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Wall Street Journal:
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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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Jumps at the Chance for a Standoff in California Over Immigration — The situation has all the elements that the president seeks: a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his agenda. — It is the fight President Trump had been waiting for …
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Colin Meyn / The Hill:
Trump says he's meeting with military leaders at Camp David — President Trump told reporters on Sunday that he's heading to Camp David to meet with military leaders, among others, shortly before he posted a message online calling Los Angeles protesters an “insurrectionist mob.”
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
The Legal Issues Surrounding Trump's Plan to Use Troops to Suppress Protests — President Trump has long mused about using troops to crush violent protests or riots in blue-state cities. He is now moving to do so in Los Angeles. — Setting up a rare use of military force on domestic soil …
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Punchbowl News:
6/9/2025_3 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … Senate Republicans have three weeks to meet their leadership's goal of passing a massive party-line reconciliation bill before the July 4 recess. — Privately, GOP senators, the White House and House Republican leaders are split on whether they can pull it off.
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MSNBC:
'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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Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
The stealth Senate dealmaker who could deliver Trump's tax cuts — Finance Chair Mike Crapo is facing the highest-stakes political test of his nearly three-decade Senate career. — Some of the most critical components of President Donald Trump's agenda are in the hands of a soft-spoken senator …
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Politico:
How Trump broke the politics of Medicaid — Until this cycle, the word “Medicaid” was barely used in campaign ads. — Republicans used to cheer the possibility of Medicaid cuts. Now, as the GOP advances President Donald Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” that would reduce Medicaid spending …
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
LA anti-ICE riots are latest instance of Democrats ‘on the wrong side’: Joe Concha — The Washington Examiner's Joe Concha was critical of Democratic leadership in Los Angeles and California and their response to riots being held to oppose U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the city.
NBC News:
Trump's border czar threatens arrest for immigration interference, warns Newsom and Bass not to ‘cross that line’ — ICE agents will be out “every day” regardless of pushback amid widespread protests across Los Angeles County, Tom Homan told NBC News on Saturday.
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Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Newsom Slams Trump as ‘Stone-Cold Liar’ Over Phone Call — California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Donald Trump as a “stone-cold liar” in an MSNBC interview on Sunday, insisting the president's angry public posturing doesn't match the tone he struck during a Friday phone call.Trump has been attacking …
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Los Angeles Times:
What really happened outside the Paramount Home Depot? The reality on the ground vs. the rhetoric
What really happened outside the Paramount Home Depot? The reality on the ground vs. the rhetoric
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Using the National Guard as Bait
Trump Is Using the National Guard as Bait
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
What Trump and Hegseth Really Fear
NBC News:
Border czar says top California officials could get arrested if they impede raids
Border czar says top California officials could get arrested if they impede raids
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ABC7:
LIVE UPDATES: Anti-ICE protesters clash with police officers in chaotic confrontation in downtown LA
LIVE UPDATES: Anti-ICE protesters clash with police officers in chaotic confrontation in downtown LA
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Associated Press:
Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops
Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops
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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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Associated Press:
Live Updates: L.A. Quiet as National Guard Troops Begin to Arrive
Live Updates: L.A. Quiet as National Guard Troops Begin to Arrive
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The Economist:
Sending the National Guard to LA is not about stopping rioting
Sending the National Guard to LA is not about stopping rioting
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Advisers Once Opposed Using Active-Duty Troops at Protests. Not Anymore.
Trump Advisers Once Opposed Using Active-Duty Troops at Protests. Not Anymore.
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NOTUS:
Republicans Line Up to Back Trump's L.A. National Guard Deployment
Republicans Line Up to Back Trump's L.A. National Guard Deployment
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Republicans urge Trump to extinguish Los Angeles protests ASAP: ‘Put down the mob’
Republicans urge Trump to extinguish Los Angeles protests ASAP: ‘Put down the mob’
Wall Street Journal:
National Guard Arrives in L.A. on Trump's Orders After Protests
National Guard Arrives in L.A. on Trump's Orders After Protests
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New York Times:
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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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes — The social media network was doomed to fail as users tried to re-create Twitter. — Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, changed the social media site's name to X and altered its moderation policies, progressives have been hunting for a substitute.
Yesica Fisch / Associated Press:
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 …
Graham Lanktree / Politico:
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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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
ABC News suspends journalist after calling Trump and adviser ‘world-class’ haters — Terry Moran to be evaluated after now deleted post said Stephen Miller is ‘richly endowed with capacity for hatred’ — ABC News has suspended its senior national correspondent after he described top White …
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Melts Down at ABC Reporter Over Stephen Miller Takedown
MAGA Melts Down at ABC Reporter Over Stephen Miller Takedown
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