1 week ago Advocates use chalk to color in rainbow crosswalk near Pulse nightclub that was removed on Trump’s order

Crews painted over the colorful memorial honoring the victims of the 2016 Orlando mass shooting, one of the deadliest terror attacks in recent U.S. history

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1 week ago Rainbow crosswalk outside Florida Pulse nightclub where 49 LGBT+ people were killed is removed overnight on Trump’s orders

DeSantis administration’s removal of memorial crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub is ‘cruel’ and ‘callous,’ Orlando mayor says

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1 week ago Rainbow crosswalk outside Florida club where 49 LGBT+ people were killed is removed overnight on Trump’s orders

DeSantis administration’s removal of memorial crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub is ‘cruel’ and ‘callous,’ Orlando mayor says

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2 w. ago Orlando officials denounce removal of rainbow crosswalk near Pulse nightclub mass shooting site

Orlando officials have denounced the removal of a rainbow-colored crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub by Florida transportation workers

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2 w. ago Putin's brutal response to peace talks: NATO jets scrambled as Russia pounds Ukraine with hundreds of drones in overnight attack

The horrific attacks came even as Donald Trump claimed the Russian tyrant had agreed to peace talks with Volodymyr Zelensky, with hopes that a meeting would take place by the end of August.

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2 w. ago NATO scrambles war planes as Putin unleashes hell on Ukraine despite peace promise

Vladimir Putin unleashed more missile strikes on Ukraine overnight after European leaders joined Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump for a meeting at the White House yesterday

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3 w. ago ‘I have been fighting with Ukrainian soldiers for two years. Trump and Putin can’t bring peace overnight’

Drew Scott, a former British soldier, joined Ukraine’s International Legion in 2023 and has fought in some of the war’s most vicious battles. As the US and Russian leaders prepare to meet in Alaska, he tells Askold Krushelnycky the mood on the frontline is one of weary resignation to more conflict

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3 w. ago Trump says he’ll seek ‘longterm’ control of DC police and signals he’ll target other cities next

President’s comments come as White House takes credit for dozens of arrests as part of campaign to fight ‘crime crisis’ its leaders say doesn’t existUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump said on Wednesday he would ask Congress for “longterm” control of Washington DC’s police department and signaled he expected other Democratic-led cities to change their laws in response to his deployment of national guard troops and federal agents into the capital.The president’s comments came as the White House took credit for dozens of arrests overnight in Washington as part of Trump’s campaign to fight a “crime crisis”, which its leaders say does not exist. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mayor of DC pushes back on Trump’s incursion as national guard troops patrol the streets

Around 800 troops expected to be deployed and an unknown number of arrests have been made as Trump makes claims about ‘crime crisis’US politics live – latest updatesNational guard and federal law enforcement agents were spotted on the streets of Washington DC overnight Wednesday, as part of Donald Trump’s campaign to quell a “crime crisis” in the capital that local officials say does not exist.National guard troops were spotted arriving on the National Mall late Tuesday as agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), FBI and Department of Homeland Security fanned out across neighborhoods in the capital, sometimes accompanied by local police officers. Video circulating on local media showed police and federal agents arresting at least one person that evening in Columbia Heights, home to the city’s largest Hispanic population. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Federal agents begin crackdown in Washington DC as hundreds of National Guard troops expected to flood city after Trump posts images of trash and homeless: 'We want our Capital BACK'

Trump has deployed 120 FBI agents to overnight patrols in Washington, D.C., vowing to clear homeless encampments and crack down on crime despite city leaders insisting crime is down.

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3 w. ago Hundreds of National Guard troops to flood Washington DC as Trump posts images of homeless from motorcade: 'We want our Capital BACK'

Trump has deployed 120 FBI agents to overnight patrols in Washington, D.C., vowing to clear homeless encampments and crack down on crime despite city leaders insisting crime is down.

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3 w. ago FBI agents begin to flood Washington DC as Trump posts images of homeless from motorcade to golf outing: 'We want our Capital BACK'

Trump has deployed 120 FBI agents to overnight patrols in Washington, D.C., vowing to clear homeless encampments and crack down on crime despite city leaders insisting crime is down.

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