2 d. ago Americans say Trump ‘has gone too far’ with immigrant roundups and sending Marines and National Guard to LA

A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Americans disapproving of Trump’s stepped-up immigration raids by a nine-point margin

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3 d. ago Hundreds of US marines arrive in LA as large protests are planned across US

Marines arrive on seventh day of protests in Los Angeles, after Trump’s earlier decision to send national guard troopsUS politics live – latest updatesFederal troops continued to be on duty in the streets of Los Angeles on Friday after a series of court rulings, and more arrived, with large protests planned in California and across the country this weekend against the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigration raids and a big military parade in Washington DC.About 200 US marines arrived in LA on Friday morning. This followed Donald Trump’s extraordinary decision to deploy national guard troops to LA last weekend, over the objections of the governor of California, Gavin Newsom. The marines were to take over protecting a federal building, US Army Maj Gen Scott Sherman, who commands the taskforce of marines and national guardsmen, said. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Newsom claims military set to go on ICE raids as he demands a judge stop troop deployment in LA

Emergency request comes as state sues Trump administration over sending National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles protests

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6 d. ago The Latest: Trump defends National Guard deployment as protests spread to other cities

President Donald Trump is defending his decision to send Another 2,000 National Guard troops along with 700 Marines to Los Angeles, escalating a military presence local officials and Gov. Gavin Newsom don’t want and the police chief says creates logistical challenges for safely handling protests

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6 d. ago LA protests live: Trump sends Marines to join National Guard and claims Los Angeles ‘would be burning to the ground’ if he didn’t

Almost 5,000 military personnel have been deployed to Los Angeles, as demonstrations against ICE raids continued into Monday evening

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6 d. ago ‘The language of authoritarianism’: how Trump and allies cast LA as a lawless city needing military intervention

As a pretext to sending in the national guard, the White House marked the Ice protests as a broader threat to the USDonald Trump and his allies turned to a familiar script over the weekend, casting the sprawling city of Los Angeles in shades of fire and brimstone, a hub of dangerous lawlessness that required urgent military intervention in order to be contained.“Looking really bad in L.A.,” Trump posted on Truth Social in the very early hours of Monday morning. “BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago How Trump just made Gavin Newsom’s day by sending the National Guard to Los Angeles — politically, anyway

Trump sending troops to quell the ICE protests and his threats to arrest the California governor will only serve to empower the same on-the-ropes Democratic politicians he wants to drive out, writes Eric Garcia

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7 d. ago Trump has unleashed something terrifying in the US – that even he may be powerless to control | Gaby Hinsliff

The protests in LA are what everyone feared, and a warning to countries that flirt with populismShe was live on air to viewers back home, her TV microphone clearly in hand, when the rubber bullet hit her. The Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi was the second journalist after the British photographer Nick Stern to be shot with non-lethal rounds while covering protests in Los Angeles sparked by immigration raids. But she was the first to be caught on camera and beamed around the world. There’s no excuse for not knowing what the US is becoming, now that anyone can watch that clip online. Not when you can hear her scream and see the cameraman quickly swing away to film a panicking crowd.It was the scenario everyone feared when Donald Trump took office. Deportation hit squads descending on the kind of Democrat-voting communities who would feel morally bound to resist them, triggering the kind of violent confrontation that creates an excuse to send in national guard troops – and ultimately...

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7 d. ago ‘They’re about stoking fear’: Harris rips Trump administration over Los Angeles crackdown

Kamala Harris lashes out at president’s ‘cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division’ by sending in National Guard to tackle anti-ICE protesters

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7 d. ago Voices: By manufacturing a migrant crisis in LA, Donald Trump has become America’s bully

Sending in the National Guard to break up protests against a crackdown on illegal migrants in California is an indication that the bully-in-chief is only just getting started, says Sean O’Grady

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7 d. ago Los Angeles protests: Dozens arrested and cars burned by protesters after Trump sends in National Guard

Trump said the soldiers “need to make sure there’s law and order” as chaos erupts across LA

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7 d. ago Chaos erupts in LA as protesters torch robotaxis after Trump sends National Guard

Tensions have escalated in Los Angeles as thousands of protesters take to the streets in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard

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8 d. ago ‘The stuff of dictatorships’: Trump admin threat to deploy military to LA protest met with angry reactions

The White House on Saturday said it would send 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to make arrests as anti-ICE protests entered their second day.

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8 d. ago Trump EXPLODES on two 'incompetent' LA insiders responsible pro

Trump's border czar said the National Guard is mobilizing to enter the city of Los Angeles within hours amid tense standoffs between protesters and ICE agents.

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8 d. ago LA protesters 'smash police car windows' as Trump vows to send in National Guard

After protests broke out across a number of Los Angeles neighbourhoods over immigration enforcement, Donald Trump promised to take drastic measures to put an end to the demonstrations

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8 d. ago Trump to send national guard to quell immigration protests in LA

Federal agents clashed with demonstrators protesting raids on suspected undocumented workers

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8 d. ago Trump sends National Guard to Los Angeles amid chaos in the streets as protesters clash with ICE agents

Trump's border czar said the National Guard is mobilizing to enter the city of Los Angeles within hours amid tense standoffs between protesters and ICE agents.

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8 d. ago Trump administration to send national guard to Los Angeles amid Ice protests

Border czar Tom Homan says: ‘We’re already mobilizing’ as immigration crackdown erupts into mass protestsThe Trump administration will deploy the national guard to immigration protests in Los Angeles, border czar Tom Homan said on Saturday, as an immigration crackdown in the area erupted into mass protests with police in riot gear deploying teargas at bystanders.“We’re already mobilizing. We’re gonna bring national guard in tonight and we’re gonna continue doing our job. This is about enforcing the law,” Homan said in an interview with Fox News. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump’s border czar says he’s sending National Guard to fight LA anti

Tense confrontations between police and demonstrators in L.A. continued for a second day on Saturday, in response to operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents

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