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June 23, 2020

McConnell says monuments to Founding Fathers ‘being roped to the ground like they are Saddam Hussein’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday slammed the “far-left” push to take down statues to controversial historical figures, saying the monuments are being roped to the ground “like they are Saddam Hussein.”

June 23, 2020

Retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink: Why police officers need far more training

Reforming America's law enforcement needs to be done in a way further trains officers and helps to de-escalate confrontations, former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink explained Tuesday. 

June 23, 2020

Tucker Carlson: The real reason mobs across the country are tearing down American monuments

This is not a momentary civil disturbance. This is a serious and highly organized political movement.

June 23, 2020

Jimmy Kimmel's controversies: From 'N-words' to blackface and more

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is at the center of a cultural firestorm as multiple controversies from his comedic past have come back to haunt him. 

June 23, 2020

Baltimore restaurant apologizes after Black woman, son denied service

The Baltimore restaurant issued an apology on Monday.

June 23, 2020

Kelley Parker: After coronavirus lockdown – This mom wants leaders to step up with a plan to keep us safe, open

As a suburban woman and mother of five children, I am furious – and I’m not alone.

June 23, 2020

DC police disperse crowd with chemical irritant after council passes not-yet-enacted ban

Police in Washington, D.C. used a chemical irritant to disperse a crowd of people gathered Monday in Lafayette Square who vandalized monuments and buildings -- after the City Council earlier this month passed a law, which has not yet taken effect, banning such substances for breaking up crowds at a "First Amendment assembly."

June 23, 2020

Rhode Island considers name change due to slavery connotations

What’s in a name? For the state of Rhode Island, years of acrimony over an official designation with connotations of slavery.

June 23, 2020

South Carolina protest canceled after demonstrators come down with coronavirus

A protest organizer in South Carolina said he will postpone future demonstrations after at least 13 people who took part in recent rallies tested positive for the coronavirus.

June 22, 2020

Sunny Hostin: 'Think twice' before defending Washington, Roosevelt statues; we were taught 'revisionist history'

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin suggested that perhaps the removal of statues beyond Confederate figures should be considered since "revisionist history" inaccurately taught Americans the reality of our nation's founders.