The mayor of Phoenix, Ariz., issued a statement Wednesday night urging President Trump to delay his campaign-style rally in the city while “our nation is still healing” from the violence that took place in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. “It is my hope that more sound judgment prevails and that he delays his visit,” Mayor Greg Stanton […]
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Trump Says Country Being Torn Apart By Monument Removals
President Trump on Thursday refused to back down from critics who’ve ripped him for failing to condemn protests surrounding the removal of Confederate monuments, doubling down on his belief the statues should stay and questioning if the progressive movement would turn on America’s Founding Fathers next. In the aftermath of a deadly car attack Saturday […]
White Nationalists Praise Trump as ‘Most Honest President’
Many white nationalists have been praising President Trump after he doubled-down on blaming “both sides” in the deadly Charlottesville protests. “What about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say, alt-right? Do they have any semblance of guilt?” Trump asked reporters in an explosive press conference Tuesday. “What about the fact they came […]
Top FBI Investigator Resigns From Trump-Russia Collusion Investigation
One of the FBI’s top investigators, tapped by special counsel Robert Mueller just weeks ago to help lead the probe of Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election, has left Mueller’s team, sources tell ABC News. The recent departure of FBI veteran Peter Strzok is the first known hitch in a secretive probe that by […]
Texas’ Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill Dies In State House
Texas legislation that sought to limit bathroom access for transgender people is dead, at least for now. The Texas House adjourned its special legislative session Tuesday without taking action on the measure, which had been opposed by civil rights groups, moderate Republicans and business leaders, Reuters reported. Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, a Republican, said that reviving […]
Mourners Gather To Remember And Celebrate Heather Heyer
About 1,000 people gathered in Charlottesville, Va., to remember a woman killed during a violent weekend rally were able to mourn her death quietly Wednesday without the presence of the neo-Nazis who had threatened to attend the service for Heather Heyer. Heyer’s grandfather said the 32-year-old always wanted fairness, even from a young age. Elwood […]
Trump Wants Facts Before Condemning White Nationalists
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that the counter-protesters demonstrating against white nationalism were also to blame for the violence at race-fueled riots in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend. “There are two sides to a story. I thought what took place was a horrible moment for the country, but there are two sides […]
Trump Condemns KKK And White Supremacists As ‘Repugnant’
President Donald Trump condemned hate groups, including white supremacists, in remarks from the White House on Monday, after receiving criticism for his initial statement on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. “Racism is evil,” said Trump, two days after a driver rammed a car into a crowd of people in the midst of […]
Trump Considering A Pardon For Sheriff Joe Arpaio
President Donald Trump may soon issue a pardon for former Sheriff Joe Arpaio. “I am seriously considering a pardon for Sheriff Arpaio,” Trump said Sunday in an interview with Fox News from his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he is on a working vacation. Trump told Fox News he could issue […]
Mayor Blames Trump For Charlottesville White Supremacist Violence
The Charlottesville mayor on Sunday blamed the heated rhetoric of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign for emboldening white supremacists who caused an explosion of violence during rallies in the Virginia city. “Look at the campaign he ran. Look at the intentional courting, both on the one hand all of these white supremacist, white nationalist groups like […]
White Supremacist Rally Leads To One Death And 19 Injured As Cars Plows Into Protesters
At least one person was killed and 19 others were injured Saturday when a car rammed into a group of counter-protesters during the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer tweeted that he was “heartbroken that a life has been lost here” and urged “all people of good will [to] go […]
MS-13 Gang Member On FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Arrested
MS-13 gang member Walter Yovany Gomez was captured after a four-year manhunt. (FBI) An MS-13 gang member on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list has been captured in Virginia after a four-year manhunt, authorities announced Saturday. Walter Yovany Gomez, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, was arrested without incident Friday in Woodbridge, 20 miles south of […]