Trump says alligators could police migrants at ‘escape-proof’ center IN FULL The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025
More than half of Americans - and 83% of Democrats - say ICE has gone ‘too far’ in arresting migrants: poll The poll follows a month of heightened tension over immigration as protests against ICE broke out The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2025
‘We’ll have to arrest him’: Trump threatens jail for Mamdani in NYC and calls Biden a ‘son of a b****’ in wild ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ visit The president christened his new ‘escape-proof’ detention center in Florida Tuesday and things went off the rails at times The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2025
California Governor Newsom sues Fox News over alleged defamation Fox said the $787m suit over its story about phone call with Trump ‘frivolous’ and a ‘publicity stunt’. Al Jazeera · Jun 27, 2025
Using the National Guard in DEA Raids Is the Worst Kind of Drug War Mission Creep The deployment of National Guard soldiers on a DEA drug raid is a serious test of whether the Posse Comitatus Act means something or not. Reason · Jun 26, 2025
Trump's LA National Guard Deployment Sparks Constitutional Crisis as Courts Battle Over Military Control For the first time in six decades, a president has seized control of a state's National Guard against its governor's desperate pleas—creating what residents describe as living through a slow-motion constitutional coup. International Business Times UK · Jun 26, 2025
Trump vowed to prioritize deporting hardened criminals. Data suggests only 6% of known undocumented immigrant murderers have been caught Just eight percent of people arrested by ICE from October to May were convicted of serious crimes, figures suggest The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025
Trump's Deportation Flights Get Supreme Court Greenlight: DHS Says 'Fire Up The…Planes' Amid ICE Budget Crisis, Nationwide Protests The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday eliminated judicial restrictions on the Trump administration’s controversial third-country deportation program, allowing the government to resume sending migrants to nations other than their home countries without mandatory due process hearings. Benzinga · Jun 24, 2025
Appeals court ruling grants Donald Trump broad powers to deploy troops to American cities Residents of Los Angeles will need to get used to federally controlled National Guard troops operating on their streets. Due to a ruling from an appeals court on June 19, United States President Donald Trump now has broad authority to deploy military forces in American cities. The Conversation · Jun 23, 2025
Trump's DHS Accused of Assaulting Peaceful Protestors, Using 'Violent Spectacle' to Deploy National Guard, Marines: Lawsuit A new federal lawsuit accuses the DHS of assaulting peaceful protesters in LA as part of a coordinated effort to justify military deployment in the city. Latin Times · Jun 20, 2025
Judge asks if troops in Los Angeles are violating Posse Comitatus Act A federal judge held a brief hearing over whether the Trump administration should continue its deployment of troops to Los Angeles The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025
California challenges troop deployment after appeals court rules for Trump State to argue in federal court that control of national guard – deployed to Los Angeles – should return to Gavin Newsom The Guardian - US · Jun 20, 2025
The 9th Circuit Rejects Trump's Audacious Claim That He Can Use the National Guard However He Likes Although the appeals court said the president probably complied with the law he invoked to justify his California deployment, it emphasized that such decisions are subject to judicial review. Reason · Jun 20, 2025
Ninth Circuit: TRO Against President's Federalizing California National Guard Was Likely Improper The court stays the injunction pending appeal, and in the process concludes the defendants "are likely to succeed on the merits of their appeal." Reason · Jun 20, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025 JD Vance bolts from DC to review the troops deployed by Trump in LA over ICE raid protests Los Angeles remains a focus of the Trump administration’s effort to punish Democratic-led cities by subjecting their populations to stepped-up immigration enforcement
We Got This Covered · Jun 20, 2025 ‘We will press forward’: Bruised Gavin Newsom vows to seize control of National Guard from Trump Newsom will not accept defeat, promises to fight Trump.
Reason · Jun 20, 2025 Militarized Response to California Riots Seeks To Expand Federal Power Militarized riot approach sets the nation on a dangerous course.
Roll Call · Jun 20, 2025 Appeals court backs Trump control of National Guard in LA, for now - Roll Call A federal appeals court for now rejected California’s effort to force President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard.
Al Jazeera · Jun 20, 2025 US appeals court rules Trump can keep control of California National Guard President Donald Trump hails decision as ‘big win’, but Governor Gavin Newsom vows to pursue legal challenge.
Euronews · Jun 20, 2025 US appeals court allows Trump to keep control of National Guard in Los Angeles An appeals court has allowed US President Donald Trump to maintain control of National Guard troops in California, deployed after protests against immigration raids erupted in the city.
International Business Times · Jun 20, 2025 US Appeals Court Allows Trump Control Of National Guard In LA A US appeals court on Thursday ruled that President Donald Trump could continue control of National Guard troops in Los Angeles, over the objections of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025 Appeals court sides with Trump on National Guard deployment in LA An appeals court ruled President Trump has the authority to deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles
The Texas Tribune · Jun 19, 2025 Amid Trump immigration crackdown, Texas reins in border spending and shifts focus to deportations With border crossings at record lows, state authorities are being sent to arrest people accused of committing crimes in Texas after entering the country illegally.
Reason · Jun 18, 2025 Trump Argues That He Can Take Over a State's National Guard Whenever He Feels Like It The government's lawyer told a 9th Circuit panel the president's deployments are "unreviewable," so he need not even pretend to comply with the statute on which he is relying.
Salon · Jun 18, 2025 Trump sends 2,000 more soldiers to LA California Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized Trump for taking the National Guard troops away from "critical" duties