2 h. ago Gavin Newsom praised for new online posting style: All Caps and mimicking Trump

California governor is taking on president over Republican gerrymandering efforts in Texas

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7 h. ago 'Masterpiece' BBC period drama receives 10/10 reviews from fans left 'in tears'

The BBC period drama has been widely praised by fans online who have been binge-watching the series on repeat

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11 h. ago Tottenham: Thomas Frank seeks fast start as he bids to avoid familiar issue at Spurs

Frank needs early results to get fans on board with his move to make Spurs more pragmatic after the swashbuckling style of Ange Postecoglou

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23 h. ago National Guard rehearsed show of force against immigration raid protesters, general testifies

A general has testified that National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against people protesting immigration raids

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35 h. ago Some Democrats want to use gerrymandering. That’s a bad idea | Carlo Invernizzi

When a house is on fire, more fire won’t helpWhen Texas Republicans unveiled yet another contorted congressional map last week – one that would all but erase Austin’s Latino-led seat and increase the Republican party’s federal House tally by up to five seats in total – the outcry from Democrats was immediate and justified. But beyond the Democratic state legislators’ brave effort to stymie the proposal by boycotting the vote, a different refrain has also been heard by leading Democrats in other states: if they do it, why can’t we?Governor Gavin Newsom of California has vowed to “fight fire with fire”, advancing a proposal that would redraw California’s own congressional map to offset Republican gains in Texas. New York’s Kathy Hochul has also embraced the prospect of aggressive gerrymandering in Democratic-controlled states, sidestepping the independent commissions that Democrats themselves had once championed and successfully implemented in both California and New York. Continue re...

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49 h. ago US judge hears if Trump team broke law during LA Ice protests

Federal judge began hearing evidence and arguments on deployment of national guard and marines to curb protestsUS politics live – latest updatesA federal judge in San Francisco on Monday began hearing evidence and arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed national guard soldiers and US marines to Los Angeles after protests over immigration raids this summer.The Trump administration federalized California national guard members and sent them to the second-largest US city over the objections of the California governor, Gavin Newsom, and city leaders, after protests erupted on 7 June when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers arrested people at multiple locations. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Donald Trump swears on live TV AGAIN in brutal Gavin Newsom swipe

The US President, who has sworn in public more than once since taking office, went off-script again during his latest press conference announcing federal control in DC

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65 h. ago Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law

A federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments on whether military troops deployed this summer by the Trump administration to Los Angeles violated a federal law that bars troops from conducting law enforcement duties within the country

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8 d. ago Newsom threatens ‘fire with fire’ if Republicans push ahead with redistricting plans in Texas

California Gov. warns Texas Republicans over gerrymandering: ‘Whatever they are doing will be neutered here... and they will pay that price’

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1 week ago ‘The brain responds like it’s a physical injury’: Why posting photos of friends on social media without their consent sparks rifts

As more of us share our lives online, Olivia Petter asks whether we need to act with caution when it comes to posting photos of our friends

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3 w. ago Fury as Trump appears as 'superhero' in bizarre 'Golden Age' Instagram post

People across social media are baffled as to who is running the official White House Instagram account as they post insane superhero style cartoon picture of Donald Trump

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3 w. ago Three people are dead in a possible training accident in Los Angeles, official tells the AP

An explosion early Friday killed three people and is being investigated at least preliminarily as a possible training accident, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the matter who was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity

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3 w. ago Gavin Newsom says Alcatraz will reopen the ‘same day Trump releases the Epstein files’

A spokesperson dismissed the idea previously touted by the president, following a visit to the island by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday

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3 w. ago Fox News’ Jesse Watters forced into embarrassing walkback over Gavin Newsom claims

‘I’m sorry, he wasn’t lying,’ the Jesse Watters Primetime host says in a rare apology to the California governor

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3 w. ago The Latest: Justice Department fires prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex

The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein

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4 w. ago The Latest: Trump administration orders 2,000 National Guard troops to leave LA, some will remain

President Donald Trump’s administration says it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles to support immigration enforcement activities

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4 w. ago Woman touched when boyfriend proposes with family heirloom. Then she’s stunned to learn truth behind the ring

The ring was a vintage-style ruby ring, according to the Reddit poster

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4 w. ago Gov. Gavin Newsom unloads on ‘son of a b***h’ Trump over ‘Newscum’ moniker

Gov. Newsom accused the Trump administration of using the second presidential term as a ‘petri dish’ to test the limits of executive power

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