84 m. ago ANDREW NEIL: The rise of State capitalism. Politically motivated vendettas. Rule by executive order. The National Guard on the streets... How Trump's America is getting more like China

Imagine a powerful president who grabs chunks of private enterprise for the state and forces companies to invest more at home by threatening penal tariffs if they don't.

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7 h. ago Georgia sends troops to DC in sign that Trump's policing push will continue

Georgia is becoming the eighth state to send National Guard troops to Washington, D

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11 h. ago Pentagon expected to become ‘Department of War’ as US cities brace for Trump’s next national guard deployment – live

Move to rename Pentagon could cost tens of millions of dollars, with letterheads and signs needing to be changed; Chicago and Boston brace for troops after Trump’s threats this weekTrump expected to order rebrand of Pentagon as ‘Department of War’Chicago gears up for Trump’s national guard deploymentTensions between Michelle Wu, the mayor of Boston, and the Trump administration have been escalating in recent months over the administration’s aggressive immigration policies, with reports now signaling the possibility of a federal immigration enforcement surge in the city.The friction came to a head last week when the Trump administration reportedly began preparing an “immigration enforcement blitz” for Boston in the coming weeks, according to Politico. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Trump expected to order rebrand of Pentagon as ‘Department of War’

Move is attempt to formalize name change without an act of Congress, as US president says: ‘We’re just going to do it’Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday authorizing the US Department of Defense to rebrand itself as the “department of war”, the White House said, as part of an attempt to formalize the name change without an act of Congress.The order will designate “department of war” as a “secondary title”, an administration official said, as a way to get around the need for congressional approval to formally rename a federal agency. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Newsom says the ‘political theater’ of Trump’s deployment of National Guard to LA cost taxpayers $120M

The California Governor’s office evaluated the costs incurred since June when Trump sent more than 4,200 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines to LA

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32 h. ago DC sues Trump over National Guard as Republicans in Congress weigh seizing more control over capital

GOP is lining up proposals that include letting the president appoint the capital’s attorney general, a position that is currently locally elected

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33 h. ago DC lawsuit challenges Trump's National Guard deployment as a forced 'military occupation'

The District of Columbia has sued to stop President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard during his law enforcement intervention in Washington

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35 h. ago Trump’s domestic troop deployments aren’t about crime – they’re about intimidation | Moira Donegan

The president is targeting Chicago in his latest bid to assert authority over Democratic governance and racial pluralism“We’re going in,” Donald Trump said on Tuesday, when asked whether national guard troops would be sent to invade Chicago. The comment came as reports emerged that national guard troops from Texas – not yet federalized under direct presidential control – were preparing to deploy to Chicago in the coming days, in defiance of the opposition repeatedly and forcefully expressed by the Chicago mayor, Brandon Johnson, and the Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, both Democrats.The White House and the president’s allies have claimed that the deployment is a response to violent crime in Chicago. This is a lie. Crime in Chicago has dropped dramatically over the past decades, as it has in every major American city – including Los Angeles, where Trump deployed the national guard and the marines earlier this year, and Washington DC, where armed federal agents have patrolled the stre...

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48 h. ago DC National Guard troops have orders extended through December, official says

District of Columbia National Guard troops who are deployed as part of President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital have had their orders extended through December

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53 h. ago Newsom trolls Trump some more after president calls him ‘incompetent’ and threatens to send troops back to LA

Trump and Newsom have been in a public feud for months

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54 h. ago Chicago prepares for an influx of National Guard troops and immigration agents

Chicago residents are bracing for an influx of military patrols and immigration agents in the coming days

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57 h. ago Photos of protests during fourth week of Trump DC's crime crackdown

Washingtonians are responding with protests during the fourth week of National Guard troops and federal agents patrolling D.C.'s streets.

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58 h. ago DC mayor Bowser signs order aligning city with Trump’s military occupation

Order sets rules for federal forces as locals stage noise protests, block indictments and demand home ruleUS politics live – latest updatesWashington DC’s mayor, Muriel Bowser bowed to Donald Trump’s military occupation of the nation’s capital Tuesday, signing an executive order that formalizes cooperation with federal forces even as residents push back against the deployment.The Tuesday order establishes the “Safe and Beautiful Emergency Operations Center” – borrowing from Trump’s own branding – to institutionalize collaboration between city officials and various federal agencies including the FBI. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan gang members, appeals court rules – US politics live

2-1 decision from fifth circuit is the first federal appeals court ruling on presidential proclamation invoking 1798 lawHello and welcome to the US politics live blog for today. I am Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you the latest news lines over the next few hours.We start with the news that a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that president Donald Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans he alleged were part of a criminal gang.A judge has found the Trump administration’s use of national guard troops during southern California immigration enforcement protests was illegal. Judge Charles Breyer ruled on Tuesday that the administration violated federal law by sending troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids. The judge did not require the remaining troops withdrawn, however.The US House of Representatives oversight committee released thousands of pages of records related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein from the justice departme...

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3 d. ago Trump says he's ordering troops into 'hellholes' Chicago and Baltimore as tensions with local Democrat officials escalate

National Guard troops will be heading to Chicago - but President Donald Trump won't say when they will deploy.

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3 d. ago 8 killed and 50 wounded in Chicago over long weekend as Trump plans federal deployment

Eight people were killed and 50 others were wounded over the Labor Day weekend in dozens of shootings in Chicago

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3 d. ago The numbers are in: National Guard deployed to DC to fight crime has picked up 500 bags of trash along 3.2 miles

Troops wearing orange high-visibility vests over their camouflage uniforms were seen last week picking up trash in Lafayette Park just outside the White House

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3 d. ago Trump’s use of the National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal, a judge rules

A judge has ruled the Trump administration’s use of National Guard troops during Southern California immigration enforcement protests is illegal

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3 d. ago Judge blocks Trump’s deployment of National Guard in California

Ruling says government violated law banning US military from enforcing domestic law

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3 d. ago Judge blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in California

Ruling says government violated legislation banning US military from enforcing domestic law

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