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Thousands of counter-protesters poured into Washington D.C. to rally against ‘Unite the Right 2’ event on the anniversary of racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia

A pre-planned rally on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the UVA campus confrontation between torch-carrying white nationalists and counter protesters in Charlottesville led to a brief confrontation between police and students.

Omarosa told Meet The Press’ Chuck Todd on Sunday that secretly recorded tapes show President Donald Trump is “truly a racist” and cannot bring the country together on the anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville because he “puts himself over country every day.”

In an interview marking the anniversary of the deadly Charlottesville protests, Democratic Virginia Senator Tim Kaine said President Trump “could not distinguish who was on the right side and who was on the wrong side in a white supremacist, neo-Nazi rally.”

Speaking in Charlottesville on Saturday, U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence touted the benefits of the USMCA, claiming President Donald Trump “drove a hard” bargain in negotiating with Canada and Mexico and hammered the Democrats for delaying a vote on the trade deal.

The victims of the Charlottesville attack, as well of mother of Heather Heyer who was killed in the attack, said the second conviction of James Fields did not eliminate racism and more needs to be done, but added they do feel a sense of relief.

The mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed when a vehicle plowed into Charlottesville protesters in 2017, spoke on Wednesday about the federal hate crime charge laid against the suspect accused of driving the vehicle.

A jury recommended Tuesday that James Alex Fields Jr., who killed Heather Heyer and injured several others when he plowed his vehicle through a crowd of protesters at the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally last year, should receive a life sentence.

Black Space is hosting a free community forum, Silence is Violence, on Wednesday at the University of Winnipeg to respond to concerns following the recent clashes in Charlottesville. The forum will bring to light discussions around how to stop racism in Winnipeg. Global’s Zahra Premji reports.

Thousands of people have packed a stadium in Charlottesville for a concert intended to raise money for charity and promote unity in the aftermath of this summer’s white nationalist rallies.

Hundreds of white marchers with blazing torches clashed briefly with counter-protesters on the Charlottesville campus of the University of Virginia on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump calls for “swift restoration of law and order” after violent clashes in Charlottesville.

President Trump is facing bi-partisan criticism following his comments about a white nationalist group at the center of a violent and deadly confrontation in Virginia. The fallout has been costly. Wednesday afternoon, the President was forced to disband two economic councils that were expected to drive his economic agenda.

U.S. President Donald Trump is facing severe criticism for his response to the Charlottesville, Virginia attack after he suggested there were “fine people” marching in a crowd of white supremacists. Jackson Proskow reports.

Hundreds of people gathered at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville for a candlelight vigil against hate and violence on Wednesday evening.

The fallout continues from President Trump’s Tuesday press conference during which he, yet again, refused to place blame for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia on white supremacists.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday attacking Senate Republicans amid the fallout over his comments on the racial violence in Virginia. Trump on Twitter calling Arizona Republican Jeff Flake ‘weak,’ and suggesting South Carolina voters reject Republican Lindsey Graham.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the United States cannot accept or apologize for “racism, bigotry, hatred and violence” on Wednesday days after a white nationalist rally turned deadly in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Two people are dead after a Virginia State Police helicopter crashed in a wooded area outside Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday.

Protestors gathered and marched in Atlanta, Ga. on Saturday, in solidarity with victims of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Va.