Tag: Charlottesville

National Security

Trump settles scores with media, Republican rivals in campaign-style Phoenix rally

Sarah Bedford · August 23, 2017 3:51 am

At the Phoenix rally Tuesday, the president pulled out a copy and read from his original statement in response to the violence at a rally in support of a Confederate monument in central Virginia. (AP Photo)

Trump trashes media over Charlottesville, calls supporters ‘movement built on love’

Anna Giaritelli · August 23, 2017 2:43 am

UVA is in Charlottesville, Va., where violent protests broke out less than two weeks ago when white supremacists gathered to oppose the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

ESPN pulls Asian-American commentator Robert Lee off UVA football game

Kelly Cohen · August 23, 2017 2:12 am

The Trump administration promised to impose new sanctions against Iran for other questionable activities, such as its ongoing ballistic missile testing. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Members of Trump’s infrastructure advisory council resign

Anna Giaritelli · August 23, 2017 1:37 am

"The lesson from Charlottesville is not how dangerous the neo-Nazis are. It is the unmasking of the Republican party leadership," former Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold wrote in a column published Saturday. "In the wake of last weekend's horror and tragedy, let us finally, finally rip off the veneer that Trump's affinity for white supremacy is distinct from the Republican agenda of voter suppression, renewed mass incarceration, and the expulsion of immigrants." (AP Photo/Greg Moore, File)

Beltway Confidential

Former Dem senator claims Charlottesville ‘unmasked’ GOP affinity for white supremacy

Emily Jashinsky · August 22, 2017 10:07 pm

"America is hurting. And it is hurting largely because Trump has doused racial tensions with gasoline. With his planned visit to Phoenix on Tuesday, I fear the president may be looking to light a match." (AP Photo/Ryan VanVelzer)

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton wants Trump to cancel rally

Anna Giaritelli · August 22, 2017 9:37 pm

Officials in Albemarle County, which contains the city of Charlottesville, issued the warrants for his arrest Monday. (Screengrab)

Four warrants issued for arrest of white supremacist Chris Cantwell after Charlottesville protest

Ariella Phillips · August 22, 2017 8:43 pm

"I can only assume that someone in the White House preferred not to have labor's voice at the table after all," Thea Lee wrote in Cosmopolitan. (Wikipedia Commons)

Former AFL-CIO official says labor group excluded from White House meetings

Sean Higgins · August 22, 2017 8:28 pm

George and Amal Clooney are donating $1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center to fight hate groups in wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Va.

George and Amal Clooney donate $1 million to combat hate groups

Caitlin Yilek · August 22, 2017 7:56 pm

Kal Penn: Trump is ‘a tiny-fingered vulgarian who loves to tweet crazy things’

Caitlin Yilek · August 22, 2017 7:44 pm

Rehabilitation, healing, and unity will only happen through conversation, understanding, and compassion. (Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Beltway Confidential

After Charlottesville, where is the love?

Emily Brooks · August 22, 2017 7:07 pm

Billy Joel wore a yellow Star of David at his concert Monday night at New York City's Madison Square Garden, more than a week after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. left one woman dead. (Photo by Robb Cohen/Invision/AP)

Billy Joel wears Star of David at concert after Charlottesville violence

Caitlin Yilek · August 22, 2017 6:19 pm