged documents and fake tweets. Still operating, the campaign may now target the November election, researchers say.

A mine resistant ambush protected vehicle, or MRAP, originally created for the military, displayed in 2013 by a sheriff's department official in Warren County, N.Y.

Twin Cities Area Police Forces Loaded Up On War Surplus Under President Trump

5:33pm June 16, 2020

by David Welna

Many law enforcement agencies in suburban Minneapolis and St. Paul that policed protests are recent entrants to a decades-old Pentagon program of transferring military gear to cops.