25 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump and deportation protests: the king of confected emergencies | Editorial

Strongmen love inventing or exploiting crises to justify extreme measures and extended power. The US is taking another step towards authoritarianismDonald Trump will celebrate his birthday with a North Korean-style military parade costing tens of millions of dollars this weekend. He has gratefully accepted the early gift of the demonstrations, which have spread across the country, with more scheduled for Saturday. The president’s immigration crackdown spurred overwhelmingly peaceful protests in Los Angeles. Ordering in troops, over the governor’s head, then inflamed the situation and allowed the agent of chaos to portray himself as its nemesis once more.Mr Trump has diverted attention from his rift with Elon Musk, the stalling of his “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill, the court-ordered return of the wrongly deported Kilmar Ábrego García and the impending impact of tariffs. But underlying the manufactured crisis is a deeper agenda: reigniting fear of undocumented migrants, deleg...

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39 h. ago Protests increasing across the country as anger grows over Trump’s immigration crackdown

The protests continued to grow in response to Trump’s immigration crackdown

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50 h. ago I really hate to say it, but I agree with JD Vance. Britain has a free speech problem

Despite the ongoing crackdown on protesters in Los Angeles, the US constitution (for now) provides far more freedom of speech than there is in the UKHello from the US where, if you’re a fan of things such as civil liberties and not getting shot in the leg by masked thugs sporting law enforcement badges, the situation is somewhat suboptimal. Over in Los Angeles, national guard troops have been brought in to rough up protesters who are demonstrating against immigration raids. There were at least 27 attacks on journalists by law enforcement recorded at the protests between 6 and 8 June, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).One of the most alarming things about the crackdown against protesters in LA is the memo greenlighting it. It acts pre-emptively, a first in the US, authorising the military to be deployed in locations where protests are “likely to occur”. Scarier still, Donald Trump has said he won’t rule out invoking the Insurrection Act: an 1807 law that empowers the presi...

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50 h. ago I really hate to say it, but I agree with JD Vance. Britain has a free speech problem | Arwa Mahdawi

Despite the ongoing crackdown on protesters in Los Angeles, the US constitution (for now) provides far more freedom of speech than there is in the UKHello from the US where, if you’re a fan of things such as civil liberties and not getting shot in the leg by masked thugs sporting law enforcement badges, the situation is somewhat suboptimal. Over in Los Angeles, national guard troops have been brought in to rough up protesters who are demonstrating against immigration raids. There were at least 27 attacks on journalists by law enforcement recorded at the protests between 6 and 8 June, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).One of the most alarming things about the crackdown against protesters in LA is the memo greenlighting it. It acts pre-emptively, a first in the US, authorising the military to be deployed in locations where protests are “likely to occur”. Scarier still, Donald Trump has said he won’t rule out invoking the Insurrection Act: an 1807 law that empowers the presi...

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3 d. ago Voices: By manufacturing a migrant crisis in LA, Donald Trump has become America’s bully

Sending in the National Guard to break up protests against a crackdown on illegal migrants in California is an indication that the bully-in-chief is only just getting started, says Sean O’Grady

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3 d. ago Trump orders the arrest of everyone in face masks and says 'bring in the troops' as LA burns, looting breaks out and violence spirals out of control following ICE protests

Harrowing footage showed rioters laying deadly traps for officers in LA and setting cars alight with molotov cocktails, rockets and explosives as tensions soared to new heights on Sunday night.

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3 d. ago Trump orders the arrest of everyone in face masks and says 'bring in the troops' as LA burns, looting breaks out and violence spirals out of control following migrant crackdown protests

Harrowing footage showed rioters laying deadly traps for officers in LA and setting cars alight with molotov cocktails, rockets and explosives as tensions soared to new heights on Sunday night.

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4 d. ago Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests

California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdownDonald Trump on Saturday authorized the deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to Los Angeles, after an immigration crackdown erupted into mass protests with police in riot gear using teargas on bystanders.Shortly before the release of the White House statement, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, said in a statement on X that the federal government was “moving to take over” the California national guard. Newsom said the move was “purposefully inflammatory” and warned that it would “only escalate tensions”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump administration to send national guard to Los Angeles amid Ice protests

Border czar Tom Homan says: ‘We’re already mobilizing’ as immigration crackdown erupts into mass protestsThe Trump administration will deploy the national guard to immigration protests in Los Angeles, border czar Tom Homan said on Saturday, as an immigration crackdown in the area erupted into mass protests with police in riot gear deploying teargas at bystanders.“We’re already mobilizing. We’re gonna bring national guard in tonight and we’re gonna continue doing our job. This is about enforcing the law,” Homan said in an interview with Fox News. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago California officials decry union leader’s arrest amid renewed Ice raids and protests

Governor Gavin Newsom joins LA mayor Karen Bass and lawmakers in denouncing anti-immigration effortsA day after the arrest of a union leader in Los Angeles, federal immigration authorities faced widespread backlash from California officials even as they moved forward with a renewed immigration crackdown in nearby Paramount that was met by more protests.US immigration authorities on Saturday extended area raids into Paramount, south-east of Los Angeles, and were met with more protests outside an industrial park. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago A quiet Tiananmen Square anniversary displays China's ability to suppress history

For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests has passed like any other weekday

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