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June 12, 2020

DC mayor sued over 'Black Lives Matter' street painting

A lawsuit is challenging Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s move to paint “​​​​​​​Black Lives Matter” in giant yellow letters down the city’s 16th Street near the White House, alleging she is violating the First Amendment’s establishment clause by showing a preference to what it calls a “cult orthodoxy.”

June 12, 2020

Trump on decision to hold Tulsa rally on Juneteenth: 'It's a celebration'

President Trump told Fox News' Harris Faulkner in an exclusive interview that his planned Oklahoma rally on Juneteenth, a day commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., should be looked at as a “celebration,” and not “an inconvenience.”

June 12, 2020

Spike Lee likens Knicks' James Dolan's response to George Floyd to Trump's Charlottesville rally remark

Spike Lee’s feud with New York Knicks owner James Dolan continued this week after the filmmaker criticised him for his late and vague statement in response to the death of George Floyd, drawing similarities to Trump's response to the Charlottesville rally in 2017. 

June 12, 2020

ABC cuts ties with Meghan Markle's BFF Jessica Mulroney following 'white privilege' controversy

Meghan Markle's close friend Jessica Mulroney has lost her long-standing gig with "Good Morning America" after she became embroiled this week in a controversy regarding white privilege.

June 12, 2020

Christianity Today calls on churches to lead on reparations: ‘Repentance is not enough’

The nation may not be ready for reparations on racism issues but the "church can lead the way in biblical restitution," according to the president and CEO of Christianity Today.  

June 12, 2020

Seattle councilwoman says police precinct should remain in community control permanently

A Seattle councilwoman has positioned herself at the forefront of the movement to permanently oust city police officials from the downtown area that thas now been designated the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" (CHAZ).

June 12, 2020

DOJ presses states to apply same protections to lockdown demonstrators, churches as they do to Floyd protests

The Justice Department is urging states and localities to apply the same rules to George Floyd protests as they would to people opposing coronavirus lockdowns and those wanting to hold religious gatherings.

June 12, 2020

Cornell law professor says calls for his firing over protest criticism almost 'totalitarian'

Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson said he’s “never seen” anything like the backlash he’s facing from some students and staff at his school, who are calling for him to be fired for a blog post he wrote that fact-checked and criticized elements of the George Floyd-related protests.

June 12, 2020

Harris Faulkner asks Trump why he tweeted 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts'

In an exclusive interview on race relations and police brutality, President Trump defended his social media-based response to nationwide protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

June 12, 2020

New Jersey city of Camden removes Christopher Columbus statue: 'The time was right to do it'

The New Jersey city of Camden tells Fox News that it is now in the process of removing its Christopher Columbus statue as “the time was right to do it with everything that is happening nationally.”