US President Donald Trump signs resolution condemning white supremacists

Donald Trump signed into law a Congressional resolution condemning white supremacists on Thursday, after lawmakers maneuvered the president into backing a text triggered by his equivocal response to racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Trump signed the resolution "rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups," which was unanimously passed by Congress earlier in the week.

The president`s job approval ratings sank to one of the lowest levels of his turbulent seven-month presidency, as he was savaged over his handling of the fallout from Charlottesville.

Trump earlier on Thursday had appeared to revive his much-criticized suggestion of an equivalence between counter-protestors and those who killed Heather Heyer.

"I think especially in light of the advent of Antifa, if you look at what`s going on there, you know, you have some pretty bad dudes on the other side also," Trump said in reference to anti-fascist groups.

"Now because of what`s happened since then, with Antifa, you look at, you know, really what`s happened since Charlottesville -- a lot of people are saying -- in fact a lot of people have actually written, `gee Trump might have a point.`"

"I said, you got some very bad people on the other side also, which is true.

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Donald Trump presses fraud concerns as vote panel meets amid criticism

Washington: US President Donald Trump pressed his unproven claims of voter fraud on Wednesday at the first meeting of a commission he created to study the issue, and implied states that didn`t share voter data with the panel had something to hide.

The commission assembled against the backdrop of a series of federal lawsuits and the refusal of many state governments to hand over information about their voters.

Trump questioned the states` refusal, saying, "If any state does not want to share this information, one has to wonder what they`re worried about? ... There`s something, there always is."

Before the meeting Kobach dismissed his critics` concerns that the panel would advocate voter suppression.

"The commission is not set up to prove or disprove President Trump`s claim. The commission is simply to put facts on the table," he said in an interview with CNN.

Several federal lawsuits have been filed against the voting commission. The American Civil Liberties Union`s suit alleged the panel failed to comply with federal transparency laws, the NAACP`s Legal Defense Fund alleged the commission was formed with the intent to discriminate against voters of color. Other lawsuits, including one from the Electronic Privacy Information Center, raised concerns about Americans` privacy.

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