88 m. ago The numbers are in: National Guard deployed to DC to fight crime has picked up 500 bags of trash along 3.2 miles

Troops wearing orange high-visibility vests over their camouflage uniforms were seen last week picking up trash in Lafayette Park just outside the White House

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8 h. ago Trump illegally sent National Guard to Los Angeles, federal judge rules

Trump’s plan for ‘creating a national police force’ violates 140-year-old law blocking military from domestic law enforcement

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52 h. ago Newsom derides Kristi Noem claim that LA ‘wouldn’t be standing today’ had Trump not sent in the National Guard

Homeland Security Secretary claims Los Angeles ‘would’ve burned down if left to the devices of the mayor and the governor’

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3 d. ago Chicago mayor announces measures to ‘protect our people’ from imminent influx of federal agents on Trump’s orders

Brandon Johnson warns that the city could see ‘some type of militarized activity by the federal government’ within days

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6 d. ago National Guard called in to deal with ‘crime emergency’ in DC are now picking up trash outside the White House

The military was deployed as part of a ‘beautification and restoration mission’ in D.C., say officials

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7 d. ago Fuggedaboutit! NYPD commissioner tells AG Pam Bondi that NYC is safe and doesn’t need Trump’s National Guard troops

Top cop Jessica Tisch met with Bondi for half an hour at NYC’s police headquarters in Manhattan, where she made a case about the city’s declining crime rate

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7 d. ago Bruise on Trump’s hand won’t go away, and neither will questions about his health – US politics live

Large bruise on president’s hands, hidden poorly under makeup, renews speculation that White House may be concealing information about his healthThe justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract with Los Angeles county into slush funds that were originally set up to pay bribes to election officials in Venezuela and the Philippines between 2012 and 2016 to obtain and retain lucrative election contracts.Prosecutors say one of the executives transferred an undisclosed amount from the $282m LA county contract into the slush funds in 2019 but did not say if anyone actually received bribes from the county’s money at that point. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump says he wants ‘Department of War’ instead of defense department – US politics live

US president floats idea several times on Monday; Trump threatens again to send troops to Democratic-run cities amid misleading claim on crime in ‘red cities’National guard start carrying firearms in DC as Trump says Chicago may be nextThe justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract with Los Angeles county into slush funds that were originally set up to pay bribes to election officials in Venezuela and the Philippines between 2012 and 2016 to obtain and retain lucrative election contracts.Prosecutors say one of the executives transferred an undisclosed amount from the $282m LA county contract into the slush funds in 2019 but did not say if anyone actually received bribes from the county’s money at that point. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warns Trump ‘Do not come to Chicago’ with military troops

Illinois leaders said Trump’s threat to bring the military to Chicago was unwarranted and part of attempt to silence dissent

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8 d. ago Ice is processing Kilmar Ábrego García for deportation, Kristi Noem says – US politics live

US homeland security secretary says Ábrego García is being processed for deportation but doesn’t say where he will be sent amid concerns he will go to UgandaKilmar Ábrego García detained after reporting to US immigration agentsThe justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract with Los Angeles county into slush funds that were originally set up to pay bribes to election officials in Venezuela and the Philippines between 2012 and 2016 to obtain and retain lucrative election contracts.Prosecutors say one of the executives transferred an undisclosed amount from the $282m LA county contract into the slush funds in 2019 but did not say if anyone actually received bribes from the county’s money at that point. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago National Guard now carrying pistols in Washington as troops enter third week deployed to capital

Civil rights group warn against Pentagon’s ‘dangerous’ decision to arm troops

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8 d. ago Trump threatens to cut off Key bridge repair money after Maryland governor tells him to keep National Guard out of Baltimore

Trump escalates attacks on nation’s only Black governor as African-American leaders continue to be his favorite targets

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9 d. ago Black influencer says she’s behind Trump’s claim that ‘beautiful African

‘They are wearing red hats, just like this one. But they are wearing red hats. African American ladies, beautiful ladies are saying, Please, President Trump, come to Chicago, please,’ he claimed Friday in the Oval Office.

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9 d. ago Trump could send troops into Chicago within weeks as he expands military deployment into more cities: report

Pentagon reportedly plans to put military boots on the ground in America’s third-largest city as soon as September

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1 week ago Trump mobilizing up to 1,700 National Guard troops in 19 states to widen crime and immigration crackdown

Deployments reportedly set to take place largely in Republican-controlled states

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1 week ago Trump mobilizing up to 1,700 National Guardsman in 19 states to widen crime and immigration crackdown

Deployments reportedly set to take place largely in Republican-controlled states

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1 week ago National Guard may run out of money because of Trump’s repeated deployments

The National Guard is preparing for its fall training programs, but President Donald Trump’s deployments are eating into its operational budget

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1 week ago Trump claims politicians from LA, NYC and Chicago are ‘begging’ him to send in troops

Donald Trump has claimed that he might send the National Guard elsewhere in the US, after claiming that politicians from LA, NYC and Chicago are “begging” from him to send in troops.

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1 week ago Trump battles sinking public image over DC takeover while National Guard pose with tourists

Trump has utterly failed to win over D.C. residents, who aren’t convinced his takeover is anything but a series of photo ops, writes John Bowden

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1 week ago JD Vance booed in DC as he awkwardly greets National Guard at Union Station Shake Shack

Veep was joined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller, who promised additional resources to DC crime crackdown while calling protesters ‘stupid white hippies’

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