Clashes erupted between groups of protesters and riot police after a huge anti-government rally on Saturday in the Serbian capital Belgrade attended by tens of thousands of opponents of the country’s autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic. While the rally at a central square in Belgrade passed largely peacefully, groups of young demonstrators later split and clashed … Read more
The judge accused prosecutors of impropriety with the grand jury, which initially declined to indict the group that became known as the Broadview Six. Source link
At the Tennessee capitol in Nashville, protesters demonstrated on Thursday against legislation that would break up the state’s only Democratic seat. The new map would give Republicans a better chance at winning every congressional seat in November. Ed O’Keefe reports. Source link
MADISON, Wis. — Animal refuge groups said Wednesday that they have agreed to buy nearly 1,500 beagles at a Wisconsin dog breeding and research business that was the site of a violent clash earlier this month between activists trying to break in and police who repelled them with tear gas and pepper spray. Big Dog … Read more
Trump says 8 Iranian women protesters he asked to be released won’t be executed – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump posted on social media Wednesday that eight women protesters who were going to be executed in Iran will no longer be killed. CBS News contributor Masih Alinejad shares her reaction. Source link
MADISON, Wis. — Animal welfare activists converged outside of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ Capitol office on Monday, chanting “Free the dogs!” and demanding that the governor and attorney general do what they can to shut down a beagle breeding and research facility where many of the protesters clashed with police two days earlier. An estimated … Read more
BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. — Hundreds of animal rights activists who tried to gain entry Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired tear gas and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader. It was the second attempt in as many months by protesters … Read more
Watch: Protesters interrupt OMB Director Russ Vought’s opening statement at House hearing – CBS News Watch CBS News Protesters interrupted OMB Director Russ Vought’s opening statement at a House Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday. Vought appeared before the House panel to discuss President Trump’s budget request for fiscal year 2027. Source link
NEW YORK — Nearly 100 protesters were arrested during a demonstration Monday calling on Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of thousands of U.S. bombs to Israel. Led by the antiwar group Jewish Voice for Peace, the crowd of hundreds initially attempted to stage a sit-in inside the … Read more
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Horns blared and protesters screamed “Stop ICE!” outside a meeting on the western edge of Maryland where county officials were discussing mundane issues like the solid waste budget. It’s been like this ever since the Department of Homeland Security bought an 825,000-square-foot (76,645-square-meter) building in Washington County as part of a plan … Read more