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Attorney General Bill Barr defended security forces and said dispersing protestors was not linked to President Donald Trump walking to a church for a photo op. Photo op or not, US civil rights groups have filed a case suing President Donald Trump after security forces fired pepper balls and smoke …

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it is up to US President Donald Trump to determine the time he wants to fix the 2015 nuclear deal signed between the Islamic Republic and major world powers. According to Press TV, in a post on his official Twitter account on Friday, Zarif …

Twitter has disabled US President Donald Trump’s campaign tribute video to George Floyd on its platform citing a copyright complaint. The clip, which is a collation of photos and videos of protest marches and instances of violence in the aftermath of Floyd’s death, has Trump speaking in the background. According …

Presidential candidate Joe Biden has accused Donald Trump of playing to a small sliver of the American public that consists of “not very good people” – echoing comments by previous candidates who sought to explain rifts in the electorate at times of bitter division. “Do we really think this is …

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Donald Trump were engaged in an escalating contest over control of Washington streets when the email from a military planner set off new alarms in the mayor’s office. The official was seeking guidance on Wednesday afternoon for the US Northern Command in determining …

US President Donald Trump on Thursday shared a letter on Twitter that referred to the peaceful protesters who were forcibly dispersed from a park near the White House on Monday evening as “terrorists.” The letter from veteran attorney and former Trump lawyer John Dowd appears to be addressed to former …

The former bitter 2016 campaign rivals teamed up to go after the Democrats amid the release of previously classified documents showing that members of the Obama White House allegedly began to probe and try to undermine incoming Trump administration officials using ‘Russian collusion’ claims, despite a lack of any actual …

Twitter has accused the US president of making false claims, in one of the app’s own articles covering the news. The move – which effectively accuses the leader of lying – refers to a tweet by Donald Trump about his first defence secretary. Mr Trump had tweeted that he had …

Demonstrations against police brutality over the killing of George Floyd continued for a ninth consecutive night in the US on Wednesday but were notably calmer than on previous evenings, with city curfews, a rethinking of police tactics and rain credited for the decline in property damage, arson and looting as …

Barack Obama has delivered a message of hope to black Americans amid George Floyd protests against police brutality and told young people of color “their lives matter”, in his first on-camera comments since the demonstrations have begun. Drawing a stark contrast to Donald Trump’s message, he called for urgent police …

After long refusing to explicitly criticize a sitting president, former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of trying to divide America and roundly denounced a militarization of the U.S. response to civil unrest. The remarks by Mattis, an influential retired Marine general who resigned over policy …

Snapchat will no longer promote President Donald Trump’s account on its platform in the wake of his controversial comments on ongoing protests across the US, the company announced Wednesday. Trump’s account is regularly spotlighted in Snapchat’s “Discover” feature, which also highlights content from celebrities and news organizations. “We are not …

Trump administration announced it will block Chinese passenger airlines from traveling to the United States starting on 16 June. The move, made by the US Department of Transportation, reportedly was in response to Beijing refusing to allow US air carriers to resume flights to the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, …

US President Donald Trump pressed his advisers and Pentagon officials about sending tanks and military equipment as part of a show of force against protests over the death of George Floyd, according to a new report. While pushing governors in a conference call to “dominate” the protests that have lasted …

A particularly brazen attempt by looters to storm a store in Fairfield, California, has been caught on video, showing them commandeering what appears to be a telescopic forklift to force their way in. A video has emerged showing vandals using heavy equipment on the doors of the Best Buy store …

Pope Francis has called the death of George Floyd at the hands of US police officers “tragic” and said he is praying for him and “all those others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism.” After the eighth night of protests across the United …

A majority of Americans sympathize with nationwide protests over the death of an unarmed black man in police custody and disapprove of President Donald Trump’s response to the unrest, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday. The demonstrations, some of which have turned violent, began last week after a …

US President Donald Trump thanked himself for a great job on handling protests across the country, including in Washington DC, where, he claims, there are “no problems,” despite evidence to the contrary. “DC had no problems last night. Many arrests. Great job done by all. Overwhelming force. Domination. Likewise, Minneapolis …

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday vowed in a speech to try to heal the racial divide in America and blasted President Donald Trump’s response to protests over racism and police misconduct. Speaking in Philadelphia – a city rocked by sometimes violent demonstrations in recent days – the former …

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has told reporters that he is proud of his daughter, Chiara de Blasio, for getting arrested at a George Floyd protest over the weekend. Ms de Blasio was arrested on Saturday, at a protest at East 12th Street in Manhattan, for “unlawful assembly,” …