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The Seattle City Council has voted to ban chokeholds. It will next vote on the use of crowd control weapons like tear gas, which have been controversial in response to recent protests.
Breaking: The Seattle City Council just voted unanimously to ban SPD officers from using chokeholds. Now voting on banning the use of crowd control weapons, like tear gas, in the wake of #seattleprotest
Top Trump administration official Andrew Olmem will step down from his role as deputy director of the National Economic Council at the end of this week.
He played a large role in scaling back financial regulation and the returning of mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private hands.
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