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Trump failed to condemn accused Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse, as Biden warned that the president ‘sows chaos’. Plus, the US passes 6m cases of coronavirus

Good morning. Donald Trump on Monday failed to denounce Kyle Rittenhouse, the self-styled vigilante who has been charged with killing two people during anti-racism protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Instead, the president suggested he was acting in self-defence, saying videos showed that Rittenhouse was “trying to get away” having been “very violently attacked”. Rittenhouse, who sat in the front row of a Trump rally this year, has become a Conservative icon since the shooting.

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