8 d. ago She was set on a career of service after growing up in a military family. Trump’s trans ban is ruining her life

Transgender troops and their families face an uncertain future after spending their careers in service, they tell Alex Woodward

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1 week ago Iran vows to kill 50,000 US soldiers: Tehran's TV mouthpiece says Trump has ordered 'coffins' after the US President called for regime change following air strikes: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow live coverage from the conflict in the Middle East after Donald Trump called for an Iranian regime change, less than one day after the US bombed the country's nuclear sites.

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1 week ago Iran warns Trump to 'bring enough coffins' for US soldiers as WW3 fears grow

A hardliner in Iran's parliament has warned that the US should "bring enough coffins" if it wants to wage all-out war against the country, following Sunday's strikes on nuclear sites

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2 w. ago Trump is steamrolling congressional Republicans. What’s in it for them? | David Kirp

The budget bill was a reminder: the president and House speaker don’t care about lawmakers’ views. Why not just quit?Like soldiers in a well-disciplined army, Republican members of US Congress do whatever Commander Donald Trump demands. While the foot soldiers may occasionally grumble, they quickly fall in line when Trump intervenes.Republican representatives go through contortions to satisfy the bully in the White House: we hated deficits, goes the party orthodoxy, but now we vote for adding trillions to the deficit; we supported Ukraine, but now we cozy up to the Russians; we scrutinized cabinet nominees, but now we give our “advice and consent” to a cabinet of knaves and charlatans.David Kirp is professor emeritus at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gathering stormclouds can’t wipe smile from Trump’s face as long

In scenes that could have been set in Moscow, families queued to sit in helicopters, while tanks and robot dogs paraded Constition AvenueIt may have been billed as a military parade to celebrate the American military’s history, but it said even more about the country’s present and future under Donald Trump.Soldiers, tanks and even robot dogs paraded along Constitution Ave. on Saturday, as paratroopers swooped in from overhead and military aircraft buzzed past the Washington Monument for the first major military parade held in the US capital since the victory after the first Gulf War of 1991. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's 'no fat soldiers' order as US military troops told to cheer on TV

Donald Trump's birthday speech was widely condemned as a naked political rally that trampled over long-standing American military traditions - and now the full extent of his demands have been revealed

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3 w. ago Donald Trump demands 'no fat soldiers' be shown at rambling Fort Bragg speech

The US leader turned what was intended to be a 250th birthday celebration for the US Army into a full-blown political rally, and demanded "no fat soldiers" be shown behind him at Fort Bragg

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3 w. ago ‘We’re gonna have troops everywhere’: Trump’s use of the military to quell protests is a shocking abuse of power

Trumps’s decision to send troops to face of against protesters came ahead of a deeply politicized speech to soldiers at Fort Bragg and just days before a military parade in Washington D.C., Richard Hall writes

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3 w. ago ‘We’re gonna have troops everywhere’: Trump’s use of the military to quell protests is a shocking abuse of power, experts warn

Trumps’s decision to send troops to face off against protesters came ahead of a deeply politicized speech to soldiers at Fort Bragg and just days before a military parade in Washington D.C., Richard Hall writes

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3 w. ago Fort Bragg soldiers behind Trump during speech were screened for loyalty and appearance, report says: ‘No fat soldiers’

Crowd of soldiers booed and cheered at Trump’s partisan speech, breaking the military’s tradition and regulations around remaining non-political

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3 w. ago Los Angeles protests: arrests as curfew begins in downtown LA; Newsom decries Trump’s ‘assault’ on democracy

LA police issue warning to groups that continue to congregate in curfew area after California governor launches blistering attack on US presidentTroop mobilization in LA to cost Americans at least $134m, Hegseth saysFact-check: Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg contained lies and conspiracy theories about LAPeople in LA: share your reaction to protests and military mobilizationUS officials said the marines were being deployed to protect federal property and personnel, including immigration agents. A convoy of 10 to 15 buses with blacked-out windows and escorted by sheriff’s vehicles, left the base at Twentynine Palms in the desert east of Los Angeles late Monday and headed toward the city, stopping around 1am (9am BST) at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, about 20 miles (35 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.Despite their presence, there has been limited engagement so far between the Guard and protesters while local law enforcement implements crowd control. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Los Angeles protests: Newsom says ‘democracy is under assault’ in attack on Trump; curfew in downtown LA begins

