‘I’m proud of my city,’ Mayor Levar Stoney said. ‘We’ve done something that a lot of communities have struggled with, and I think a ton of people are ready to turn the page.’  

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) said the Canadian truck drivers are defending ‘freedom’ from COVID-19 safety rules.

The 26-year-old progressive organizer would be the district’s first Black representative.

A crowd of onlookers erupted in cheers and song as the massive figure was lowered to the ground.

The statue’s removal came more than five years after racial justice activists had renewed a push to take down the monument.

One hundred and fifty-six years after the Civil War ended, lawmakers are still demanding states’ rights to honor the Confederacy.

Former Chief Justice Roger Taney authored the 1857 Supreme Court decision that stated Black Americans could not be citizens.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring argues that leaving a massive monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee in place will continue to cause pain to many people.  

‘I have worked hard to help remove poisonous Confederate propaganda from our publicly owned spaces,’ said Virginia’s attorney general.

‘Exposing children to anything that falsely promotes the idea of white superiority and Black inferiority is dehumanizing,’ said a spokesperson from the SPLC.

They previously backed the National Defense Authorization Act but now stand with Trump against it.

Donald Trump has led the push against removing Confederate monuments.

Christopher Columbus enslaved indigenous people and subjected them to violence. Trump said he wants to protect that ‘legacy.’

Also: Kansas could elect its first transgender lawmaker, and the Supreme Court upholds a decision to make voting easier in Rhode Island.

Trump spent Monday morning retweeting Republicans’ support for a bill that would include the renaming of bases honoring Confederate traitors.

‘Virginia has a story to tell that extends far beyond glorifying the Confederacy and its participants.’

The House voted 305-113 to stop displaying the statues in public view.

A new Quinnipiac poll showed ‘no upside, no silver lining, no encouraging trend’ for Trump.

Whose history should the United States honor now?

Corey Lewandowski criticized property destruction and protesters removing Confederate statues, but praised the Boston Tea Party as patriotic.

Trump also slammed NASCAR for banning the Confederate flag at its events.

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley attempted to remove the name-change requirement from the National Defense Authorization Act, but was blocked by his own party.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) says the push to remove Confederate names from military facilities is a ‘left-wing assault on history.’

Trump is escalating his threats against those who remove monuments to racist figures.

Also: States move to make Juneteenth a paid holiday, and scientists find an inexpensive and widely available drug may help treat COVID-19.

Also: The Senate takes a step toward removing Confederate names from military bases, and Illinois kicks off a program to help immigrants struggling during the pandemic.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants all Confederate memorials removed from the U.S. Capitol.

It’s up to the states to determine which of their historical figures to display.

The White House press secretary claimed that keeping the name of a Confederate general who fought against the United States was a way of honoring American soldiers.

On the day George Floyd was laid to rest, Tennessee Republicans refused to remove a statue honoring the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.