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Four and a half hours after curfew. Hundreds pour back to station themselves outside White House
Four and a half hours after curfew.
Hundreds pour back to station themselves outside the White House as midnight nears, after taking a roughly 2 mile loop through the streets of downtown D.C.
The size of the protest isn’t diminishing much, if at all.
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Obama never drew crowds like this.
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Thousands descend on D.C. protests to push back against Trump’s show of federal force
Banging on fences erected near the White House and marching through the city to the U.S. Capitol, the largely peaceful protesters included high schoolers and stay-at-home moms, young parents and toddlers, elderly couples and large families.
By Michael S. Rosenwald, Rachel Chason, Marissa J. Lang and Perry Stein
Banging on fences erected near the White House and marching through the city to the U.S. Capitol, the largely peaceful protesters included high schoolers and stay-at-home moms, young parents and toddlers, elderly couples and large families.
By Michael S. Rosenwald, Rachel Chason, Marissa J. Lang and Perry Stein
Protesters defy curfews, but tensions ease
