Marines prepare for deployment in Los Angeles as protests spread across US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says IRS is investigating possible links between protests and advocacy groups. Al Jazeera · Jun 12, 2025
Rand Paul Blasts 'Knucklehead' Stephen Miller The Kentucky senator is also not a big fan of military parades, populist economics, or shredding due process. Reason · Jun 12, 2025
‘We’re gonna have troops everywhere’: Trump’s use of the military to quell protests is a shocking abuse of power, experts warn Trumps’s decision to send troops to face off against protesters came ahead of a deeply politicized speech to soldiers at Fort Bragg and just days before a military parade in Washington D.C., Richard Hall writes The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025
Protests over immigration raids continue across the US with more planned Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids are flaring up around the country, and officials in cities from coast to coast are bracing for major demonstrations against President Donald Trump over the weekend The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025
Prof. Michael McConnell on the Constitution and the President's Calling out the National Guard Prof. Michael McConnell at the Stanford Law School, a leading constitutional law scholar (and former Tenth Circuit judge), passed this… The post Prof. Michael McConnell on the Constitution and the President's Calling out the National Guard appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jun 12, 2025
Gov. Abbott deploys over 5,000 Texas National Guard troops ahead of planned 'No Kings' protests Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he has ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops across the state, along with more than 2,000 state police The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025
Trump's National Guard Troops Deployed for LA Protests Are Still Unpaid, Sleeping on Cots Outdoors: Report Thousands of National Guard soldiers deployed in Los Angeles are waiting on pay and benefits because of delays in paperwork authorizing their activation. Latin Times · Jun 12, 2025
Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to? Protests opposing the ICE immigration raids have spread to cities from Seattle to San Antonio. Al Jazeera · Jun 12, 2025
‘He’s not all there’: Gavin Newsom questions Trump’s mental state as he blasts president’s response to LA protests California governor accused president of ‘making up’ details of a conversation The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025
Man ‘fitting the general description’ of someone wanted by ICE arrested at courthouse. It turned out to be a US Marshal The brief detention took place at Tucson’s immigration court in Arizona The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025
Trump's L.A. National Guard Deployment Stands on Shaky Legal Ground Plus: When Stalin Meets Star Wars. Reason · Jun 12, 2025
Los Angeles curfew continues amid protests over immigration raids Protests in the Californian city have stretched into their seventh day in response to the Trump administration's controversial immigration raids. Euronews · Jun 12, 2025
Is Trump’s America in the middle of a coup? IN FOCUS: Years of covering power struggles and civil wars leads world affairs editor Sam Kiley to question whether Trump is intentionally taking the establishment apart on his own home turf The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025 Dozens of LA-area mayors demand the Trump administration stop intensified immigration raids Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together to demand that the Trump administration stop the stepped-up immigration raids that have spread fear across their cities and sparked protests across the U.S. They also called on President Donald Trump to pull back from using troops alongside immigration…
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025 Trump's military parade is a US outlier in peacetime but parades and reviews have a long history The military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and coinciding with Donald Trump’s 79th birthday will be a new spectacle for many Americans
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025 Court hearing set on Trump's use of National Guard and Marines to help with immigration raids in LA A federal court hearing is scheduled on whether the Trump administration can use the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025 Fake videos and AI chatbots drive disinformation about LA protests As protests against Trump’s immigration raids spread across the country, machine-generated deepfakes spread by partisan outrage merchants are pouring fuel on the fire
We Got This Covered · Jun 12, 2025 ‘Legally meritless’: Judge sides with Trump’s power grab rejecting Newsom’s plea to stop military overreach Newsom needs a new plan.
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025 Star Wars, Simpsons and Spy Kids: Trump and Gavin Newsom locked in bizarre LA protests meme battle ANALYSIS: The administration and the governor have locked horns in courts, in back-and-forth statements, and, increasingly, with memes write Josh Marcus
Al Jazeera · Jun 12, 2025 US National Guard ‘expecting a ramp-up’ in immigration protests: official Major General Scott Sherman says National Guard troops have been trained to make detentions but have not done so yet.
Salon · Jun 11, 2025 Hegseth questioned about LA protests In a hearing on Wednesday, senators criticized the Trump administration’s use of military force in Los Angeles
The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025 ‘We couldn’t have scripted this better’: The White House is thrilled with how events are unfolding in LA Trump officials reportedly believe it has shown how Democrats are out of touch with country on law enforcement and immigration issues
The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025 National Guard troops have temporarily detained civilians in LA protests, commander says National Guard troops already have temporarily detained civilians in the Los Angeles protests over immigration raids
Latin Times · Jun 11, 2025 Hegseth Ridiculed for Failing to Name the Part of the Constitution Allowing Trump to Deploy Marines for LA Protests: 'He Knows Nothing' Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is being ridiculed by social media users after failing to cite the provision of the Constitution which provides a Presidential administration with the authority to deploy active duty Marines to state neighborhoods.