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It’s official: Bannon is out

Steve Bannon has been removed from his role at the White House, where he was a chief strategist who helped cement the populist, nationalistic rhetoric of President Donald Trump’s agenda.

National

200 counterprotesters brace for possible KKK march in Durham; sheriff closes Main Street

Downtown Durham businesses closing, while sheriff’s department and police prepare for possible KKK march on Aug. 18, 2017.

World

U.S. enemies scold Trump for American racism

Leaders of governments dismissed by Washington as totalitarian dictatorships are relishing in the opportunity to draw attention to racism and violence in the wake of Charlottesville.

Politics & Government

On a Trump golf course, there's a monument for a civil war battle that never happened

President Donald Trump installed a Civil War memorial at the Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, Virginia for a battle that never happened, historians say.

National

Trump dossier author faces deposition

Unfolding lawsuits in the United States and Great Britain are full of intrigue as lawyers seek redress for publication of a salacious dossier now dogging Donald Trump.

Politics & Government

Fight white supremacy? Grant pulled by Trump administration gets scrutiny from Congress

A UNC Chapel Hill grant aimed at combatting Islamic State and white supremacist groups was cut from the original Obama administration list by the Trump administration.

Opinion

Confederate monuments deserve Soviet treatment

As Charlottesville and Donald Trump rekindle debates surrounding Confederate statues and monuments, America should look to other countries’ tortured histories and controversial memorials to get a grip on how to handle its own.

Politics & Government

Far-right shouts ‘COUP!’ as Bannon ousted from White House

Leaders of the far-right movement raged against Steve Bannon’s ouster from the White House, warning the West Wing is now dominated by fake conservatives led by President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner.

White House

Bannon out days after Trump defended him

White House advisor Steve Bannon has been ousted from the Trump administration just days after President Donald Trump defended him at a press conference. Listen to Trump's comments about Bannon on August 16, 2017

National Security

U.S.-South Korea war games start Monday as Pyongyang warns of ‘catastrophe’

North Korea is known to lash out whenever the United States and South Korea hold joint military exercises outside of Seoul. The next 10-day exercise is scheduled to start Monday.

Politics & Government

Progressives begin 2020 dissection of Kamala Harris

The rising Democratic star is under attack on the left, raising an unexpectedly early but important question for a woman many see a future presidential hopeful: Does she have a problem with the progressive movement?

Congress

Democrats aim to force Pentagon to strip Confederate leaders from Army base names

Democrat is drafting legislation to require the Pentagon rename any military installations named for Confederate generals, part of an urgent effort by African-American lawmakers to force an end to celebrating historical figures who defended slavery.

Politics & Government

Russia supports the far-right in Europe. What about here?

Far-right hate group similarities in Europe and U.S. raise questions about whether Russian support is a common link.

National

Democrats drafting articles of impeachment against Trump

Democrats already pushing for President Donald Trump to be formally censored, now want him to be impeached for his remarks on the violence in Charlottesville, Va.

McClatchy's America

Happy Birthday? Pakistani captive at Guantánamo turns 70, plans to write old neighbor President Trump

The war-on-terror prison’s oldest captive, a former Pakistani businessmen, turned 70 Thursday. Like the president, he once lived in Queens.

Politics & Government

Tillerson reiterates Trump’s North Korea stance as Bannon revelation casts doubt

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday said he read Steve Bannon’s admission that there is no military solution to the crisis with North Korea. But he stuck by the president’s policy and message.

Opinion

What if our media covered Charlottesville the same way it covers other countries?

If we talked about what happened in Charlottesville the way we talk about events in a foreign country, here's how Western media would cover it. (Most of those quoted in the "story" below are fictional.)

National

Fox News invited a conservative and a liberal to debate Confederate statues. They both ripped Trump.

The two guests on the Fox News program "Fox and Friends" had been invited to talk about the toppling of a North Carolina Confederate monument Wednesday morning. They didn’t.

National

Ten major Army bases honor Confederate generals, and there are no plans to change that

Debate is raging about removing memorials and renaming public spaces dedicated to Confederate leaders. But all’s quiet at the Pentagon, even though 10 major Army bases in the South honor Confederate leaders, including one named for the rumored chief of the Georgia Ku Klux Klan.

Congress

Black Republicans aren’t ready to quit Trump

In more than a dozen interviews, black Republicans across the nation blame Trump’s much maligned response to the Charlottesville, Va. events on his inexperience as a politician and they accuse Americans of holding Trump to a different standard than others.

National

Southern states - and Trump - resist calls to remove Confederate memorials

Racial violence in Charlottesville has boosted calls to remove Civil War memorials honoring Confederate soldiers. The efforts took off after 9 black parishners were gunned down in a South Carolina church in 2015, but now face resistance in some Southern states - and from President Donald Trump.

Politics & Government

Latest News

It’s official: Bannon is out

200 counterprotesters brace for possible KKK march in Durham; sheriff closes Main Street

U.S. enemies scold Trump for American racism

On a Trump golf course, there's a monument for a civil war battle that never happened

Trump dossier author faces deposition

Fight white supremacy? Grant pulled by Trump administration gets scrutiny from Congress

Confederate monuments deserve Soviet treatment

Far-right shouts ‘COUP!’ as Bannon ousted from White House

Bannon out days after Trump defended him

U.S.-South Korea war games start Monday as Pyongyang warns of ‘catastrophe’

Progressives begin 2020 dissection of Kamala Harris

Democrats aim to force Pentagon to strip Confederate leaders from Army base names

Russia supports the far-right in Europe. What about here?

Democrats drafting articles of impeachment against Trump

Happy Birthday? Pakistani captive at Guantánamo turns 70, plans to write old neighbor President Trump

Tillerson reiterates Trump’s North Korea stance as Bannon revelation casts doubt

What if our media covered Charlottesville the same way it covers other countries?

Fox News invited a conservative and a liberal to debate Confederate statues. They both ripped Trump.

Ten major Army bases honor Confederate generals, and there are no plans to change that

Black Republicans aren’t ready to quit Trump

Southern states - and Trump - resist calls to remove Confederate memorials

California Republicans ‘shouldn’t be a carbon copy’ of national GOP, San Diego mayor says

Kay Granger follows Trump’s lead, condemns violence by both sides

Trump disbands manufacturing council

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