86 m. 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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1 hour 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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2 h. 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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6 h. 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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7 h. 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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7 h. 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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7 h. ago ‘Trump loses again’: California governor reacts to judge ruling that national guard in LA violated federal law – live

Democratic governor Gavin Newsom takes shot at Trump after ‘the courts agree’ that deployment of national guard during LA immigration protests was illegalTrump illegally deployed national guard during LA Ice protests, judge rulesDonald Trump’s “exciting announcement” expected at 2pm ET will be “related to the Department of Defense”, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna plan to hold a news conference tomorrow with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse as the political fallout from the saga continues to engage Congress on several fronts. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Trump illegally sent National Guard to Los Angeles, federal judge rules

Trump’s plan for ‘creating a national police force’ violates 140-year-old law blocking military from domestic law enforcement

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53 h. ago Newsom derides Kristi Noem claim that LA ‘wouldn’t be standing today’ had Trump not sent in the National Guard

Homeland Security Secretary claims Los Angeles ‘would’ve burned down if left to the devices of the mayor and the governor’

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3 d. 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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4 d. ago Trump’s approval rating plummets to record second term low, new poll says

Gaza, Jeffrey Epstein and National Guard occupation of Washington D.C. all fuel drop in Trump’s support with Republicans

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4 d. ago As Trump threatens more Guard troops in US cities, here's what the law allows

Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, President Donald Trump has openly mused about sending troops to some of the nation’s most Democratic cities — including Chicago and Baltimore — where he claims they are needed to crack down on crime

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4 d. ago Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland

Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it isIf this were happening somewhere else – in Latin America, say – how might it be reported? Having secured his grip on the capital, the president is now set to send troops to several rebel-held cities, claiming he is wanted there to restore order. The move follows raids on the homes of leading dissidents and comes as armed men seen as loyal to the president, many of them masked, continue to pluck people off the streets Except this is happening in the United States of America and so we don’t quite talk about it that way. That’s not the only reason. It’s also because Donald Trump’s march towards authoritarianism is so steady, taking another step or two every day, that it’s easy to become inured to it: you can’t be in a state of shock permanently. And, besides, sober-minded people are wary of sounding hyperbolic or hysterical: their instinct is to play down...

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4 d. ago Trump suggests more US cities need National Guard but crime stats tell a different story

President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and other big cities as a way to fight crime

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5 d. ago Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations

The Trump administration has asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said, signaling a push to expand its law enforcement crackdown to other cities

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7 d. ago Photos of week three of Washington's federal takeover, as troops on patrol start carrying guns

Washingtonians are in their third week of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement patrolling their streets, now carrying firearms and drawing sporadic protests against President Donald Trump's directive.

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7 d. ago Trump’s threat to deploy troops to Chicago sparks fear and defiance in a city on edge

President Donald Trump’s threats to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago sent ripples through America’s third-largest city as residents defended their home against Trump’s escalating rhetoric toward violent crime, including claims Chicago is a “killing field.”

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7 d. ago Fuggedaboutit! NYPD commissioner tells AG Pam Bondi that NYC is safe and doesn’t need Trump’s National Guard troops

Top cop Jessica Tisch met with Bondi for half an hour at NYC’s police headquarters in Manhattan, where she made a case about the city’s declining crime rate

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7 d. ago Angry town hall attendee rips Republican congressman for sucking up to Trump: ‘The man is a dictator’

Alford faced backlash in Missouri despite breaking from Trump on deploying the National Guard into cities

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7 d. ago Bruise on Trump’s hand won’t go away, and neither will questions about his health – US politics live

Large bruise on president’s hands, hidden poorly under makeup, renews speculation that White House may be concealing information about his healthThe justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract with Los Angeles county into slush funds that were originally set up to pay bribes to election officials in Venezuela and the Philippines between 2012 and 2016 to obtain and retain lucrative election contracts.Prosecutors say one of the executives transferred an undisclosed amount from the $282m LA county contract into the slush funds in 2019 but did not say if anyone actually received bribes from the county’s money at that point. Continue reading...

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