In a victory that shocked the nation, Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America's 45th president, and urged the nation to rally behind him and come together.
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Thick smoke hovered over Minneapolis on Friday, hours after cheering protesters torched a police station that officers abandoned as a third night of violent protests flared over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer knelt on his neck.
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Probe: US Interior official used office for personal gain
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Trump calls Minneapolis protesters 'thugs,' vows action
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to take action to bring the city of Minneapolis "under control," calling violent protesters outraged by the death of a black man in police custody "thugs" and saying that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts."
