Knocked off their perch: protesters target empire builders, Confederate symbols
Once feted as pioneers, some of the architects of Europe’s empire building now face a backlash: anti-racism protesters are demanding their legacies be revisited and their often imposing statues be torn down and consigned to the trash heap of history.
The Squad in the spotlight: AOC, progressive peers face primary challenges of their own
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning upset over a member of the Democratic congressional leadership in 2018 made her a household name and inspired similar insurgent campaigns around the United States.
Ex-Trump adviser Flynn, Justice Department to push appeals court to drop lying charge
President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and the Justice Department will team up on Friday in an unprecedented legal battle to force a federal judge to dismiss a criminal charge of lying to which Flynn has already plead…
Exclusive: Trump aims to sidestep another arms pact to sell more U.S. drones
The Trump administration plans to reinterpret a Cold War-era arms agreement between 34 nations with the goal of allowing U.S. defense contractors to sell more American-made drones to a wide array of nations, three defense industry executives and a U.S….
Man charged in pipe bomb ambush of deputies, wrote far-right phrase in blood
A U.S. Air Force sergeant is accused of shooting dead a Sheriff’s deputy in California’s Santa Cruz mountains last week, throwing lit pipe bombs and shooting at other deputies and planning to kill more, court papers say.
Seattle mayor says illegal for Trump to send military to clear protesters
The mayor of Seattle said on Thursday it would be unconstitutional and illegal for U.S. President Donald Trump to send military forces into the city to clear protesters occupying a neighborhood, as he has suggested.
California police shoot and kill suspect wanted in Central California “shooting spree”
Police shot and killed a man wanted in a Central California “shooting spree”, and three law enforcement officers were wounded in the shoot-out at vineyard where he was tracked down on Thursday afternoon, sheriffs officials said.
‘This is about livelihoods’: U.S. virus hotspots reopen despite second wave specter
Facing budget shortfalls and double-digit unemployment, governors of U.S. states that are COVID-19 hotspots on Thursday pressed ahead with economic reopenings that have raised fears of a second wave of infections.
California man charged with videotaped poisoning of homeless people
A California man has been arrested on charges he poisoned eight homeless people by giving them food laced with a caustic substance derived from hot chili peppers in a string of attacks videotaped for his own enjoyment, prosecutors said on Thursday.
What was the cost for the National Guard to deploy in D.C.? Up to $2.6 million a day
The deployment of thousands of National Guard troops in response to protests on the streets of Washington, endorsed by President Donald Trump and much criticized by the city’s mayor, cost the federal government $2.6 million per day at its peak, U.S. of…
