6/9/2020: Trump considering a move to invoke Insurrection Act - Skeletons hint that ancient societies had women warriors

Today's Article: Trump considering a move to invoke Insurrection Act
From: NBC news
Readability Score: 11.6

How can riots and looting be stopped? Who should decide: local law enforcement? Governors and the National Guard, or the Federal government?

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Readability Score: 7.8

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6/8/2018: Border Patrol union calls Trump's National Guard deployment 'colossal waste' - Police try to keep peace downtown, along lake by 'directing' large groups of troublesome teens to express trains

Today's Article: Border Patrol union calls Trump's National Guard deployment 'colossal waste'
From: LA Times
Readability Score: 10.8

A month after President Donald Trump called for sending National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, the head of the national Border Patrol union called the deployment "a colossal waste of resources."

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Readability Score: 8.5

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