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Washington Post mocked for claiming Trump was wrong about violence in Dem-run cities: ‘Worst fact check ever’

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McEnany: Pelosi ‘playing politics’ with ‘false reporting’ on Russian bounties for US troops

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

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

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

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

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Occupy City Hall grows in numbers as NYPD budget deadline looms

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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.

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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

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

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Biden says he would use federal power to require Americans to wear masks in public

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Hunter Biden Laptop Whistleblower Speaks Out 2 Years Later

By Jack Phillips Tony Bobulinski, the former Hunter Biden associate who came forward in 2020 about messages on the younger Biden’s laptop, said the FBI never followed ...

Trump Sues CNN for Defamation, Seeks $475 Million

By Mimi Nguyen Ly Former President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against CNN on Monday, alleging defamation and seeking $475 million in punitive damages. He is also seeking $75 million in ...

New Details About Potentially Privileged Documents From Trump Resort Made Public

By Zachary Stieber New details about the documents seized from former President’s Donald Trump were made public on Oct. 3. Among them: the two initial instances of investigators ...

Candidate for Arizona Governor Kari Lake Takes Campaign on Road After Opponent’s Refusal to Debate

By Allan Stein TUCSON, Ariz.—Democratic candidate for Arizona governor Katie Hobbs has refused to debate her Republican opponent Kari Lake ahead of the Nov. 8 mid-term election, with her ...

Trump Warns More Illegal Immigrants Will Cross Into US If Democrats Control Congress After November Midterms

By Frank Fang Former President Donald Trump rallied his Michigan supporters on Saturday, telling them that the border crisis would worsen if Democrats continue to control both ...

Major Scientific Publisher Retracting Over 500 Papers

By Zachary Stieber One of the world’s largest open-access journal publishers is retracting over 500 papers, based on the discovery of unethical actions. London-based Hindawi, which publishes over ...

FDA Withholding COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Data is Illegal: Lawmakers

By Zachary Stieber Rep. Gregory Steube (R-Fla.) and other U.S. lawmakers are asserting that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) refusal to provide records to The ...

‘You Loot, We Shoot’: DeSantis Warns Criminals Not to Target Hurricane Victims

By Tom Ozimek Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has warned opportunistic thieves not to target residents or ransack homes in the wake of Hurricane Ian, telling a press ...

Judge Throws Out Lawsuit by Stacey Abrams’s PAC Over 2018 Georgia Governor’s Election

By Caden Pearson A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by Stacey Abrams challenging Georgia’s election system after she lost the 2018 gubernatorial race to ...

Trump Factor May Decide Arizona US Senate Election

By Katie Spence With just over a month before the November elections, all eyes are turning to four key races that could decide U.S. Senate control in 2023. In Arizona, one ...

FBI Singles Out Conservative Agents in ‘Purge,’ Retaliates Against Whistleblowers: GOP Lawmakers

By Frank Fang House Judiciary Republicans are asking a senior FBI official to testify in a transcribed interview, alleging the official has signed off on ...

Biden Admin Quietly Makes Reversal on Student Loan Forgiveness Program, Scales Back Eligibility

By Katabella Roberts The Biden administration quietly issued an update to its student loan forgiveness plan on Thursday, drastically scaling back eligibility on the same day that six ...