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Never Trumpers cross line with party operatives by targeting GOP senators: ‘Taking it too far’

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Protesters set up guillotine in front of Jeff Bezos’ DC home

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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

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020June 28, 2020

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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

by USNN World NewsJune 28, 2020March 29, 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.

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

by USNN World NewsJune 26, 2020May 11, 2025

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

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House bill would block rioters from coronavirus unemployment benefits

By Brie Stimson | Fox News GOP Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana says two of his constituents were harassed while leaving President Trump’s RNC event. A House Republican introduced ...

Kenosha police union gives its account of Jacob Blake shooting

By Brie Stimson | Fox News A 20-second video shot by a bystander doesn’t show what led up to the shooting and Wisconsin authorities have given few ...

CNN accused of pitting David Dorn’s family against each other following widow’s RNC speech

By Brian Flood | Fox News Media Research Center analyst Nicholas Fondacaro blasts Chris Cuomo. CNN was accused of “pitting different sides” of the late David Dorn’s family against each other after ...

Politico hammered for tweet saying Alice Johnson has been ‘propped up’ by Trump campaign

By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News ‘This is a disgusting racist headline,’ one critic reacted. Politico raised eyebrows Thursday night with its description of Alice Marie Johnson, who spoke at ...

Sen. Rand Paul thanks DC cops for saving him from ‘crazed mob’ after RNC

By David Aaro | Fox News U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he was attacked by a “crazed mob” of more than 100 people after leaving the White House following ...

New York Times reporter gaslighting readers with story on Trump’s LGBTQ record, critic says

By Brian Flood | Fox News ‘Trump’s history of being pro-gay dates back to long before Biden figured it was a political winner,’ Chris Barron said. New York Times reporter Maggie ...

Hurricane Laura brings tornado threat after Louisiana landfall, Lake Charles ‘severely damaged’

By Travis Fedschun, Janice Dean | Fox News Hurricane Laura made landfall in Cameron, La., with 150 mph winds. Heavy rains and winds battered Louisiana Thursday morning as a weakening Hurricane Laura roared ...

Elise Stefanik: Biden speaking out on violence after months of silence is ‘too little too late’

By Joshua Nelson | Fox News ‘This is going to become one of the key deciding issues as people head to the polls this November,’ she said. Democratic ...

Newsom skips question on ex-wife Guilfoyle’s RNC speech: ‘I respectfully defer’

By Evie Fordham | Fox News The pair were married from 2001 to 2005. Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was previously married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom before he became the state’s top ...

PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor blasted for tweet knocking Cawthorn for standing during RNC remarks

By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News Cawthorn rose from his wheelchair exhorting Americans to ‘kneel before God but stand for our flag’. “PBS NewsHour” correspondent Yamiche Alcindor was heavily ...

Tom Cotton promises to ‘expose’ Biden as ‘weak and wrong for America’ in RNC speech

By Caleb Parke | Fox News The Army combat veteran says he will hit Joe Biden’s record on American security in RNC speech. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told “Fox ...

Pence gets top billing on GOP convention’s third night

By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News Pence will use an ‘optimistic tone’ to lay out in detail Trump’s economic and foreign policy accomplishments. He always takes second billing ...