President Trump says he'll issue executive order to protect monuments

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he’ll issue an executive order to protect monuments that are coming under new scrutiny as America wrestles with racism during the unrest sparked by the police killing of George Floyd.President Trump opposes the removal of monuments of leaders of the Confederacy or other distasteful aspects of American history.Protesters tried Monday night to pull down a statue of President Andrew Jackson in a park near the White House before they were dispersed by police.President Trump tweeted that such protesters could face 10 years in prison under federal law.

President Trump calls for arrest of people who vandalize, destroy monuments

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump authorized the arrest of anyone vandalizing or destroying monuments, statues or other such federal property in the United States.President Trump made the announcement Tuesday morning on Twitter.The violators could face up to a decade in prison, in accordance with the Veteran's Memorial Preservation Act.

Joe Biden's campaign agrees to 3 general election debates, slams Pres. Trump's team for seeking more

WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden's campaign has agreed to participate in three planned general election presidential debates in the fall, while slamming President Donald Trump's campaign’s push for more debates as an “effort to change the subject” and “create a distracting ‘debate about debates.’"Joe Biden’s campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon penned a letter, obtained by Fox News, to the Commission on Presidential Debates outlining the campaign’s expectations for the debate schedule this fall.“While I know no formal debate invitation will be issued to Joe Biden or Donald Trump until after the Party Conventions and the CPD’s invitation process, I wanted to set forth our views on how the Commission should proceed with planning for the fall debates,” Dillon wrote.“First, once formally invited, Vice President Biden will accept and participate in the Commission’s planned Presidential candidates’ debates for September 29, October 15, and October 22; his running mate will participate in the Vice Presidential candidates’ debate set for October 7,” she wrote. “We hope that President Trump and Vice President Pence will similarly indicate their willingness to participate.”She added: “Joe Biden looks forward to facing Donald Trump in a multi-debate series that the American people have come to expect from their leaders; we hope that President Trump would not break that tradition or make excuses for a refusal to participate.”Dillon went on to write that President Trump is “trailing badly in the polls” and is “desperate to change the subject from his failed leadership of the country.”“We are seeing reports that he has his own proposal for debates—after having said, just six months ago, that he might not want to participate at all in planned debates,” Dillon wrote. “No one should be fooled: the Trump campaign’s new position is a debate distraction.”Dillon said that the president “seems to be saying that he will debate if he can pick the moderators,” while arguing he is “afraid of facing questions from a neutral moderator.”“The Trump campaign proposal for elaborate negotiations is merely an effort to dodge fair even-handed debates,” she wrote.Dillon’s claims come after President Trump's campaign pressed for more general election debates, and tapped personal lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to lead the effort.On Monday, Tim Murtaugh, President Trump's 2020 communications director, ripped into Biden and his campaign over the letter, saying, “It’s pretty obvious that Joe Biden’s handlers are afraid to send their candidate out without a script and teleprompter handy.

Tennessee newspaper investigating 'horrific' ad predicting terrorist attack in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee newspaper said Sunday, June 21 it is investigating what its editor called a “horrific” full-page advertisement from a religious group that predicts a terrorist attack in Nashville in July.The paid advertisement that appeared in Sunday's editions of The Tennessean from the group Future For America claims President Donald Trump “is the final president of the USA” and features a photo of President Trump and Pope Francis.

Earthquake strikes Oklahoma after President Trump's Tulsa rally, shaking felt around state

TULSA, Okla. -- An earthquake in northern Oklahoma on Saturday night, June 20 rattled the entire state, including in Tulsa, just after President Donald Trump finished his return to the campaign trail before thousands of supporters.The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 4.2 earthquake happened at 10:15 p.m. near Perry, roughly 80 miles west of Tulsa.The temblor was about 4.8 miles deep, with impacts being felt around the state.Related: 5 of the most devastating earthquakes in US historyResidents in Stillwater, Enid, Ponca City, and Oklahoma City all reported shaking.Over 200 people reported the quake to the USGS, according to FOX25.The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Tulsa said on Twitter that its staff felt the tremor in its Tulsa office, and the earthquake generated social media buzz after Trump's appearance.

President Trump says he told staff to 'slow down' coronavirus testing

TULSA, Okla. - President Donald Trump is suggesting to supporters that he has told members of his administration to slow the rate of coronavirus testing in the United States.Speaking at a campaign rally Saturday night in Oklahoma, President Trump said the United States has tested 25 million people, and far more than any other country.

President Trump's crowd, protesters verbally clash ahead of rally

TULSA, Okla. — A gathering of supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump is growing larger with occasional verbal clashes ahead of Trump's rally in Tulsa.The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request to require everyone attending President Trump’s weekend rally this weekend to wear a face mask and maintain social distancing inside the arena to guard against the spread of the coronavirus.Meanwhile, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum rescinded a day-old curfew that was put in place ahead of Saturday night's rally.

President Trump to visit Marinette next Thursday; focus on shipyard expansion, contracts for new ships

MARINETTE -- President Donald Trump will be visiting Marinette next Thursday, June 25, according to our news partners at FOX11Online.com.The president is expected to be at Fincantieri Marinette Marine to tour the shipyard and deliver a speech, according to a special assistant for the President, John Horstman.President Trump is expected to discuss the expansion of the shipyard and the recent contract his administration awarded to Marinette Marine to build 10 new ships for up to $5.5 billion.Fincantieri is expected to invest more than $200 million in the state and create more than 1,000 jobs at the shipyard, according to Horstman.

Polls indicate Joe Biden is pulling ahead of President Trump amid growing American discontent

LOS ANGELES -- New polling released by the Associated Press and FOX News has found President Donald Trump’s approval rating in decline amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and protests against racial injustice that have been sweeping the nation.A recent FOX News Poll found that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden continues to lead President Trump in the race for the White House.

Facebook removes Trump campaign ads for violating 'organized hate' policy

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Thursday said it removed ads run by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign featuring an upside-down red triangle similar to one used by Nazis to mark political prisoners for violating its policy on organized hate.The ads called on supporters "to sign a petition and "stand with your President and his decision to declare ANTIFA a Terrorist Organization.“ They were placed on Facebook pages for President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and the official “Team Trump” page.“Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups are running through our streets and causing absolute mayhem,” the ad reads. “They are DESTROYING our cities and rioting - it’s absolute madness.”Similar to the triangle featured in the ads, an inverted red triangle was once used to designate political prisoners in Nazi concentration camps, according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.On Thursday, Facebook confirmed the platform had removed the ads for the Nazi connection.“We removed these posts and ads for violating our policy against organized hate,” a company spokesman said. “Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group’s symbol to identify political prisoners without the context that condemns or discusses the symbol.”