3 h. ago What to know about the troops and federal agents in LA's MacArthur Park

U.S. military troops and federal immigration officers have made a brief but mighty show of force at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles

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1 week ago Gavin Newsom files $787M defamation suit alleging Fox News lied about Trump call

The California governor is seeking at least $787 million in damages, which mirrors the amount the right-wing network paid to Dominion Voting Systems in 2023.

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1 week ago Trump administration says California must bar trans girls from girls sports

The Trump administration says California must change its policies allowing transgender girls to compete on sports teams consistent with their gender identity

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2 w. ago Judge asks if troops in Los Angeles are violating Posse Comitatus Act

A federal judge held a brief hearing over whether the Trump administration should continue its deployment of troops to Los Angeles

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2 w. ago California challenges troop deployment after appeals court rules for Trump

State to argue in federal court that control of national guard – deployed to Los Angeles – should return to Gavin NewsomCalifornia’s challenge of the Trump administration’s military deployment on the streets of Los Angeles returned to a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Friday after an appeals court handed Donald Trump a key procedural win in the case.Friday’s hearing comes a day after the ninth circuit appellate panel allowed the president to keep control of national guard troops he deployed in response to protests over immigration raids. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Appeals court sides with Trump on National Guard deployment in LA

An appeals court ruled President Trump has the authority to deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles

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2 w. ago Trump threatens to withhold funds from California wildfire victims because of his dislike for Newsom

Donald Trump threatened to withhold funds from California wildfire victims because of his dislike for the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom.

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2 w. ago Los Angeles mayor lifts downtown curfew she imposed during protests against immigration raids

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is lifting a curfew in downtown Los Angeles

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2 w. ago Appeals court in San Francisco to hear arguments in National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

A federal appeals court in San Francisco is set to hear arguments on whether the Trump administration should return control of National Guard troops to California

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3 w. ago Millions expected at ‘No Kings’ protests before Trump’s military parade – live updates

‘No Kings’ protests across US come after a week of unrest over anti-immigration raids; Trump’s military parade to begin at 6.30pm ET in Washington DCA flagship No Kings march and rally are planned in Philadelphia, but no events are scheduled to take place in Washington DC, reports the Associated Press (AP). The demonstrations come on the heels of protests flaring up around the country over federal immigration enforcement raids that began last week and Donald Trump ordering national guard troops and marines to Los Angeles where protesters blocked a freeway and set cars on fire. Police responded with teargas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades while officials enforced curfews in Los Angeles and Democratic governors called Trump’s guard deployment “an alarming abuse of power” that “shows the Trump administration does not trust local law enforcement”.The White House’s escalating response to street protests echoes talk before Donald Trump’s inauguration of forcibly quelling resistanc...

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3 w. ago The Latest: 'No Kings' protests spread across US as Trump gets military parade

Americans are planning to demonstrate against President Donald Trump across the U.S. on Saturday as a counterpoint to the 200,000 people expected to attend the military parade in Washington

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3 w. ago How Trump hinted at a crackdown on protests long before his inauguration

Similarly, how cities have long planned their responses to a Trump-led escalation, which is finally hereThe White House’s escalating response to street protests echoes talk before Donald Trump’s inauguration of forcibly quelling resistance in urban America. Those plans are now the present.After the use of federalized national guard units and marines in response to protests in Los Angeles, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) plans to deploy Swat-style special response teams to Seattle, Philadelphia, northern Virginia, New York and Chicago – cities led by Democrats that have long been the target of Trump’s invective – before expected protests this weekend, according to reports by NBC and others. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tanks to roll through Washington as Trump hosts US military parade

Parade – ostensibly to mark US army’s 250th birthday – takes place as president turns 79 and comes amid large protestsThousands of troops accompanied by dozens of tanks and aircraft will stream through the National Mall in Washington DC for a military parade billed as celebrating the US army’s 250th birthday on Saturday – which also happens to be the day Donald Trump turns 79.The president has long desired to hold a military parade in the capital, and is finally getting his wish months after returning to the White House for a second term, and days after ordering federalized California national guard and US marines to the streets of Los Angeles in response to protests against deportations. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Photos of Marines in combat gear in Los Angeles as protests against immigration raids continue

Marines have moved into Los Angeles to guard a federal building after a week of protests against immigration raids, while communities across the country are preparing for demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s polices this weekend.

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3 w. ago Marines temporarily detain man while guarding LA federal building

U.S. Marines have temporarily detained a man after he walked onto the property of a federal building they were guarding in Los Angeles

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3 w. ago US marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles – live

Marcos Leao, a 27-year-old army veteran, told reporters after he was released that the marines who detained him were ‘just doing their job’With Donald Trump’s deployment of more troops in response to protests in LA, and as plans come together for a military parade in Washington DC on the president’s birthday, journalist Judith Levine tells Jonathan Freedland why she believes the US has entered a new era of authoritarianism in this week’s edition of US Politics Weekly. You can listen here.With predictions of as many as 200,000 attendees at tomorrow’s Washington parade, the Secret Service is preparing for protests by erecting 18 miles of anti-scale fencing and deploying drones to the city’s skies to keep watch. Continue reading...

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago About 200 marines to move into Los Angeles, says official, as law enforcement continues patrolling California streets – live

Neither marines nor national guard troops in Los Angeles have temporarily detained anyone, Maj Gen Scott Sherman says; marines to protect federal buildings and personnelWith Donald Trump’s deployment of more troops in response to protests in LA, and as plans come together for a military parade in Washington DC on the president’s birthday, journalist Judith Levine tells Jonathan Freedland why she believes the US has entered a new era of authoritarianism in this week’s edition of US Politics Weekly. You can listen here.With predictions of as many as 200,000 attendees at tomorrow’s Washington parade, the Secret Service is preparing for protests by erecting 18 miles of anti-scale fencing and deploying drones to the city’s skies to keep watch. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago LA protests live: US Marines land in Los Angeles to join National Guard as court leaves Trump in control

The ruling temporarily blocks California Governor Gavin Newsom from regaining control of 4,000 troops mobilized in Los Angeles

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3 w. ago Trump wanted to unleash the troops on George Floyd protests. Now the gloves are off

After his advisers steered him away from bloodshed in 2020, the president promises troops ‘everywhere’, Alex Woodward reports

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