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White supremacist violence

The role of white supremacists in the Charlottesville attack and President Trump's response to it

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Jan 13, 2026
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Is America in a civil war

The United States is not currently in a civil war: leading policy analysts define civil war as a state-based armed conflict involving an organized internal opposition and a threshold of battlefield de...

Jan 7, 2026
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What did Trump say in his initial statement immediately after the Charlottesville car attack, and how did it differ from the later press availability transcript?

President Trump’s immediate statement in the hours after the August 12, 2017 Charlottesville car attack was a short, formal White House remark that condemned “hatred, bigotry and violence on many side...

Jan 19, 2026

Which investigative reports documented far‑right group involvement in protest violence during 2020?

Multiple investigative reports and data-driven analyses published in 2020–2021 documented the presence and, in certain cases, violent actions of far‑right actors at U.S. protests that year, with inves...

Jan 13, 2026

What major incidents of politically motivated shootings are associated with each party since 1990

Since 1990, the preponderance of clearly ideologically motivated, fatal mass shootings in the United States has been tied to right‑wing and white‑supremacist actors — with landmark attacks including O...

Jan 10, 2026

Has any racist, nationalist, prejudice, supremist, extremism, groups been labeled as terrorist domestic of foreign n the us in all of its history

The United States has historically distinguished between formal terrorist designations for foreign organizations and investigative classifications for domestic violent extremists: federal law and prac...