2 h. 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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32 h. 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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34 h. 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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34 h. 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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5 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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5 d. ago Donald Trump’s new official portrait looks like his arrest mug shot

Donald Trump has updated his official portrait just months after taking office, in an apparent bid to appear less menacing

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6 d. ago Kristi Noem hailed the arrest of a migrant plotting to assassinate Trump. But a Milwaukee man may have framed him

Demetric Scott heard on jail phone call describing plot to frame immigrant, police say

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1 week ago Mum threw knife at man in street after he 'pinched her and asked for sex'

Angelika Struckaja twice hurled the weapon, striking her victim in the leg after a drinking session spiralled into violence

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1 week ago ICE gets staggering new mission that will leave illegal migrants terrified

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said the new goal is only temporary and the number of daily arrests expected under the Trump administration will continue to rise.

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1 week ago Trump administration sets quota to arrest 3,000 people a day in anti

The target was delivered by Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, and triples figures from earlier this yearThe Trump administration has set aggressive new goals in its anti-immigration agenda, demanding that federal agents arrest 3,000 people a day – or more than a million in a year.The new target, tripling arrest figures from earlier this year, was delivered to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) leaders by Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, and Kristi Noem, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, in a strained meeting last week. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge

A spate of arrests at immigration courts across the United States this week has rattled people showing up for hearings and may signal a coordinated attempt at deportations under fast-track authority that President Donald Trump sharply expanded soon after taking office

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2 w. ago Pepper spray use on kids sparks legal action after 'catastrophic' warning

The Government said it has no choice but to roll out PAVA, a synthetic pepper spray, into the youth offenders institutions amid spiralling levels of violence across the estate

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3 w. ago What does 8647 mean? The disturbing Trump Assassination movement as MAGA calls for FBI director's arrest

A disturbing movement calling for Donald Trump 's assassination appeared to get a high-profile nod from former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday.

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3 w. ago MAGA demands immediate arrest of former FBI director after he 'called for assassination' of Trump

Former FBI director James Comey is under investigation for implying President Donald Trump 'should be assassinated.'

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3 w. ago Olympic gold medalist who served on Trump’s council for fitness arrested in prostitution sting

Wrestler Kyle Snyder was one of 16 men charged during the police sting.

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4 w. ago What to know about the Newark mayor's arrest at an immigration detention center

An immigration detention center in New Jersey is at the center of tensions between three congressional Democrats and the Trump administration after the arrest of Newark’s mayor outside the facility

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4 w. ago Authorities arrest over 100 people on Tennessee roads in support of Trump's deportation plan

More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, leaving many in Nashville’s immigrant community uncertain and worried

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