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The Latest: Trump slams media coverage of Virginia remarks
The group marched through the Fan District to the Lee Monument to Jackson Ward. The march was held a day after a white supremacist... President Donald Trump said Monday that "racism is evil" as he condemned the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists as "criminals and thugs."
Bowing to pressure, Trump denounces hate groups by name
Bowing to pressure from right and left, President Donald Trump condemned white supremacist groups by name on Monday, declaring "racism is evil" after two days of public equivocation and internal White House debate over the deadly race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. In a hastily arranged statement at the White House, Trump branded members of the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists who take part in violence as "criminals and thugs."
Nevada’s Elected Officials Respond to Violence to Charlottesville
Sen. Dean Heller says he's glad President Donald Trump has sharpened his criticism of the white supremacists who incited violence at a rally that turned deadly in Virginia over the weekend. The Nevada Republican told reporters in Reno on Monday it was important for the president to more strongly denounce the racism and bigotry espoused by the white nationalists before a car plowed into a crowd in Charlottesville.
Jury finds Taylor Swift told the truth
And so one of the stranger lawsuits in recent memory comes to a close. The DJ who sued a pop star to supposedly regain his reputation ended up proving her case to the jury without her attorney calling a single witness.
Trump campaign emails show aide’s repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings
Three days after Donald Trump named his campaign foreign policy team in March 2016, the youngest of the new advisers sent an email to seven campaign officials with the subject line: "Meeting with Russian Leadership - Including Putin." The adviser, George Papadopoulos, offered to set up "a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President Trump," telling them his Russian contacts welcomed the opportunity,according to internal campaign emails read to The Washington Post.
Maduro seeks probe of opposition over Trump’s military talk
President Nicolas Maduro asked the pro-government constitutional assembly Monday to investigate the opposition for allegedly supporting Donald Trump's remarks on using military action to resolve Venezuela's political crisis. Addressing a rally of government supporters, Maduro said Trump's comments were prompted by the failure of the opposition's campaign to oust him after months of destabilizing protests.
Author on the “troubling truth” of Charlottesville white supremacists
The incident in Charlottesville started as a rally against the city's plans to remove a Confederate statue. The Department of Justice opened a federal civil rights investigation into the weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Lots of questions still hang over Trump’s tax plan
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California, San Francisco sue over sanctuary city grants
The state of California and city of San Francisco are suing the U.S. Department of Justice over President Donald Trump's sanctuary city restrictions on public safety grants. In a news conference Monday, Attorney General Xavier Becerra and City Attorney Dennis Herrera, both Democrats, announced the lawsuit, which makes California the first state to challenge the administration on its sanctuary city policy of denying funds to cities that limit cooperation with enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.
Donald Trump to Fox News: ‘Seriously considering’ Joe Arpaio pardon
A Fox News interview with President Donald Trump indicates that a presidential pardon may be in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's near future. Donald Trump to Fox News: 'Seriously considering' Joe Arpaio pardon A Fox News interview with President Donald Trump indicates that a presidential pardon may be in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's near future.
UPDATE 1-Merck CEO pulls out of Trump panel, demands rejection of bigotry
The departure of Kenneth Frazier from the president's American Manufacturing Council added to a storm of criticism of Trump over his handling of Saturday's violence in Charlottesville, in which a woman was killed when a man drove his car into a group of counter-protesters. Democrats and Republicans have attacked the Republican president for waiting too long to address the violence, and for saying "many sides" were involved rather than explicitly condemning white-supremacist marchers widely seen as sparking the melee.
Pressure mounts on Trump to condemn white supremacists
As President Donald Trump remained out of sight, pressure mounted from both sides of the aisle for him to explicitly condemn white supremacists and hate groups involved in deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Trump, who has been at his New Jersey golf club on a working vacation, was set to make a one-day return to Washington on Monday to sign an executive action on China's trade practices.
Sessions defends Trumpa s response to Charlottesville violence
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday strongly defended President Donald Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville, seeking to counter widespread criticism that the president did not go far enough in denouncing white supremacists and other hate groups. “His initial statement on this roundly and unequivocally condemned hatred and violence and bigotry,” Sessions said on ABC's “Good Morning America” as part of his appearances on morning shows.
Merck CEO leaves Trump council over far right march
Merck & Co chief executive Kenneth Frazier has resigned from US President Donald Trump's American Manufacturing Council, saying he was taking a stand against intolerance and extremism. A gathering of hundreds of white nationalists in Virginia took a deadly turn on Saturday when a car ploughed into a group of counter-protesters and killed at least one person.
Jeff Sessions: Trump’s Charlottesville Response Was A ‘Strong Statement’ Against White Supremacy
Trump hasn't personally denounced Nazism since a white nationalist rally devolved into chaos and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, this weekend. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday that a deadly vehicular attack against a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend qualified as "domestic terrorism" - and that President Donald Trump did an adequate job of condemning it.
Trump Tweets About Everything Except Denouncing Neo-Nazis
President Donald Trump had a lot to say on Twitter Monday morning - but none of his posts addressed the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, where a car rammed into a group of pedestrians protesting a white supremacist rally, killing one woman . Over the weekend, Trump condemned the "violence" and "hate" in general terms but stopped short of explicitly naming any of the white supremacist groups responsible for the event.
Trump remains silent on Charlottesville white supremacists in return to Washington
The U.S. president was set to make a one-day return to Washington on Monday, but he will likely be unable to escape questions and criticism for his initial response to the violence. U.S. President Donald Trump was heavily criticized for his response to the Charlottesville violence, in which he blamed bigotry on "many sides."
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President Donald Trump's approval rating is at 38 percent. His base is said to be eroding.
No early fans of Trump, the powerful Koch network still wields influence on White House policy
During the presidential campaign, about the only common ground between billionaire conservative Charles Koch and Republican nominee Donald Trump was a colorful disregard for each other. Koch complained the choice between Trump and Hillary Clinton was like opting for cancer or a heart attack.