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Donald Trump and his campaign continue to experience backlash after the reported physical altercation with an Arlington National Cemetery official.

Trump welcomed the press to the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Monday but didn't tell the press pool that he was headed to Section 60, where the altercation purportedly occurred. So, no media was on hand to observe the incident. The TikTok video showed photos of the wreath-laying from two different angles.

The Trump campaign told MSNBC on Wednesday that a video of the incident exists but refused to share it with him. ...

Editor's note: This article has been updated to include new details released by the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of North Carolina and confirmation that Nix is no longer serving in the Army following the original publication of this article on Sunday, Aug. 18.

Kai Liam Nix, a 20-year-old Army soldier tied to extremist threats against a Raw Story reporter, was arrested on Aug. 15 and is being detained in a North Carolina jail on a “federal hold,” Raw Story has confirmed.

The New Yorker, which published an extensive article Sunday about right-wing extremism, further detailed that Nix’s federal charges involve “illicit sales of firearms and lying on a background check.” ...

U.S. Army reservist Christopher Woodall organized a “white nationalist” paramilitary camp while serving in the North Carolina Army National Guard.

He boasted of his Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi ties.

He openly supported Russia’s war on Ukraine....

The U.S. Army has reportedly decided it will move forward with the removal of a Confederate memorial, despite the fact that dozens of Republican lawmakers cautioned against it.

The Army says it will start next week on the removal of the memorial from the Arlington National Cemetery, according to the Washington Post.

"A woman representing the American South, standing atop a 32-foot pedestal, lords above most other monuments within America’s most revered resting place," it reported. "It portrays, according to the cemetery’s website, a 'mythologized vision of the Confederacy, including highly sanitized depictions of slavery.'"...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — An avowed white nationalist who openly supports Russia is a member of the U.S. Army Reserves, recently served in the North Carolina Army National Guard and worked for a local sheriff’s office as a detention officer, according to a Raw Story investigation.

Christopher Woodall, 34, of Winston-Salem, N.C., has a long history of activism in the white power movement that coincided with his service in the U.S. military and government work.

In an interview this week with Raw Story, Woodall acknowledged that he is the author of texts that promote a “white nationalist training group," and added: “I don’t see it as an issue to have a white-friendly group of people that get together and teach each other.” ...

U.S. special envoy for Iran Rob Malley has been placed on unpaid leave amid an investigation into the possible mishandling of classified material, CNN reported on Thursday.

"A US official said that Malley’s clearance was suspended amid a State Department diplomatic security investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information. Another source familiar with the matter said he was placed on unpaid leave on Thursday afternoon," reported Kylie Atwood, Alex Marquardt, Jeremy Herb, and Zachary Cohen. "'I have been informed that my security clearance is under review. I have not been provided any further information, but I expect the investigation to be resolved favorably and soon. In the meantime, I am on leave,' Malley told CNN."

"For a period of time following the State Department investigation, Malley remained on the job but was not allowed to access classified information, said the US official, who requested anonymity while discussing a sensitive matter," the report continued....