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Summary List PlacementDemocratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida slammed President Donald Trump for his response to widespread, ongoing racial-justice demonstrations on Sunday, arguing that he has fueled tensions rather than trying to bring the country together. "While America was going through civil unrest in all 50 states, quite frankly, America was on fire, we had a president — a commander-in-chief — who was walking...

Summary List Placement Facebook took down two posts from Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) after he wrote he would "drop any 10 of you where you stand" if armed protesters attended a Louisiana demonstration against police brutality. "One way ticket fellas. Have your affairs in order. Me? ... I wouldn't even spill my beer. I'd drop any 10 of you where you stand," Higgins wrote...

Kenosha, Wis. police and a federal officer arrested food truck workers at gunpoint, alleging that their presence at a gas station was evidence they were "preparing for criminal activity" amid protests prompted by the shooting of an unarmed Black man. A leader with the Riot Kitchen group rejected claims the group was breaking the law, saying they were filling fuel jugs needed to power...

President Donald Trump told reporters last week that mixing politics with sports will "destroy basketball." Trump was asked on Friday about some initiatives from the NBA and its players to protest against police brutality, including delaying last week's playoff games days after Jacob Blake was shot by police. "You know when you watch sports, you want to sort of relax, but this is a...

President Donald Trump is slated to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday in the wake of protests that erupted after police shot and wounded Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man. White House spokesman Judd Deere told reporters that Trump is set to meet with local law enforcement and "survey damage from recent riots," AFP reported. The president's daughter-in-law Lara Trump said on "Fox News Sunday"...

NBA players made history on Wednesday, when a sudden "wildcat strike" in protest over police violence brought the league's restart, and playoffs, to a sudden halt. The history of the league shows a willingness by players to strike since the 1950s, but activism has never been as common or pronounced as in the Black Lives Matter era. The league, Disney, and ESPN have billions...