May 29th, 2020

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot: “I will code what I really want to say to Donald Trump. It’s two words: It begins with ‘F’ and ends with ‘U.’” pic.twitter.com/TOlIbZZCrw

— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) May 29, 2020

Heartbreaking to wake up to the news that Migizi Communication, a 40 year old Native youth organization, was burned in #MinneapolisRiot reports from the org state that everything was lost archives, historic material, photos. Prayers out to our relatives. pic.twitter.com/pdJsgovYNP

— Matt Remle (@wakiyan7) May 29, 2020

Food banks have reported skyrocketing numbers of Americans relying on their services amid pandemic shutdowns...

....It was spoken as a fact, not as a statement. It’s very simple, nobody should have any problem with this other than the haters, and those looking to cause trouble on social media. Honor the memory of George Floyd!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2020

"Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today be terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs," Trump said at a press conference.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced the proposed policy change Thursday. It would affect Hong Hong British national passport holders, which is a group of about 300,000 people who lived in the region before it became Chinese territory. Raab said the move would extend visa rights, allowing Hong Kong nationals to stay in the U.K. for longer than six-months.

“CBS News is not alone in this process — similar changes are happening across many CBS divisions today and have taken place in Viacom divisions over the past few months. We looked at every option and exhausted other available cost-savings before taking this step. There is nothing more upsetting than having to face these economic realities and I’ve tried very hard to minimize the impact on all of you,” the memo continued...

One of the additional four women was 17 at the time of the alleged encounter, according to a report published Thursday by The Hollywood Reporter. Harvey’s brother Bob Weinstein, production group Miramax and Disney were all named in the lawsuit.

The June 2 event had been billed as a “fireside chat” with Weissmann, who departed Mueller’s team last year and is working on a book about his role in the probe, and Anne Milgram, a former New Jersey attorney general. The fundraiser was pulled shortly after it was posted late last week, but not before it garnered widespread media attention...

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John Harrington, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, announced that Chauvin was taken into custody by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

“We have now been able to put together the evidence that we need. Even as late as yesterday afternoon, we did not have all that we needed,” Freeman said, before saying that he was unable to speak to specific pieces of evidence and which one specifically was needed to file charges.

“This is by far the fastest that we’ve ever charged a police officer,” Freeman said.

Elon, your rocket just blew up. pic.twitter.com/EZAVN4cVCd

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) May 29, 2020

Van Jones just said that Hillary Clinton supporters are a bigger threat to black people than the KKK. pic.twitter.com/6vnwUmOrcA

— Seanologues on YouTube! (@seankent) May 29, 2020

Stone's message on not needing to quarantine himself in prison comes despite a U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) directive saying it would “process all newly-sentenced Bureau inmates through one of three quarantine sites” or at a federal detention facility.

Speaking at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on the 15th anniversary of the Anti-Secession Law, Li Zuocheng, chief of the Joint Staff Department and member of the Central Military Commission, left the door open to using force... "If the possibility for peaceful reunification is lost, the people's armed forces will, with the whole nation, including the people of Taiwan, take all necessary steps to resolutely smash any separatist plots or actions," Li said.