LA mayor says curfew will be in place in one square mile and will last from 8pm to 6amTroop mobilization in LA to cost Americans at least $134m, Hegseth saysFact-check: Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg contained lies and conspiracy theories about LAPeople in LA: share your reaction to protests and military mobilizationUS officials said the marines were being deployed to protect federal property and personnel, including immigration agents. A convoy of 10 to 15 buses with blacked-out windows and escorted by sheriff’s vehicles, left the base at Twentynine Palms in the desert east of Los Angeles late Monday and headed toward the city, stopping around 1am (9am BST) at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, about 20 miles (35 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.Despite their presence, there has been limited engagement so far between the Guard and protesters while local law enforcement implements crowd control. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Los Angeles protests: Newsom says ‘democracy is under assault’ in attack on Trump; downtown LA curfew declared by mayor

LA mayor says curfew will be in place in one square mile and will last from 8pm to 6amTroop mobilization in LA to cost Americans at least $134m, Hegseth saysFact-check: Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg contained lies and conspiracy theories about LAPeople in LA: share your reaction to protests and military mobilizationUS officials said the marines were being deployed to protect federal property and personnel, including immigration agents. A convoy of 10 to 15 buses with blacked-out windows and escorted by sheriff’s vehicles, left the base at Twentynine Palms in the desert east of Los Angeles late Monday and headed toward the city, stopping around 1am (9am BST) at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, about 20 miles (35 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.Despite their presence, there has been limited engagement so far between the Guard and protesters while local law enforcement implements crowd control. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Los Angeles protests: Mayor Karen Bass issues curfew for downtown LA as she declares local emergency – live

Mayor says curfew will be in place in one square mile and will last from 8pm to 6am Troop mobilization in LA to cost Americans at least $134m, Hegseth saysFact-check: Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg contained lies and conspiracy theories about LAPeople in LA: share your reaction to protests and military mobilizationUS officials said the marines were being deployed to protect federal property and personnel, including immigration agents. A convoy of 10 to 15 buses with blacked-out windows and escorted by sheriff’s vehicles, left the base at Twentynine Palms in the desert east of Los Angeles late Monday and headed toward the city, stopping around 1am (9am BST) at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, about 20 miles (35 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.Despite their presence, there has been limited engagement so far between the Guard and protesters while local law enforcement implements crowd control. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago American carnage revisited as Trump plays president of permanent emergency

The president declined at Fort Bragg to hum a tune of virtue and valor – instead it was a tour of his darkest horizonsLA protests – live updatesDonald Trump was hundreds of miles away from the White House on Tuesday, visiting one the country’s most venerable military bases, Fort Bragg in North Carolina, partly to big-up Saturday’s forthcoming celebration of America’s armed might in Washington – a parade spectacular ostensibly held in honor of the US armed forces’ birthday. But also his own.With a new setting came the chance for a new theme. Instead the president chose an old one – American carnage. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Watch: Trump says people who burn the American flag ‘should go to jail for a year’

Donald Trump says that anyone who burns the American flag should be thrown in prison.

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3 w. ago LA protests: judge declines to issue emergency order limiting powers of marines and national guard – live

President peppered speech at Fort Bragg with conspiracy theories and verbal assaults linked to Los Angeles protestsTroop mobilization in LA to cost Americans at least $134m, Hegseth saysFact-check: Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg contained lies and conspiracy theories about LAPeople in LA: share your reaction to protests and military mobilizationUS officials said the marines were being deployed to protect federal property and personnel, including immigration agents. A convoy of 10 to 15 buses with blacked-out windows and escorted by sheriff’s vehicles, left the base at Twentynine Palms in the desert east of Los Angeles late Monday and headed toward the city, stopping around 1am (9am BST) at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, about 20 miles (35 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.Despite their presence, there has been limited engagement so far between the Guard and protesters while local law enforcement implements crowd control. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump calls LA a ‘trash heap’ of ‘chaos and disorder’ in Fort Bragg troop rally after sending Marines to quell protests

The partisan speech came hours after he threatened force against any protesters who attempt to disrupt the military parade he has ordered for his birthday Saturday

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3 w. ago Trump attacks California governor and LA mayor in deeply partisan speech to military – live

President peppered speech at Fort Bragg with conspiracy theories and verbal assaults linked to Los Angeles protestsTroop mobilization in LA to cost Americans at least $134m, Hegseth saysCalifornia seeks to block troops to LA amid Trump-Newsom tensionsPeople in LA: share your reaction to protests and military mobilizationUS officials said the marines were being deployed to protect federal property and personnel, including immigration agents. A convoy of 10 to 15 buses with blacked-out windows and escorted by sheriff’s vehicles, left the base at Twentynine Palms in the desert east of Los Angeles late Monday and headed toward the city, stopping around 1am (9am BST) at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, about 20 miles (35 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.Despite their presence, there has been limited engagement so far between the Guard and protesters while local law enforcement implements crowd control. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Donald Trump makes huge World War I blunder in fiery speech as LA riots rage

Donald Trump made a huge blunder about World War I in a fiery speech at Fort Bragg, as the U.S. continues to be rocked by riots over the President's mass deportation order

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