12 h. ago ICE removes MGMT’s ‘Little Dark Age’ song from “propaganda” social media post after band issues takedown request

The song accompanied a video showing federal agents arresting protesters outside the ICE facility in Portland

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3 d. ago Trump told to send National Guard to major US city to combat deadly opioid crisis

Crystal West, 42, lost her 20-year-old son Xi'Risse Kiev West-Owens to a fentanyl overdose in September and is now calling for the National Guard to be sent to Baltimore

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4 d. ago New York officials condemn Manhattan Ice raid: ‘This creates fear and chaos’

Hochul, Schumer and the three mayoral candidates express outrage over federal operation in ChinatownLocal and state officials in New York are expressing outrage after dozens of federal agents carried out a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raid in Manhattan’s Chinatown on Tuesday.Eyewitnesses accounts and video footage captured the chaotic scenes in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, where masked and armed federal agents were seen detaining several individuals near Canal Street, while crowds of New Yorkers gathered, protesting against the action. Military-style vehicles were also seen driving through the area. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ICE and other federal agents raid NYC’s Canal Street vendors following complaint from MAGA influencer: ‘Check this corner out’

Hundreds of angry New Yorkers clashed with federal agents as they carried out an anti-immigration operation on the city’s famed Canal Street

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4 d. ago San Francisco leaders push back against Trump's National Guard threat

President Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco, calling it crime-ridden and claiming residents want federal help

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5 d. ago Trump cleared to send National Guard into Portland after appeals court ruling

Trump has attempted to send out-of-state National Guard troops into cities to quell protests and protect federal law enforcement

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5 d. ago Trump can send national guard troops to Portland, appeals court rules

Order marks an important legal victory for president as he continues to send military forces to Democratic-led citiesA divided US appeals court ruled on Monday that Donald Trump can send national guard troops into Portland, Oregon, despite objections by the leaders of the city and state, giving the Republican president an important legal victory as he dispatches military forces to a growing number of Democratic-led cities. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Bitter Jimmy Kimmel brands Trump 'dumb dumb' and suggests president, 79, needs 'walk

Jimmy Kimmel torched Donald Trump's decision to send the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, in a blistering opening monologue on Wednesday.

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Trump’s inner circle knows how dangerous the incessant misinformation from Fox News can be’

Late-night hosts discuss Fox News’s influence on Donald Trump as he defends sending the national guard to US citiesLate-night hosts recapped the many vile leaked messages from a Young Republicans group chat and Donald Trump’s ongoing Fox News-fueled delusions. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Federal agents delayed and threatened to shoot an ambulance driver trying to take a protester from ICE facility: report

Outside of the Portland ICE facility, protesters have been clashing with federal agents as they vocally oppose Trump’s deployment of federal law enforcement

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1 week ago Federal judge temporarily blocks mass layoffs as Trump official estimates 10,000 could be affected – live

Judge Susan Illston says administration has ‘taken advantage of lapse in government functioning’; Russell Vought says his office wants to be ‘very aggressive in shuttering bureaucracy’Full report: judge temporarily blocks firings by Trump administration during shutdownThe far-right US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is further distancing herself from her fellow Republicans and accusing men in her party of being “weak”.In an interview with the Washington Post, Greene expressed her frustrations with Republicans, signaling her further deviation from the political strategies of her party, as the government shutdown beginning 1 October was slated to enter its third week. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Judge temporarily blocks firings by Trump administration during shutdown

Judge says White House office of management and budget took advantage of government shutdown in firing workersA federal court has granted a temporary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s firings of federal employees during the government shutdown.The ruling by Judge Susan Illston of the US district court’s northern district of California came in response to a lawsuit filed by labor unions representing federal workers. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Federal judge says she’s ‘inclined’ to block mass layoffs as Trump official estimates 10,000 could be affected – live

Judge Susan Illston says administration has ‘taken advantage of lapse in government functioning’; Russell Vought says his office wants to be ‘very aggressive in shuttering bureaucracy’The far-right US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is further distancing herself from her fellow Republicans and accusing men in her party of being “weak”.In an interview with the Washington Post, Greene expressed her frustrations with Republicans, signaling her further deviation from the political strategies of her party, as the government shutdown beginning 1 October was slated to enter its third week. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Judge halts free transfer of land worth $67M for Trump’s presidential library in Miami

A local historian sued Miami Dade College and its board of trustees last week over the potential transfer

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1 week ago Chicago TV journalist’s arrest in Ice raid ‘alarming and horrifying’, lawyers say

Attorneys for Debbie Brockman, released with no charges, deny agent’s claim she ‘threw objects’ at border patrol carAttorneys representing a producer for Chicago’s WGN television station who was temporarily detained by federal agents last week in Chicago, say the incident “should be alarming and horrifying to every person in this country”.Debbie Brockman, a US citizen and a WGN employee, was arrested on Friday by federal agents during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) operation in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Videos from the scene show Brockman being forced to the ground by two agents before she is handcuffed and put in a van. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Chicago TV producer’s arrest in Ice raid ‘alarming and horrifying’, lawyers say

Attorneys for Debbie Brockman, released with no charges, deny agent’s claim she ‘threw objects’ at border patrol carAttorneys representing a producer for Chicago’s WGN television station who was temporarily detained by federal agents last week in Chicago, say the incident “should be alarming and horrifying to every person in this country”.Debbie Brockman, a US citizen and a WGN employee, was arrested on Friday by federal agents during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) operation in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Videos from the scene show Brockman being forced to the ground by two agents before she is handcuffed and put in a van. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hegseth sends home overweight National Guard troops after viral photo

Photos showed seemingly overweight members of the Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — despite Hegseth’s longstanding campaign against ‘fat troops’

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1 week ago Obama rips Trump over sending National Guard troops in hometown Chicago

Former president says Trump’s threats to use military against civilians ‘weakens democracy’

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2 w. ago Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid

Witnesses call arrest of video editor Debbie Brockman, a US citizen, by masked federal agents, ‘absolutely horrifying’A video editor and producer for Chicago’s WGN television station was arrested by masked federal agents on Friday morning during an Ice raid in the city’s North Side, as shown in videos shared widely on social media.Videos show Debbie Brockman being violently forced to the ground by two agents before she is handcuffed and put in a van. A local resident filming the incident asks her name while she is face-down on the street being handcuffed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid, later released

Witnesses call arrest of video editor Debbie Brockman, a US citizen, by masked federal agents, ‘absolutely horrifying’A video editor and producer for Chicago’s WGN television station was arrested by masked federal agents on Friday morning, and later released, during an Ice raid on the city’s North Side, as shown in videos shared widely on social media.Videos show Debbie Brockman being violently forced to the ground by two agents before she is handcuffed and put in a van. A local resident filming the incident asks her name while she is face-down on the street being handcuffed. Continue reading...

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