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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds updates the state's response to the coronavirus outbreak during a news conference at the Statehouse, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, pool)

Reynolds won’t say if she’d accept Trump’s offer of troops

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

Protesters raise their fists during a rally Monday, June 1, 2020, in Las Vegas, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Protesters return to the streets as Trump decries ‘lowlifes’

By ZEKE MILLER and TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr, center, stands in Lafayette Park across from the White House as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DC officials push back on aggressive response to protests

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks in Lafayette Park to visit outside St. John's Church across from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Embracing religious themes, Trump visits John Paul II shrine

By JONATHAN LEMIRE, JILL COLVIN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE and - Associated Press

LA police arrest man with assault rifle wearing combat gear

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Police walk through fire and smoke as hundreds of people gathered to protest the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Portland, Oregon. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

Portland officials beg Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to deploy National Guard after denials

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Audit: Alaska National Guard improves sex assault responses

Associated Press

Police and Kentucky National Guard troops chase protesters as they flee toward a fence Sunday, May 31, 2020, in a parking lot at the corner of East Broadway and South Brook Street in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. (Max Gersh/The Courier Journal via AP)

Protests, Louisville police chief fired after fatal shooting

By BRUCE SCHREINER and SOPHIA TULP - Associated Press

Utah National Guardsman stands on guard, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Approximately 200 Utah National Guard members have been activated by the order of Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert to assist local law enforcement agencies in response to violence and looting in downtown Salt Lake City to deter criminal activity and protect life and property. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

White House urges governors to call out more National Guard, says Trump could deploy troops

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A protester runs as he is chased by police on Monday, June 1, 2020, in New York. Protests were held throughout the city over the death of George Floyd, a black man in police custody in Minneapolis who died after being restrained by police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Trump threatens military force against protesters nationwide

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and TIM SULLIVAN and AARON MORRISON - Associated Press

Vehicles for the District of Columbia National Guard are seen outside the D.C. Armory, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Protests have erupted across the United States to protest the death of Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Barr: Law enforcement must ‘dominate’ streets amid protests

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks in Lafayette Park to visit outside St. John's Church across from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Democratic governors reject Trump’s call to send in military

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump mobilizing military amid George Floyd protests

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Protesters run as police officers fire rubber bullets during a protest over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man in police custody in Minneapolis, in Los Angeles, Saturday, May 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

The Latest: California closes all downtown state buildings

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People set fire to vehicles during a protest, Saturday, May 30, 12020 in Seattle. Protests were held throughout the country over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)

Inslee orders statewide Guard activation following unrest

By LISA BAUMANN - Associated Press

Demonstrators block the path of a Los Angeles Fire Department truck during a public disturbance on Melrose Avenue, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Los Angeles. Protests were held in U.S. cities over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Unrest overshadows peaceful US protests for another night

By ASHRAF KHALIL and AARON MORRISON and TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

Minnesota National Guard members maintain a position on Lake St., near S. Chicago Ave., protecting nearby firefighters following protests in the death of George Floyd, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minn. Floyd died after an officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)

The Latest: One dead in Indianapolis shootings amid protests

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Protestors return to the area around the Centennial Olympic Park and CNN center where some confronted police, who sprayed some demonstrators with pepper spray, after a peaceful march the Georgia State Capitol that swelled into the hundreds in Atlanta, Friday, May 29, 2020. They carried signs and chanted their messages of outrage over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Protests over police killings rage in dozens of US cities

By TIM SULLIVAN and STEPHEN GROVES - Associated Press

A security guard walks behind shattered glass at the CNN building at the CNN Center in the aftermath of a demonstration against police violence on Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

National Guard troops sent to Atlanta; city invokes curfew

By KATE BRUMBACK and BRYNN ANDERSON - Associated Press

A man poses for a photo in the parking lot of an AutoZone store in flames, while protesters hold a rally for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Violent protests over the death of the black man in police custody broke out in Minneapolis for a second straight night Wednesday, with protesters in a standoff with officers outside a police precinct and looting of nearby stores. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)

George Floyd protesters set Minneapolis police station afire

By TIM SULLIVAN and AMY FORLITI - Associated Press