30 h. ago Marines poised to move into Los Angeles as protests spread across US

Hundreds of U.S. Marines were undergoing refresher training in riot and crowd control just outside of Los Angeles and will move into the city soon, a military official said, as protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration raids spread from California to other parts of the country. Trump’s decision to dispatch National Guard troops and Marines […]

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42 h. ago US Marines arrive in LA; California governor warns ‘democracy under assault’

Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions in America’s second largest city, as California’s governor warned “democracy is under assault.” Trump’s extraordinary measures of sending National Guard and Marines to quell protests, which broke out in response to his immigration raids, […]

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56 h. ago Marines arrive in LA under Trump orders as protests spread to other cities

Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in Los Angeles overnight and more were expected on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, who has also activated 4,000 National Guard troops to quell protests despite objections from California Governor Gavin Newsom and other local leaders. The city has seen days of public outrage since the Trump administration […]

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65 h. ago National crisis looms as Trump sends military to quell immigration protests

The Trump administration ordered U.S. Marines into Los Angeles and intensified raids on suspected undocumented immigrants, fueling more outrage from street protesters and Democratic leaders who raised concerns over a national crisis. Some 700 Marines based in Southern California were expected to reach Los Angeles Monday night or Tuesday morning, officials said, as part of […]

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3 d. ago Police crack down on LA protests against Trump immigration policy

Police declared all of downtown Los Angeles to be an unlawful assembly area and ordered protesters to go home on Sunday night after a third day of violence hit demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s immigration policy. National Guard troops – deployed by Trump at the weekend to help quell the protests in a move that […]

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3 d. ago LA protest violence ‘not the way forward’, says Mexico’s president

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that she did not agree with violent acts committed during the massive protests which have broken out in Los Angeles against immigration raids. The leader, speaking from her morning press conference, also called on U.S. authorities to respect the rule of law in migratation processes.

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4 d. ago Trump deploys National Guard as Los Angeles protests against immigration agents continue

President Donald Trump’s administration said it would deploy 2,000 National Guard troops on Saturday as federal agents in Los Angeles faced off against a few hundred demonstrators during a second day of protests following immigration raids. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that the Pentagon was prepared to mobilize active-duty troops “if violence continues” in Los […]

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3 w. ago Comic actor George Wendt, ‘Cheers’ barfly named Norm, dead at 76

Comic actor George Wendt, best known for his Emmy-nominated supporting role as the beer-bellied barfly Norm on the long-running hit NBC television sitcom “Cheers,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 76. The passing of the Chicago-born performer was announced in a statement from his publicist, Melissa Nathan, who said his family confirmed that […]

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3 w. ago Pop singer Richard testifies at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial

Pop singer Dawn Richard returned to the witness stand in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial on Monday, after telling a jury last week that she saw the hip-hop mogul physically and emotionally abuse his then-girlfriend for years. Richard, a former member of the pop group Danity Kane, described an incident at Combs’ Los Angeles […]

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