America’s top general has apologized for appearing in a photo-op with President Donald Trump following the forceful dispersal of peaceful protesters outside the White House last week, calling the move a “mistake” and saying his presence “created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.” “I should not have ...
The Pentagon has deployed some 1,600 US troops in the region of Washington DC after the city faced violent riots earlier amid protests over George Floyd’s death. According to a Pentagon spokesman, Jonathan Rath Hoffman, the troops were on “heightened alert status” but did not take part in “defence support ...
