Tag: Protests

Beltway Confidential

Iran faces hard choices against America in Iraq

Tom Rogan · January 2, 2020 10:08 am

Protesters burn property in front of the U.S. embassy compound, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire.

New York Times slammed for labeling embassy-storming mob as ‘mourners’

John Gage · December 31, 2019 10:13 pm

Beltway Confidential

We should teach kids civics, not let them cut class to go protest

Kate Hardiman · December 30, 2019 5:50 pm

School district to allow students excused absence to protest

Zach Halaschak · December 28, 2019 1:03 am

‘We fight for freedom’: Hong Kong protesters clash with police on Christmas Eve

Spencer Neale · December 25, 2019 2:21 am

Demonstrators chant slogans during a pro-government rally denouncing last weekâs violent protests over a fuel price hike, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019.

‘No more mercy’: 1,500 Iranians killed in crackdown on protesters

Spencer Neale · December 23, 2019 11:01 pm

President Trump waves as he is cheered by members of Bikers for Trump and supporters, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.

Bikers won’t ride against Democrats over impeachment but are prepared to protest defector ‘RINOs’

Steven Nelson · December 18, 2019 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Trump administration should threaten targeted sanctions over Georgia’s political intimidation

Tom Rogan · December 16, 2019 8:30 pm

Two Russian Su-35 aircraft unsafely intercept a P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to U.S. 6th Fleet over the Mediterranean Sea, May 26, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo)

Beltway Confidential

Why Lebanon remains paralyzed in its battle between politicians and people

Tom Rogan · December 16, 2019 5:59 pm

Anti-government protesters clash with the riot police, during a protest near the parliament square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019.

Dozens injured in anti-government protests in Lebanon

Tim Pearce · December 16, 2019 5:12 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, appeals court judge, speaks after being nominated as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 9, 2018. TrumpÂ said he would nominate Kavanaugh for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, a choice that could create the most conservative court in generations and threaten landmark rulings including the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision.

Energy and Environment

Climate activists accuse UN of bullying protesters at Madrid talks

Abby Smith · December 11, 2019 9:43 pm

In this photo taken Tuesday, July 30, 2019, a sign outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Conyers, Ga.is shown.

WATCH: Man shows up to meat-eating protest devouring KFC chicken

Dominick Mastrangelo · December 11, 2019 9:22 pm