• Trump pick to lead federal watchdog agency withdraws after offensive text messages were revealed

    Trump pick to lead federal watchdog agency withdraws after offensive text messages were revealed

    Oct 22, 2025 01:36 PM EST

    ... near enough," Schumer said on social media. According to texts viewed by Politico, Ingrassia told those in the chat that "MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his 'holiday' should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell where it belongs."Politico spoke to Ingrassia's lawyer ...

  • Thune predicts trouble for Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia: 'He’s not going to pass'

    Thune predicts trouble for Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia: 'He’s not going to pass'

    Oct 21, 2025 05:36 PM EST

    ... was fired following a disappointing jobs report.According to texts viewed by Politico, Ingrassia told those in the chat that “MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell where it belongs.” Politico also spoke to Ingrassia's ...

  • 10 major moments from 50 years of PBS News

    10 major moments from 50 years of PBS News

    Oct 20, 2025 09:00 PM EST

    Run, Hide, Fight: Growing Up Under the Gun (2024) Crossroads: A conversation with America (2024) War in the Holy Land: A PBS News Special Report (2023) Ricochet: An American Trauma (2023) Race Matters: America After George Floyd (2020) The Plastic Problem (2019) Questions for President Obama: A Town Hall Special ...

  • WATCH: Trump awards Charlie Kirk posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom

    WATCH: Trump awards Charlie Kirk posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Oct 14, 2025 05:52 PM EST

    ... s false claims that former Vice President Kamala Harris was responsible for policies that encouraged immigrants to come to the U.S. illegally and called George Floyd, a Black man whose killing by a Minneapolis police officer sparked a national debate over racial injustice, a "scumbag."As Tuesday's ceremony ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the political impact of the government shutdown

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the political impact of the government shutdown

    Oct 06, 2025 10:25 PM EST

    ... long time. He has continued this. I mean, this goes back to when he was on office before during 2020 in the wake of the George Floyd protests. And this is a continuation of that, pushing it further. Today, though, he was asked if he would invoke the Insurrection Act ...

  • Chicago and Illinois sue to block Trump's Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling

    Chicago and Illinois sue to block Trump's Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling

    Oct 06, 2025 04:26 PM EST

    ... and low-level protest outside the Portland ICE facility, but it's been less disruptive than the downtown clashes of 2020 when demonstrations erupted after George Floyd's killing. Immergut, a first-term Trump appointee, seemed incredulous that the president moved to send National Guard troops to Oregon from neighboring ...

  • Another court fight brews as Trump sends California National Guard troops to Oregon

    Another court fight brews as Trump sends California National Guard troops to Oregon

    Oct 05, 2025 11:46 PM EST

    ... many of his claims and media posts appear to rely on images from 2020, when demonstrations and unrest gripped the city following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. On Saturday, before the judge's ruling was released, about 400 protesters marched from a park to the Portland ICE ...

  • Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard in Portland

    Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard in Portland

    Oct 05, 2025 05:21 PM EST

    ... 100 people. Trump sent federal officers to Portland over the objections of local and state leaders in 2020 during long-running racial justice protests following George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police. The administration sent hundreds of agents for the stated purpose of protecting the federal courthouse and other federal ...

  • Gov. Pritzker says Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois

    Gov. Pritzker says Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois

    Oct 04, 2025 10:21 PM EST

    ... of his claims and social media posts appear to rely on images from 2020, when demonstrations and unrest gripped the city following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. City and state officials sued to stop the deployment the next day. U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut heard ...

  • Trump says he's sending troops to Portland in latest deployment to U.S. cities

    Trump says he's sending troops to Portland in latest deployment to U.S. cities

    Sep 27, 2025 04:14 PM EST

    Portland, population 636,000, was also the site of long-running and sometimes violent racial justice protests following George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police in 2020. The Trump administration sent hundreds of agents, including from the U.S. Border Patrol, for the stated purpose of protecting the federal courthouse ...