Recent Highlights
All Stories for Black Lives Matter Protests
US charges 18 Portland protesters with arson, trespassing as it sends tactical police to Seattle
• 5 years agoThe arrests came this week during clashes with specially equipped federal police agents sent to Portland, where 56 straight days of anti-racism demonstrations have captured national attention
US watchdog to probe use of force in Portland; federal agents to Seattle on standby
• 5 years agoJustice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said his office will investigate allegations federal agents used excessive force against peaceful protesters in Portland
Donald Trump delivers divisive culture war message at Mount Rushmore in bid to win second term, barely mentions pandemic
• 5 years agoThe scene at Mount Rushmore was the latest sign of how Trump appears, by design or default, increasingly disconnected from the intense concern among Americans about the COVID-19 crisis gripping the country
Donald Trump signs executive order authorising up to 10 years in prison for damaging federal property after Washington protesters try to tear down statue
• 5 years agoThe order calls on the attorney general to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law any person or group that destroys or vandalises a monument, memorial or statue, authorising a penalty of up to 10 years in prison