The National Mall never displayed a statue of Floyd. The claim originated on a satirical news website. Floyd was killed in ...

During his second week in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to revive plans to build a “National ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and some council members disagree on plans to begin construction on its open street concept this summer.

A Trump executive order gives federal officials more power to target protesters who vandalize monuments in protest.

In celebration of Black History Month in February, MPR News is highlighting Black history throughout the state. From a fur ...

as racial-justice protests rocked the country following the murder of George Floyd. The order give federal officials more power to target protesters who vandalize, and to penalize police ...

During his second week in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to revive plans to build a “National Garden of American Heroes,” a project he first ordered during the final year of ...

Trump, 78, issued the directive in anticipation of America’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, over apparent concerns that ...

In his 2021 directive, Trump referenced the tearing down of these monuments, saying the country had ”come under attack in recent months and years by a dangerous anti-American extremism.” The garden, ...

But it came months after national protests decried the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and sparked a reckoning on racial inequality. The wave of protests led to many historical statues ...