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Healthcare

COVID-19 death rate is 75% lower in states that didn’t lock down

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020June 20, 2024

World

Inside ‘Office 39’: North Korea’s illicit global smuggling network

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020June 28, 2020

National News

Nunes: Twitter, Google, Facebook are ‘tech tyrants’ that censor conservatives

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020June 20, 2024

National News

Missouri Democratic mayor accused of intimidating defund police protesters after reading names, partial addresses on livestream

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020June 20, 2024

National Security & Defense

DHS asks tech giants to make sure social media platforms aren’t used as tool to promote riots

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020March 5, 2025

National News

John Bolton is a Dr. Strangelove throwback who set himself up as a White House warlord

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020June 28, 2020

National News

Biden VP hopeful Karen Bass slammed over past praise for Fidel Castro

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020August 9, 2025

National News

Occupy City Hall grows in numbers as NYPD budget deadline looms

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020March 29, 2025

World

Trump pushes back on NY Times report on Russian Afghan attacks, says ‘nobody briefed’ him, Pence

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020June 13, 2025

President Trump announced Friday that he signed an executive order to protect American monuments, memorials and statues and threatened those who try to pull them down with “long prison time.” “I just had the privilege of signing a very strong Executive Order protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues - and combatting recent Criminal Violence,” Trump tweeted. “Long prison terms for these lawless acts against our Great Country!” The new order enforces laws prohibiting the desecration of public monuments, the vandalism of government property, and recent acts of violence, withholds federal support tied to public spaces from state and local governments that have failed to protect public monuments, and withdraws federal grants for jurisdictions and law enforcement agencies that fail to stop their desecration. It also provides assistance for protecting the federal statues. Meanwhile on Friday evening, Attorney General Bill Barr directed the creation of a task force to counter anti-government extremists, specifically naming those who support the far-right “boogaloo” movement and those who identify as Antifa. The task force will be headed by Craig Carpenito, the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the district of Northern Texas, and will be composed of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, the FBI and other relevant departments, according to a press release. The group will share information with local and state law enforcement and will provide training on identifying anti-government extremists, according to an internal Justice Department memo. The president has been teasing his order related to memorials all week, as historic monuments and statues have become the targets of anger and vandalism during Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of George Floyd's police custody death in Minneapolis at the end of May. DC'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATE WANTS 'PROBLEMATIC' LINCOLN STATUE REMOVED FROM LINCOLN PARK placeholder The initial statues under fire were Confederate soldiers and generals largely in the South due to the treatment of African-Americans, and even some high-level military officials called for the renaming of Army bases named after Confederate generals. The anger has since spread to monuments of former presidents and others deemed to be “colonizers,” such as Christopher Columbus, and even some who fought against slavery. On Friday night, protesters plan to try to tear down the Emancipation Statue of Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln Park. The statue shows the 16th president holding the Emancipation Proclamation next to a kneeling, shackled slave. Protesters say it does not depict the role slaves had in securing their own freedom. TRUMP ISSUES WARNING AMID VANDALISM, EFFORT TO TOPPLE ANDREW JACKSON STATUE Washington, D.C.’s congressional delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, said Tuesday she would introduce a House bill to remove the “problematic” statue. Last weekend protesters tied ropes and tried to topple a statue of former president Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square Park, but were stopped by law enforcement. In San Francisco, protesters defaced and toppled a statue of Ulysses S. Grant, who led the Union Army during the Civil War. Protesters that same night also tore down statues of St. Junipero Serra and Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner." This week McConnell listed the monuments that have been defaced in recent days—noting that in Portland, Ore., a mob “graffitied a statue of our first President, pulled it down, and burned an American flag over his head. This is George Washington.” placeholder McConnell said another Washington statue was defaced in Baltimore, a statue of Thomas Jefferson was ripped down in Portland, and others were targeted. “This is the general and first President who built our nation, and the author of the Declaration of Independence. Genius statesmen who helped begin this grand experiment that has brought freedom to hundreds of millions and saved the world a few times for good measure,” McConnell said. “And yet a crazy fringe is treating their monuments like vanity statues of tinhorn tyrants.” He added: “Our Founding Fathers are being roped to the ground like they were Saddam Hussein. The list goes on.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP McConnell was referring to the famous moment in 2003 when a 40-foot bronze statue of the Iraqi dictator was roped and pulled to the ground, symbolizing the end of his regime. Fox News' John Roberts, Jake Gibson and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

National News

Trump signs executive order to protect American monuments, memorials and statues

by USNN World NewsJune 26, 2020June 26, 2020

The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking. Population: 328.2 million (2019) Trending Capital: Washington, D.C. Unemployment rate: 14.7% (Apr 2020) President: Donald Trump

National News

House passes DC statehood bill: Here’s how it would work

by USNN World NewsJune 26, 2020May 11, 2025

National News

‘I hope it’s true’: Trump responds to claim he was chosen by God

by USNN World NewsJune 26, 2020June 26, 2020

NATIONAL NEWS

Trump Megabill Clears Rules Vote After Fiscal Conservatives Persuaded

By Joseph Lord and Nathan Worcester WASHINGTON—After House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders spent hours scrambling to flip holdouts, President Donald Trump’s One ...

Trump, Noem Say CNN’s Coverage of ICE Tracking App Could Warrant Prosecution

By Tom Ozimek President Donald Trump on July 1 suggested that CNN should face possible prosecution both for reporting on a mobile app that alerts ...

DHS Announces $81.5 Billion in Customs Revenue From Trump’s Tariffs

By Tom Ozimek The Department of Homeland Security said on June 30 that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has collected more than $106 billion in ...

Senate Passes Megabill With Vance Casting Tie-Breaker

By Joseph Lord, Nathan Worcester, Jackson Richman, Lawrence Richman WASHINGTON—The Senate passed its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at midday on July ...

Suspect in Idaho Ambush Identified, Along With 2 Firefighter Victims

By Rudy Blalock A wildfire call on Canfield Mountain turned into a deadly ambush Sunday when two firefighters were killed and another wounded by gunfire. ...

Musk Vows to Primary Republicans Who Vote for GOP Megabill

By Joseph Lord Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk vowed on June 30 that he would primary any Republican who casts a vote for the ...

Senate Heads Toward Final Vote for Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

By Joseph Lord The Senate on Monday began the amendment process known as a vote-a-rama on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ahead of the ...

DOJ Sues Los Angeles Over Sanctuary Policies

By Jill McLaughlin The Trump administration sued the city of Los Angeles on June 30, alleging that the city’s sanctuary policies prohibited immigration officers from ...

Senate Wraps up Debate on Republican Megabill as ‘Vote-a-Rama’ Set to Begin Monday

By Joseph Lord The Senate in the early hours of Monday morning wrapped up its debate on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ahead of ...

Trump Says US to Send Tariff Letters to Trade Partners Before July 9 Deadline

By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on June 29 that he will soon send letters to trading partners detailing the tariffs to be imposed ...

Federal Judge Refuses to Block DOGE Access to Sensitive Government Data

By Tom Ozimek A federal judge on Friday allowed the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to continue to access sensitive data on millions of Americans ...

Supreme Court Sides With Trump Admin, Limits Nationwide Injunctions

By Sam Dorman The Supreme Court partially allowed President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order on June 27 in a decision that said universal injunctions likely ...