US President Donald Trump has slammed the country's "dishonest" media outlets for misrepresenting his remarks, in which he condemned the activities of far-right groups after violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

According to a poll, most of Americans oppose renaiming the US capital of Washington and monuments to the nation’s founding Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson amid controversy concerning Civil-War era statues in the United States following Charlottesville violence.

Partisan squabbles over which side was to blame for the violent, racially tinged clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia obscure a common distain for white supremacy that is shared by liberals, moderates and conservatives in the United States, US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said.

Duke University, located in the US city of Durham, North Carolina, removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the campus chapel, local media reported, citing a letter of university President Vincent Price.

US President Donald Trump has been criticized for being slow to respond to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, resulting in the death of a woman and injuring 19 others in a vehicle attack by a white supremacist.

Our final topic, picked by you, dear listeners, earlier in a poll on our Facebook page, is “Charlottesville: White Nationalism Or Neo-Nazis?”, focusing on what is probably the US’ most polarizing political topic today.

Officials in the US city of Boston are stepping up security ahead of a planned right-wing "Free Speech" rally alongside simultaneous counter-protests expected on Saturday in the aftermath of the violent white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend.

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an executive order which will stop all public demonstrations at the Robert E. Lee Monument in the state capital Richmond until new emergency rules are in place to protect free speech and keep people safe, the Governor's office said in a press release.

Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer in a statement on Friday called for an emergency meeting of the Virginia State Assembly to vote for the removal Confederate statues from the city.

Apple boss Tim Cook has become the latest executive to speak out against US President Donald Trump over Charlottesville violent protests.

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe said that white nationalists who were behind the clashes in the city of Charlottesville sought to promote hatred and bigotry and had interest in efforts to remove statues honoring Confederate leaders in the US Civil War.

Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor on Thursday took away the Russian web domain (.ru) from a US neo-Nazi website, the Daily Stormer, Alexander Zharov, the head of Roskomnadzor, said in a statement.

As Confederate monuments in towns and cities across the United States are being toppled, social media users ponder on how far this "anti-statue crusade" could actually go.

The US House Homeland Security panel will question officials on the topic of terrorism.

US President Donald Trump terminated the Manufacturing Council Initiative and Strategy & Policy Forum, two of the White House's earliest pushes, following the exit of multiple chief executive officers wanting to create real distance from the president's reluctant condemnation of white supremacy.

A funeral service for Heather Heyer, the victim of the car attack in Charlottesville, is being held in the central Virginia city.

A group of United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday expressed concern and outrage over the recent violence in the US town of Charlottesville and warned that it indicates that racism was on the rise in the country.

Facebook has reportedly removed eight groups dedicated to racist content after a recent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.

In a bizarre Tuesday press conference, US President Donald Trump condemned violence by "both sides": white supremacists and neo-Nazis, and the so-called "alt-left."

The ugly events that have just taken place in Charlottesville, VA are a stark reminder that the cancer of white supremacy continues to fester in America - and not just at the level of a few hundred knuckle dragging racists marching with Confederate flags.