Troops guard Brazil federal buildings amid political unrest
(World News Brazil)

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Troops guarded federal buildings in Brazil's capital early Thursday as the president struggles to hang onto power amid an outcry over corruption allegations and after clashes between police and protesters demanding his resignation forced the evacuations of several ministries. With tens of thousands of demonstrators in the streets and lawmakers in Congress calling for his ouster, President Michel Temer ordered soldiers deployed in Brasilia on Wednesday. The Defense Ministry said 1,500 soldiers were being used. What began as small scuffles between police and protesters who tried to jump a cordon mushroomed into a series of confrontations in which officers fired...