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Healthcare

CDC indicates COVID infection-fatality rate less than 1%

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020December 19, 2024

Healthcare

Nearly half of all COVID-related deaths directly tied to nursing homes: Report

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020October 29, 2025

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

NATIONAL NEWS

Kari Lake Wins GOP Senate Primary in Arizona, Setting Up Showdown With Rep. Ruben Gallego

By Nathan Worcester and Arjun Singh PHEONIX—Kari Lake has won Arizona’s Republican Senate primary, defeating Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb and Elizabeth Reye. “If you think ...

Federal Appeals Court Blocks All Remaining Parts of SAVE Student Debt Relief Plan

By Tom Ozimek A federal appeals court has issued an order that blocks all remaining parts of the federal government’s Saving on a Valuable Education ...

What to Watch Today in Arizona and Alaska Primaries

By Nathan Worcester July 30 will see key primaries in the western U.S. states of Arizona and Alaska—two hot and cold temperature gauges for November’s ...

US National Debt Hits $35 Trillion Milestone

By Andrew Moran In a historic fiscal milestone for the federal government, the national debt rose to $35 trillion for the first time, according to ...

Trump Says He Will Continue to Hold Outdoor Rallies

By Jack Phillips Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Saturday said he will continue to hold outdoor rallies despite the assassination attempt earlier this month ...

Biden Proposes Plan to Reform Supreme Court

By Melanie Sun President Joe Biden called for Congress to back his proposals for two significant changes to the U.S. Supreme Court and a change ...

What’s Next for Trump’s DC Election-Related Case After Immunity Ruling

By Sam Dorman The Supreme Court’s ruling on former President Donald Trump’s claim to immunity has reshuffled the deck for his election-related case in Washington ...

Behind the Homeless Surge in California’s High Desert

By Beige Luciano-Adams LOS ANGELES—In the scrubby Mojave desert north of Los Angeles, a sprawling encampment of decrepit RVs sits just off a dirt road ...

Trump, Netanyahu Meet for the First Time in Nearly 4 Years

By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Friday, the first time the pair ...

Washington OKs More Than $374M to Improve Airports Nationwide

By Jacob Burg The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on July 26 more than $347 million in grants to ...

Trump Campaign Says It Won’t Finalize Harris Debate Until She’s Officially Nominated

By Jack Phillips Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Thursday night signaled it will not commit to a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris until ...

Biden Addresses Nation From Oval Office to Explain Why He Quit 2024 Race

By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office on July 24 to explain why he chose to withdraw from the ...