The federal response to protests

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<p>In an essay for the <a href="https://apple.news/AOJxCeb3VQKWthj82JdteJw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a>, Masha Gessen delivers an ominous warning about the Department of Homeland Security under President Trump.</p> <p>Hannah Dreier profiles a police officer in Huntsville, Alabama, for the <a href="https://apple.news/At_OQbCsgSRmtyBa3wkG6HA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> as part of a focus on how cops respond to mental-health calls. <a href="https://apple.news/A1LZL_7DhSf2InACQSMZs9w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> says Eugene, Oregon, shows one way a town can shift responsibility for mental health off of its police department.</p> <p>Thirty years after the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act, <a href="https://apple.news/AIke87222S667WzMWUNB5RQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">TIME</a> reflects on the challenges still faced by people with disabilities in the U.S. And <a href="https://apple.news/AqqPT9DipRwWFn798g7V2mA">Fast Company</a> examines why so much of our infrastructure is still not ADA-compliant.</p> <p>And if you&rsquo;re having trouble making sense of the latest political polls, <a href="https://apple.news/AHK8C3JRcSpawrj6WVRxVpA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">WIRED</a> and <a href="https://apple.news/ASkKb3-gpRIurOHz5COn6bA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">FiveThirtyEight</a> have useful guides ahead of November&rsquo;s elections.</p>