• 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 ...

  • Ukrainian refugee's murder becomes flashpoint in 2026 North Carolina Senate race

    Ukrainian refugee's murder becomes flashpoint in 2026 North Carolina Senate race

    Sep 22, 2025 05:44 PM EST

    ... commission he created in June 2020 to address racial inequity in the criminal justice system. The panel’s unveiling occurred weeks following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. But Cooper’s campaign said Whatley, a recent Republican National Committee chairman, was lying about the task ...

  • Trump wants to designate antifa as 'a major terrorist organization.' Can he do that?

    Trump wants to designate antifa as 'a major terrorist organization.' Can he do that?

    Sep 19, 2025 03:23 PM EST

    ... t the first time Trump has said he wants to designate antifa as a terrorist organization. He said it in 2020, after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. Back then, politicians, pundits and social media posts blamed antifa, saying it had picked fights with police and looted ...

  • House turns back effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk

    House turns back effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk

    Sep 18, 2025 03:13 PM EST

    ... viciously on social media. Mace has said Omar, an immigrant who criticized Kirk's views of gun ownership and race relations in the aftermath of George Floyd's 2020 death in Minneapolis, should be deported to Somalia. Omar was born in Somalia and became a U.S. citizen in 2000 ...

  • Tim Walz says he’ll seek a third term as Minnesota’s governor

    Tim Walz says he’ll seek a third term as Minnesota’s governor

    Sep 16, 2025 06:28 PM EST

    ... for abortion and transgender rights. But he also faced renewed criticism from the right for his handling of the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 and a $300 million pandemic food aid fraud case. Republicans are sure to use that case and newer revelations ...