DC Mayor Bowser Pushes Back on Trump to Control DC Streets

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District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, right, speaks next to Metropolitan Police Department Chief Peter Newsham, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington, during a news conference to announce a new 7 p.m. curfew for the city for the next two nights. Across the United States people gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, right, speaks next to Metropolitan Police Department Chief Peter Newsham, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington, during a news conference to announce a new 7 p.m. curfew for the city for the next two nights. Across the United States people gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

And the battle is on! In in this corner…Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. In the opposing corner, President Donald Trump.

Mayor Bowser has requested that President Trump withdraw federal troops from the city and has renamed a block Black Lives Matter.

Click ▶️ to listen to AURN Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan’s White House Report:

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