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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

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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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AOC warns Bloomberg would be ‘a worse Trump’ if elected president

By Mark Moore | New York Post Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that electing Mike Bloomberg in November would pave the way for another candidate who could be “even worse” than President Trump. The ...

Trump accuses Dems of ‘politicizing’ coronavirus, tells South Carolina rally ‘we are totally prepared’

By Alex Pappas | Fox News President Trump accused his Democratic critics of “politicizing” the coronavirus outbreak Friday as he rallied supporters in North Charleston a day before the Democratic primary ...

Chris Stirewalt: Why Super Tuesday looks like it will backfire on Democrats

By David Montanaro | Fox News The move by some states – including California and Texas – to move up their primaries to Super Tuesday appears that it’s going to backfire ...

CPAC attendees rip Democrats over reaction to coronavirus: ‘It’s their next game’

By Victor Garcia | Fox News Fox News contributor and “Hannity” 2020 correspondent Lawrence Jones spoke Friday with attendees of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference who are unhappy with Democrats ...

McCarthy predicts Democrats will lose House, says they have ‘surrendered to the socialists’

By Brooke Singman | Fox News NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy boldly predicted Friday that Democrats will lose the majority in the House of Representatives ...

Some California health workers held in isolation, quarantine after exposure to cornavirus patient, officials say

By Louis Casiano | Fox News Dozens of health workers in Solano County, Calif., are under isolation and some will be quarantined after being exposed to a ...

Pence rallies CPAC crowd for 2020 Trump reelection: ‘Freedom works. Socialism doesn’t’

By Brooke Singman | Fox News Vice President Mike Pence rallied the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday against socialism, saying “freedom always wins” as he made the case ...

Bloomberg pressures Sanders to release full medical records after doctor declares billionaire is in ‘outstanding health’

By Vandana Rambaran | Fox News Michael Bloomberg’s campaign called on his 2020 Democratic rival Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to release further information on his heart health, after ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Biden will win SC primary ‘by double digits,’ but Dem nomination is Bernie’s to lose

By Victor Garcia | Fox News Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., joined “The Story with Martha MacCallum” Saturday to preview Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic primary, which he predicted former Vice ...

Whistleblower says HHS sent workers to handle possible coronavirus patients without gear, training

By Gregg Re | Fox News The Department of Health and Human Services “improperly deployed” more than a dozen workers to two California military bases receiving Americans evacuated from coronavirus ...

5 Milwaukee shooting victims identified, suspected gunman was 17-year electrician at brewery

By Louis Casiano | Fox News Milwaukee authorities have identified the five victims who were killed by a co-worker during a shooting rampage at the Molson Coors ...

Trump says Pelosi trying to create ‘panic’ with coronavirus comments

By Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News President Trump accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday of trying to create a panic around the coronavirus outbreak after the California Democrat criticized the White ...