WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump denounced the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis by name Monday and announced that the Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the killing of a counterprotester at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend as he sought to tamp down mounting criticism of his initial […]
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Pressure mounts on Donald Trump to address race-fueled clash
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — As President Donald Trump remained out of sight and silent, pressure mounted from both sides of the aisle for him to explicitly condemn white supremacists and hate groups involved in deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Trump, who has been at his New Jersey golf club on a working vacation, was […]
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Donald Trump condemns Charlottesville violence ‘on many sides’
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — President Donald Trump on Saturday condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the spate of violence unfolding in Charlottesville and called for “a swift restoration of law and order” — but avoided placing blame on any particular party for the hate-fueled upheaval. Trump spoke after hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux […]
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Photos and video: Car plows into protestors in Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Coverage the white nationalist rally being held in Charlottesville (all times local): Updated 2 p.m.: Authorities are on the scene after a vehicle plowed into a group of people marching peacefully through downtown Charlottesville. An Associated Press reporter saw at least one person on the ground receiving medical treatment immediately afterward the […]