The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the United States tops two million, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

President Donald Trump rules out a change to US military bases named after Civil War Confederate leaders, pushing back on pressure to rid public places of monuments honoring the once pro-slavery South.

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston has been beheaded, police say, as calls to remove sculptures commemorating colonisers and slavers sweep America on the back of anti-racism protests.

The US Senate confirms General Charles Brown as Air Force chief of staff, the first African American to ever lead one of the Pentagon's six-armed services.

Bail for the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering African American George Floyd, whose death ignited two weeks of protests, is raised by $250,000 to $1.25 million at a hearing.

After online fury and intense criticism from many New York Times staffers, the paper's editorial page head resigns over publishing an op-ed by a US senator who urged military force against protestors nationwide.

President Donald Trump lobs barbs at protesters who kneel during the national anthem, after NFL quarterback Drew Brees apologised for remarks he made about the practice.

Twitter Inc disables US President Donald Trump's campaign tribute video to George Floyd on its platform, citing a copyright complaint.

A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, is released and provides several clinical details, including that Floyd previously tested positive for Covid-19.

Tens of thousands of people take to the streets of US cities for an eighth consecutive night of protests over the death of a black man in police custody, clashing with police and looting stores in New York City.

President Donald Trump vows to order a military crackdown on once-in-a-generation violent protests gripping the United States, saying he was sending thousands of troops onto the streets of the capital and threatening to deploy soldiers to states unable to regain control.

Several thousand people march in New Zealand’s largest city to protest the killing of George Floyd in the US as well as to stand up against police violence and racism in their own country.

Police fire tear gas outside the White House as major US cities are put under curfew to suppress rioting as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality.

A tanker truck drives into a throng of protesters on a closed interstate near Minneapolis, with the driver pulled from his rig and beaten, as major US cities impose curfews in fear of another night of demonstrations against police brutality descending into violence.

Though a Bangladeshi family lost their business in the uproar over the death of George Floyd, they continue to support demonstrators and helped medics treat the wounded, reports The New York Times.

US President Donald Trump is to sign an executive order on social media companies, White House officials say after Trump threatened to shut down websites he accused of stifling conservative voices.

US President Donald Trump, in a surprise announcement, says he is taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medicine against the coronavirus despite medical warnings about the use of the malaria drug.

A government watchdog fired suddenly by Donald Trump was investigating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, says a Democratic lawmaker who accuses the president of committing a potentially illegal act of retribution.

The White House directed all people entering the West Wing, where the daily operations of President Donald Trump's administration are carried out, to wear masks after two aides tested positive for the coronavirus, administration officials says.

President Donald Trump renews his criticism of China over the global coronavirus pandemic and says it has been worse for the United States than Pearl Harbor and 9/11.