Jun 20 Watch 8:03 Trump holds rally amid pandemic and protests By PBS NewsHour Thousands of President Trump’s supporters gathered in downtown Tulsa, OK, for the president’s first rally since March. Attendees, expected to fill the 19,000-seat Bank of Oklahoma Center, have agreed to not sue the campaign or the president if they get… Continue watching
Jun 20 6 staffers setting up for Trump rally positive for COVID-19 By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Campaign officials say everyone who is attending the rally will be given temperature checks before they pass through security. They will also be given masks to wear, if they want, and hand sanitizer at the 19,000-seat BOK Center. Continue reading
Jun 20 DC protesters pull down, burn statue of Confederate general By Ashraf Khalil, Ashley Thomas, Associated Press Eyewitness accounts and videos posted on social media indicated that police were on the scene but didn’t intervene. President Donald Trump quickly tweeted about the toppling, calling out D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and writing: “The DC police are not doing… Continue reading
Jun 20 Judge: Bolton can publish book despite efforts to block it By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The decision from U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth is a victory for Bolton in a court case that involved core First Amendment and national security concerns. But the judge also made clear his concerns that Bolton had “gambled with the… Continue reading
Jun 20 Metal barriers, Trump gear: Crowd readies for Tulsa rally By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The crowd — including some who have have camped near the venue since early in the week — were hoping to be among the first inside the more than 19,000-seat BOK Center for what is expected to be the biggest… Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 9:30 News Wrap: Officer in Breonna Taylor killing to be fired In our news wrap Friday, the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, says one of the police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor will be fired. Two others remain on administrative reassignment pending results of an investigation into the March… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 2:19 Americans observe Juneteenth with calls for racial justice By Amna Nawaz Americans marked this Juneteenth holiday with marches and rallies nationwide. The date commemorates when the last slaves were freed in the United States, which was more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, and over a century… Continue watching
Jun 19 Trump administration backs Idaho transgender sports ban By Keith Ridler, Associated Press The American Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Voice group filed a lawsuit in April saying the law is discriminatory and an invasion of privacy. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 6:25 Tulsa’s Black residents mark Juneteenth holiday amid anxiety about Trump rally By Yamiche Alcindor, Frank Carlson, Lena I. Jackson The historic Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was known a century ago as “the Black Wall Street” for being among the most prosperous parts of the U.S. for Black Americans. But in 1921, a white mob murdered some 300 Black… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch 5:58 How pandemic, police protests created an ‘alignment’ for racial change The past several weeks have been tumultuous ones for American race relations. Between a pandemic disproportionately affecting Black people and new incidents of police violence, Juneteenth has taken on increased public prominence. Yamiche Alcindor talks to Mark Anthony Neal, professor… Continue watching