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Protests broke out in June 2025 over sweeping US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the California city.
A protester confronts a line of US National Guard in downtown Los Angeles in June. Photo: AP
United States

US judge says Trump must end National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

The ruling represents the latest legal setback to the US president’s efforts to deploy US troops to Democratic-controlled cities.

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US immigration

US government sued over removal of app that tracks immigration agents

Gun violence in the US

FBI probes motive in ‘ambush’ shooting of soldiers near White House

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US Politics

Judge orders Trump end National Guard deployment in Washington DC

Federal judge rules Trump’s use of troops is likely unlawful, but the White House stands by the deployment.

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National Guard troops deployed in Washington DC in October. Photo: TNS
United States

Trump’s Portland National Guard deployment faces another setback

A judge extended the block on Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland for five days, a city the US president called ‘war-ravaged’.

Donald Trump

Trump doubles down on ICE raids: ‘they haven’t gone far enough’

US president defends aggressive ICE efforts, claiming ‘liberal judges’ were holding back deportation efforts.

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US appeals court says Trump can deploy National Guard troops in Portland

Court ruling clears the way for the National Guard to protect federal buildings in Oregon’s largest city, despite objections from local and state officials.

Federal agents clash with protesters at an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor, governor as troops move in

US president accuses the Democratic leaders of failing to protect federal agents, escalating the political battle over military deployments in US cities.

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United States

Governor says Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’, fixations

J.B. Pritzker calls Donald Trump ‘mentally impaired’ as the US president considers invoking the Insurrection Act.

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Donald Trump

Trump’s Insurrection Act threat escalates showdown with Democratic US cities

Troops from the Texas National Guard are gathered outside Chicago, as the US leader seeks to expand the power of the presidency.

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US military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen in Elwood, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

‘Trump’s invasion’: Illinois sues to halt National Guard deployment to Chicago

US president suggests invoking the Insurrection Act to sidestep any court restrictions to deploying troops to police US cities.

Tear gas rises during a standoff with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal officers in the Little Village neighbourhood of Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump orders National Guard troops to Portland, but judge blocks it

Judge’s ruling is a temporary setback for the US president, who sought to bypass a court order by sending troops from other states to Oregon.

Donald Trump

Trump to send National Guard to Illinois, as he puts pressure on Chicago

Tensions are flaring between federal agents and protesters over increased activity by ICE officers cracking down on immigrants.

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United States

Trump dines out near White House and says he’ll send troops to another US city

The US president made a surprise visit to a Washington restaurant to showcase his law enforcement crackdown.

US President Donald Trump, flanked by US Vice-President J.D. Vance, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, outside Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab. Photo: AFP
US immigration

US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids

The move allows agents to proceed with Southern California raids targeting people for deportation based on their race or language.

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Police officers aim at immigration protesters during clashes outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles in June. The Supreme Court on Monday again backed Trump’s hardline immigration approach. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

Trump suggests US troops could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state

The US president has already said he plans to send the National Guard into Chicago and Baltimore.

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Donald Trump

‘We’re going in’: Trump to send National Guard troops to Chicago

The US president has threatened to expand his crackdown on Democrat-led cities, following similar moves in Washington and Los Angeles.

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Trump’s use of National Guard in Los Angeles ruled illegal

The deployment in the city heightened tensions and drew Democratic criticism of Trump’s military use against immigration opposition.

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California National Guard members are positioned at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles in June. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | Western democracies are facing their greatest test – and it’s not AI

The challenge for the West is not just to regulate AI or manage elections, but to prove democracy can generate prosperity, security and hope.

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Donald Trump

Chicago mayor defies Trump’s immigration crackdown plan for the city

Johnson told city departments to guard the constitutional rights of Chicago residents amid the ‘possibility of National Guard deployment’.

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Israel-Gaza war

Thousands protest against Israeli siege of Gaza near Venice Film Festival

Demonstrators said the film industry should use its public platform at Venice to focus attention on the war in Gaza.

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Demonstrators hold placards that read “On the red carpet lets sow peace” and “Free Palestine, peace has no borders” during a march in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza, during the Venice Film Festival in Italy on Saturday. Photo: Invision/AP
Donald Trump

Trump suggests Americans ‘like a dictator’ as he clamps down on Washington

Trump complained that he was not getting credit for his National Guard-backed crackdown on crime and immigration in the US capital.

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Soldier patrol outside the National Guard’s headquarters at the DC Armoury near the Washington Monument on Monday. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
Donald Trump

Trump expands cities targeted for possible military deployment to Baltimore

Trump made the threat in a row with Maryland’s governor, who has criticised Trump’s flex of power aimed at combating crime in Washington.

United States

Trump sent US troops into Washington. Now they’re being given guns. Why?

The Pentagon previously said guard members would not carry firearms – it did not offer any reason for the change.

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United States

Undocumented renters caught between fire and ICE in LA burn zone

Excluded from aid, they struggle with displacement, fear, and exploitation.

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Residents confront ICE and Border Patrol agents over a raid in the city of Bell, California in June. Photo: TNS
Donald Trump

Trump visits police, troops in Washington after saying he would patrol streets

The US president brought officers burgers and pizza, in a less dramatic move than his earlier suggestion of joining them on a ‘secret’ trip.

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US President Donald Trump visits law enforcement officers and National Guard soldiers in Washington on Thursday. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

At Trump’s request, 3 states sending National Guard troops to Washington

West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio join Trump’s effort to reduce crime in the US capital.

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United States

California to redraw election maps to counter Texas changes pushed by Trump

Governor Newsom and other Democrats are pushing back against what they say is a bid by the US president to rig next year’s midterms.

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