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Meadows hosted wedding despite guidelines banning gatherings of more than 10 people: report

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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows reportedly hosted an indoor wedding for his daughter in May in Atlanta despite city and state health protocols that prohibited gatherings of more than 10 people to stem t…

Vietnam arrests prominent journalist as state cracks down on free speech online

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Pham Doan Trang was charged with opposing the state just after the country held talks with the US on human rights

Vietnamese authorities have arrested Pham Doan Trang – one of the nation’s most prominent independent journalists.

Trang was detained on Tuesday evening in Ho Chi Minh City, the same day Vietnam and the US held the 24th annual US-Vietnam human rights dialogue, which included talks on issues such as the right to freedom of expression.

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Notre Dame’s President Faces an Angry Campus After Getting the Coronavirus

Students have petitioned for his resignation, angry over what they consider his hypocrisy as well as the rising tide of infections on campus. Others have reported him to a coronavirus hotline for violating his own mask mandate. The student newspaper called the affair “embarrassing” in an editorial. And the faculty senate stopped one vote short on Tuesday night of considering a vote of no confidence in his leadership.

Students and faculty are furious that the Rev. John I. Jenkins failed to wear a mask at a White House ceremony and then later tested positive for the virus.

Facebook will remove ‘militarized’ calls for U.S. election poll watchers

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would remove calls for people to engage in poll watching that use “militarized language” or suggest the goal is to intimidate voters or election officials, tightening the social media company’s restrictions around the US elections. 451340
Facebook also said that it would respond to candidates or parties making premature claims of victory or contesting declared outcomes by adding labels and notifications with authoritative information.