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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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NRA fights back, files its own suit against NY attorney general seeking to disband organization

By Stephanie Pagones | Fox News President Trump slammed AG Letitia James’ suit against the group, calling it ‘a very terrible thing’. The National Rifle Association is fighting back against ...

Washington Post issues major correction after botching Trump-Twitter post

By Joseph A. Wulfsohn | Fox News The Washington Post sparked massive confusion Wednesday evening after erroneously reporting that President Trump was banned from tweeting because of a claim he ...

Cities go to extremes with quarantine crackdowns: Checkpoints, power shutoffs, steep fines

By Tyler Olson | Fox News Some travelers will be stopped in NYC. The interstate in Chicago has signs warning about quarantine requirements. With the daily number of coronavirus cases ...

Pelosi blasts Trump for saying he may deliver convention speech from White House: ‘He can’t do that’

By Megan Henney | Fox News She questioned whether the move was ‘legally wrong’ or ‘ethically out of the question’. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed President Trump for suggesting that ...

Trump downplays Republican concerns about giving nomination acceptance at White House: ‘It is legal, there is no Hatch Act’

By Morgan Phillips | Fox News President Trump played down fears from a Republican senator that him giving his speech accepting the Republican nomination from the White House ...

Trump rips athletes kneeling for anthem, calls Black Lives Matter a ‘Marxist group’

By Joshua Nelson | Fox News ‘They’re not looking for good things for our country,’ he said. President Trump called Black Lives Matter a Marxist group on Wednesday, pushing ...

Carolyn Maloney declared winner in New York congressional race marred by mail-in ballot problems

By By Gregg Re | Fox News Trump had called for a do-over in the contest, calling it a ‘total disaster’. Election officials in New York finally declared winners late ...

DB Cooper case gets new clues in tiny algae found on ransom money, study says

By Chris Ciaccia | Fox News In a cold case for nearly 50 years ago, a scientist has uncovered new clues in the D.B. Cooper case by ...

CNN’s Brian Stelter ridiculed for claiming ‘right-wing media tempest’ is behind push for Biden not to debate Trump

By Joseph A. Wulfsohn, Brian Flood | Fox News Suggestion Biden should not debate came in CNN, NYT op-eds. CNN media pundit Brian Stelter raised eyebrows On Monday night after he said ...

NYC crime spree knocks on the doorsteps of America’s ultra-rich

By Stephanie Pagones | Fox News New York City’s Upper East Side is seeing a ‘significant uptick’ in robberies, police say. A portion of New York City’s Upper East Side, which reportedly ...

Trump warns election result could take ‘two months’ because of mail-in voting

By Tyler Olson | Fox News President Trump said Monday that it could take two months for Americans to see a result from November’s presidential election — a comment that ...

Minneapolis’ Frey accuses Walz of dragging feet during early unrest

By Edmund DeMarche | Fox News Mayor Frey said he knew early on that the situation on the ground was dire. Mayor Jacob Frey, the Minneapolis Democrat who faced ...