26 h. ago Chicago mayor announces measures to ‘protect our people’ from imminent influx of federal agents on Trump’s orders

Brandon Johnson warns that the city could see ‘some type of militarized activity by the federal government’ within days

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28 h. ago Hero air ambulance pilot grabbed shotgun to shoot XL Bully dead as it attacked three people with police snipers too far away to help

Jon Earp landed his helicopter on a farm where he was called to the multiple attacks on three victims by the rampaging dog.

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29 h. ago Trump taps federal agents to tackle local policing. That's not always helpful, critics say

Federal agents have used aggressive policing tactics in cities such as Washington and Los Angeles at President Donald Trump's direction

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49 h. ago Judges, defense lawyers and grand jurors poke holes in cases from Trump's DC federal intervention

A grand jury refused to indict a man who was captured on video hurling a sandwich at a federal agent

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57 h. ago Backlash as White House chooses Robert F Kennedy Jr deputy to run CDC – US politics live

Senators’ fury at developments at US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as Jim O’Neill picked to replace Susan MonarezWhite House picks Kennedy deputy to replace fired CDC chiefPatty Murray, the Washington senator, has called for the Trump administration to provide “immediate answers” about reports that two firefighters were detained by border agents as they were responding to a wildfire in the state.Federal immigration authorities on Wednesday staged an operation on the scene of the Bear Gulch fire, a nearly 9,000-acre (3,600-hectare) blaze in the Olympic national forest, where they arrested two people who were part of a contract firefighting crew, the Seattle Times first reported. The fire is the largest currently burning in the state. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Moment cops descend on condo of Minneapolis school shooter's mom after she refused to cooperate with investigation as eerie previous police visits to her home emerges

Federal agents descended on a Florida condo belonging to the mother of transgender school shooter Robin Westman on Thursday.

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2 d. ago DC Man seen throwing sandwich at agent charged with misdemeanor after grand jury declines indictment

A man captured on camera hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington has been charged with a misdemeanor after prosecutors failed to convince a grand jury to return a more serious felony indictment, according to court papers filed Thursday

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3 d. ago Democrats seek ‘immediate answers’ after reported arrests of firefighters by US border agents

Senator Patty Murray calls Trump’s immigration policy ‘fundamentally sick’ after incident in Washington statePatty Murray, the Washington senator, has called for the Trump administration to provide “immediate answers” about reports that two firefighters were detained by border agents as they were responding to a wildfire in the state.Federal immigration authorities on Wednesday staged an operation on the scene of the the Bear Gulch fire, a nearly 9,000 acre blaze in the Olympic national forest, where they arrested two people who were part of a contract firefighting crew, the Seattle Times first reported. The fire is the largest currently burning in the state. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez pleads guilty to campaign finance violation

Former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez has pleaded guilty to a campaign finance violation in a federal case that also allegedly involved a former FBI agent and a Venezuelan banker

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4 d. ago Cop chasing suspect catches a ride with Lyft driver (with Mario Kart playing in the back)

This is the moment a police officer takes a ride from a passer-by to help chase a fleeing suspect, all while Mario Kart is playing in the back of the van.

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4 d. ago America survived a coup attempt. Can it endure dictatorial creep? | Lawrence Douglas

Trump’s threat to deploy troops to Chicago is the latest example of a slow manipulation of the line between legal and illegalJanuary 6 demonstrated that longstanding democracies can readily resist a disorganized effort at a coup. They are less equipped to withstand the normalization of exceptional measures: the use of federal agents to quell domestic protest, the staging of police raids on the homes of leaders’ political opponents, the pretextual invocations of emergency powers. Each of these steps may seem temporary and targeted; they may even enjoy a thin patina of legality. But over time, a democratic order turns into what Ernst Fraenkel, a German-Jewish lawyer whose book The Dual State stands as one of the first and most perceptive examinations of Hitler’s regime, called a “prerogative state” – a government in which the executive “is released from all legal restraints and depends solely on the discretion of the persons wielding political power”.So let us be clear: Trump’s comman...

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4 d. ago Local DC cases are landing in federal courts. A judge says the results are problematic

Hundreds of people have been arrested since President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown flooded the nation’s capital with federal agents and troops

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5 d. ago Trump taps loyalist Dan Scavino to take over hiring at the White House, replacing Elon Musk foe

Scavino will be in charge of the office tasked with recruiting and vetting potential presidential appointments

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5 d. ago Notting Hill Carnival sees drop in serious violence despite Met Police making 528 arrests

Facial recognition software helped police make 61 arrests, including a suspect who allegedly stabbed someone five times with a machete

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5 d. ago Concerns grow for missing Ayrshire teenager last seen five days ago

Police are appealing for help to trace Mia Nugent, 14, who was last seen in her home town of Kilbirnie on Thursday, August 21.

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6 d. ago Emmanuel Haro’s father, clad in prison jumpsuit, seen helping police search for baby’s body in California badlands

Jake Haro, 32, and Rebecca Haro, 23, were arrested Friday on suspicion of murdering their baby

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6 d. ago Wanted burglar busted after being spotted 'down the pub' downing pints with mates

This burglar with a distinctive tattoo was spotted at an Oxford pub, but he's still on the run, and police are asking for help despite being seen downing pints with other drinks

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6 d. ago When immigration shows up at daycare: crackdown in DC terrifies families and workers

Nannies stay home and schools provide transport as Trump takes over policing and Ice rounds up immigrantsEarly Tuesday morning, as parents went to drop off their young children at a bilingual childcare center in north-west Washington DC, they received a message from the administrator saying that unmarked cars were parked directly outside.Shortly after 8am, federal agents in tactical vests arrested two people unaffiliated with the center, the administrator said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Protesters confront federal agents in D.C. after National Guard troops seen armed with guns

Hundreds of people gathered to protest in Washington D.C. on Sunday night (24 August) as federal agents were seen searching a house.

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7 d. ago Motorcyclist seriously hurt in collision as police appeal for help

Police are appealing for help after a collision involving a car and a motorcycle in Pontypridd

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