7 h. ago What is the Insurrection Act of 1807 and will Trump invoke it as he pushes for more troops in American cities?

Insurrection Act has not been invoked since 1992 during Los Angeles protests and riots

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8 h. ago Donald Trump's America 'on brink of martial law' as he considers the unthinkable

The unhinged US President is considering invoking the "insurrection act" to allow him to escalate his military invasion of Democrat-run states

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11 h. ago Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act as Bondi faces Senate – US politics live

Legal wrangles over troop deployments continue with attorney general also likely to face questions over Epstein filesThe US government shutdown entered its second week as the Senate again rejected rival bills to restart funding and Donald Trump suggested he might be open to negotiating with Democrats over the healthcare subsidies they have put at the heart of the stalemate.A fifth Senate vote to advance a Republican-written bill that would reopen the government failed on a 52-42 tally – well below the 60-vote threshold needed for advancement. The Democrats’ proposal was defeated in a 50-45 party-line vote. No lawmakers changed their votes from recent days, though there were a handful of absences.A career federal prosecutor in Virginia has told colleagues she does not believe there is probable cause to file criminal mortgage fraud charges against New York attorney general Letitia James, according to a person familiar with the matter. The prosecutor, Elizabeth Yusi, oversees major cri...

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23 h. ago Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy troops

Warning to use 19th century law comes as president faces legal setbacks in efforts to put soldiers on streets of US cities

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24 h. ago Trump is trying to cause chaos in American cities before invoking Insurrection Act, governor in his crosshairs warns

President has not ruled out invoking Insurrection Act but ‘so far it hasn't been necessary’

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33 h. ago ‘A club nobody wanted to be a part of’: Families of Americans killed by Israel face uphill climb to justice

Dozens of American citizens have been killed by Hamas and Israel – but the US government has taken a very different approach to the latterWithin hours after they were told that Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi had been killed by an Israeli sniper while at a protest in the West Bank last year, her family was on a phone call with the parents of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza more than two decades ago.The families were introduced by a mutual contact in Washington state, where both Corrie and 26-year-old Eygi had lived. There were other parallels in their stories: Corrie was protesting against the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home in Rafah when a soldier drove over her; Eygi was at a protest against settlement expansion near Nablus. Both had traveled to the region with the International Solidarity Movement, a group that for years has brought foreign activists to stand with Palestinians against Israel’s occupation. An Israeli ...

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4 d. ago Arkansas man seeks to have visa status restored after being arrested for ‘Opium’ perfume bottle

Police thought bottle contained drugs and arrested Kapil Raghu, who was then taken into custody by IceAn Arkansas man, who was detained for a month by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) after authorities mistook his bottle of perfume for opium, is seeking to have his visa status restored after the charges were dropped.Kapil Raghu, an Indian national married to an American woman and working towards American citizenship, was detained on 3 May after police officers in Benton, a suburb of Little Rock, pulled him over for having a non-moving traffic violation, according to his attorney, Mike Laux. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Arkansas man, arrested over perfume bottle police mistook for ‘opium’, seeks to restore visa

Police thought bottle contained drugs and arrested Kapil Raghu, who was then taken into custody by IceAn Arkansas man, who was detained for a month by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) after authorities mistook his bottle of perfume for opium, is seeking to have his visa status restored after the charges were dropped.Kapil Raghu, an Indian national married to an American woman and working towards American citizenship, was detained on 3 May after police officers in Benton, a suburb of Little Rock, pulled him over for having a non-moving traffic violation, according to his attorney, Mike Laux. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Journalist Mario Guevara deported to El Salvador after 100 days in Ice custody

Removal comes after Emmy-winning Salvadorian reporter was arrested while covering ‘No Kings Day’ protestJournalist Mario Guevara’s imprisonment by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) ended with deportation to El Salvador on Friday, his family announced on social media.Guevara has been a media mainstay in the Atlanta area for about 20 years, after fleeing El Salvador to escape leftwing militias in 2004. Though he has a work permit and two of his children are American citizens, he has operated under the “administrative closure” of deportation orders for much of that time. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago British Airways to launch new London Heathrow flight to US destination from 2026

British Airways claims to serve more American cities than any other UK airline, with St. Louis set to become its 27th

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6 d. ago Trump vows to use 'dangerous' US cities as army training grounds to fight 'invasion from within'

Trump told senior generals that they will be going to 'war' against American cities after deploying troops in urban areas across the country

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7 d. ago Second victim dies following shooting at Texas immigration facility

Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, a father of four, ‘succumbed to his injuries after being removed from life support’ A second person who was shot recently at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in Dallas, Texas has died, according to the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), which is representing his family.LULAC announced in a news release on Tuesday that Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, had “succumbed to his injuries after being removed from life support following the [24 September] sniper attack on the Dallas Ice facility”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily aren't American citizens

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1 week ago Nick Offerman says his new film about conspiracy theorists is ‘too smart for the American audience’

Offerman stars as a member of the sovereign citizen movement in the new thriller

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1 week ago Trump noise won’t distract us, says Justin Rose, as fans told to expect security chaos

US president’s visit means airport-style checks for crowdsForecast of thunder storms may hamper preparationsJustin Rose has vowed Europe’s Ryder Cup stars will not be distracted by the melee around Donald Trump’s visit to Bethpage on Friday, while spectators have been warned to brace themselves for security chaos as a result of the US president’s presence.Trump’s arrival on the first day of the 45th Ryder Cup will trigger airport-style checks for fans and a ban on several items including folding chairs, umbrellas and vapes. The Bethpage gates will open at the unprecedented time of 5am, more than two hours before play gets under way, in an attempt to alleviate an inevitably tricky situation. Security bubbles and additional screening will be in place around certain areas where Trump could be present. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Donald Trump sparks Ryder Cup chaos as cups and umbrellas among huge list of banned items

The President of the United States wants to be at Bethpage for Friday's tee-off and his appearances means mayhem for spectators

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1 week ago Donald Trump set for delayed Ryder Cup 2025 arrival after US Open chaos

The US President is set to attend the Ryder Cup at Bethpage in New York on Friday

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2 w. ago Man guilty of trying to assassinate Donald Trump stabs himself in neck in courtroom chaos

Ryan Routh, 59, pointed a rifle through a fence as Trump played golf in West Palm Beach, Florida, last September but told a court that he did not intend to kill the President

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2 w. ago Chaotic start to Donald Trump's UN speech as he warns someone's in 'big trouble'

US President Donald Trump kicked off his speech on the first official day of the assembly's annual general debate of world leaders - and joked a someone was 'in trouble' after the teleprompter stopped working

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2 w. ago CNN broadcast in chaos as Donald Trump lashes out at reporter and slams 'fake news'

US President Donald Trump ripped into a CNN reporter when she questioned the Orange Manbaby about his supporters being wary of the US getting involved in another foreign war

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