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Australian reporter covering Los Angeles immigration protests hit by rubber bullet on live TV — An Australian television journalist reporting live from downtown Los Angeles amid the large-scale protests over President Trump's immigration crackdown was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet, her network said.
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Dr. Phil was embedded with ICE during controversial Los Angeles immigration raids — As federal agents prepared to fan out in Los Angeles for a controversial immigration crackdown, the officers were greeted by a familiar face: Dr. Phil McGraw. — The television personality and his camera crew …

Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops — Tensions in Los Angeles have escalated again as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard …
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The Deportation Wars Begin — Trump has a mandate, but protests in California show the trouble that might lie ahead. — Rounding up and deporting millions of illegal migrants was never going to go down without protest. But President Trump is determined to do it, and no one can say he didn't tell voters during the campaign.
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Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence — I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades - the advance of rights for nature …

Live updates: Protest spills onto 101 Freeway in downtown LA … What to Know — Crowds gathered in downtown Los Angeles and Boyle Heights Sunday for a third straight day of protests over recent immigration raids. — A march that began Sunday in Boyle Heights arrived …

We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state
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ICE: Crossing State Lines to Incite Riots
ICE: Crossing State Lines to Incite Riots
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 8, 2025 — Flatbed train cars carrying thousands of tanks rolled into Washington …
June 8, 2025 — Flatbed train cars carrying thousands of tanks rolled into Washington …
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Trump's Police State
Trump's Police State
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What Trump and Hegseth Really Fear

It's Always Darkest Before It Goes Pitch Black — U.S. and Chinese officials will meet today in London to give deescalation from the current trade war the old college try. This might have been more difficult before, when Trump's saber-rattling was focused primarily on China.
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Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency
Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency
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The Week Ahead — Saturday, as President Trump invoked his Title 10 authority to federalize …
The Week Ahead — Saturday, as President Trump invoked his Title 10 authority to federalize …
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What Musk can learn from Ma and Khodorkovsky

'Tom, arrest me. Let's go.': Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to Trump border czar's threat — In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Jacob Soboroff, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that President Trump “has created the conditions” surrounding the Los Angeles protests.
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Newsom Slams Trump as ‘Stone-Cold Liar’ Over Phone Call
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Read: Newsom demands Trump pull National Guard from LA protests
Read: Newsom demands Trump pull National Guard from LA protests
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Trump says he's meeting with military leaders at Camp David
Trump says he's meeting with military leaders at Camp David
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Trump Jumps at the Chance for a Confrontation in California Over Immigration
Trump Jumps at the Chance for a Confrontation in California Over Immigration
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White House struggles to find qualified people willing to work for Pete Hegseth — At least three people have turned down potential roles working for the defense secretary and former Fox News host. Supporters say his leadership has been effective. — WASHINGTON — The White House …
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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research — In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own. “Dissent,” he said, “is the very essence of science.”
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2 New York Representatives Are Denied Access to ICE Facility — Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez were turned away when seeking to inspect a migrant detention area inside a Manhattan federal building. — Federal officials prevented two members of Congress on Sunday …
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Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition — But it's here, and will destroy American science — It was obvious, if you thought about it, that the second Trump administration would be hostile to science and intellectual endeavor in general. — After all, look at some key elements of the MAGA coalition.
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How Trump defanged the Justice Department's political corruption watchdogs — Stripped of its authority and nearly all its staff, the U.S. Justice Department's storied Public Integrity Section is on life support. Former prosecutors say the overhaul could make it easier to prosecute Trump's opponents.

Israeli forces prevent aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching Gaza — Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists early Monday and diverted it to Israel, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory …
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Trump directs a new threat at Elon Musk, with an eye toward the 2026 midterm elections — The president warned his top campaign donor he'll face “very serious consequences” if Musk dares to support candidates Trump doesn't like. — As Donald Trump's relationship with Elon Musk imploded last week …

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Army video of parade prep appeared to show ‘Hang Fauci’ graffiti — The footage, up for more than a day on the Army's official X account, showed tanks being loaded onto a flatcar. — A video shared Saturday by the U.S. Army of tanks being transported to the nation's capital …
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As ivermectin goes over the counter, some pharmacists worry about a lack of guidance — The drug, used to treat parasitic worms, has not been formulated or labeled specifically for over-the-counter use, like aspirin or an antacid. — Boise, Idaho, pharmacist Matt Murray has no choice …
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Trump promised Britain a trade deal. So where is it? — LONDON — In a much-hyped split-screen Oval Office phone call a month ago, U.S. President Donald Trump promised Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer that the two had struck an “historic” trade deal.
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