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YouGov /Research Reality:
Do you approve or disapprove of deploying Marines to the Los Angeles area to respond to protests over the federal government's immigration enforcement? — YouGov surveyed 4309 US adults — Approve — 34% — Disapprove — 47% — Not sure — 19% — Download Image
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Fake Images and Conspiracy Theories Swirl Around L.A. Protests — Disinformation spreading on social media platforms has stoked an already tense situation. — Misleading photographs, videos and text have spread widely on social media as protests against immigrant raids have unfolded in Los Angeles …
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Christopher F. Rufo:
Trump Should Crush the L.A. Riots—with a Subtle Hand — Los Angeles is burning. Earlier this year, seasonal fires ripped through the Southern California city, but now, the fires are entirely manmade. In response to the Trump administration's deportation policy, left-wing activists …
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New York Post, Washington Examiner, Washington Times and Fox Business
Politico:
Troops deployed to LA will cost $134M, Pentagon predicts — The estimate came during a budget hearing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said the president is enforcing “law and order.” — President Donald Trump's decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles amid mass deportation protests …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Unrestrained Trump flirts with Insurrection Act as Marines deploy to L.A. — President Trump is edging closer than ever to invoking the Insurrection Act, driven by a vision of executive power free from the guardrails, governors and generals who stifled him in 2020.
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Leo Sands / Washington Post:
L.A. protests live updates — Trump calls up Marines, doubles National Guard deployment as unrest calms — The standoff between the White House and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) threatened to escalate Tuesday, even as protests in downtown Los Angeles appeared to quiet overnight.
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Emily Bloch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman slams ‘anarchy’ in LA — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.) has criticized the protests in Los Angeles, calling the scene “true chaos.” The latest chapter for the senator, whose alienation from the rest of his party is a common talking point, began unfolding Monday night …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mike Johnson says Newsom should be “tarred and feathered” — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) declined to say Tuesday whether he believes California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested — but he did say that the Democrat should be “tarred and feathered.”
April Rubin / Axios:
Nearly half of U.S. adults disapprove of Trump's handling of protests: Poll — A plurality of Americans don't approve of the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard and Marines in response to Los Angeles protests, the latest YouGov polling shows.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump on Insurrection Act: ‘I would certainly invoke it’
Trump on Insurrection Act: ‘I would certainly invoke it’
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter
Exclusive: DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter
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NBC News:
GOP senator on Trump's military parade: 'I wouldn't have done it'
GOP senator on Trump's military parade: 'I wouldn't have done it'
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Associated Press:
Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to LA and Pentagon spending
Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to LA and Pentagon spending
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Washington Post:
How viral images are shaping views of L.A.'s immigration showdown
How viral images are shaping views of L.A.'s immigration showdown
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MSNBC, The Hill, Associated Press, CalMatters, Axios and CBS News
Stacey Dec / ABC News:
Trump warns ‘any’ protesters at military parade will be ‘met with heavy force’
Trump warns ‘any’ protesters at military parade will be ‘met with heavy force’
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump is coming for the ‘enemy within’
Trump is coming for the ‘enemy within’
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, Paul Krugman, CNN and ABC News
Wall Street Journal:
The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown — After deportations fell short of President Trump's campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to ‘just go out there and arrest illegal aliens’ — Even with the high-profile arrests …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
ABC News drops Terry Moran over late-night post attacking Trump and Stephen Miller — ABC News is parting ways with veteran correspondent Terry Moran, two days after he posted a missive on X calling President Donald Trump and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller “world-class haters.”
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Politico:
Trump team plans to send thousands of migrants to Guantanamo starting as soon as this week — The use of the facility would send another signal of deterrence amid immigration crackdown. — The Trump administration is planning to dramatically ramp up sending undocumented migrants …
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NewsMax.com
Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Elon Was Right, Trump Is Compromised and Knows It: Ex-Aide — ‘KOMPROMAT’ — The president may be compromised—but not exactly how Musk alleged, according to Anthony Scaramucci. — Even if Donald Trump's not in the Epstein files, Anthony Scaramucci suspects the president's real vulnerability lies somewhere even more alarming.
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Raw Story
Tom Cotton / Wall Street Journal:
Send In the Troops, for Real — When local police can't restore order, the federal government has a duty to do so with a show of force. — Violent insurrectionists turned areas of Los Angeles into lawless hellscapes over the weekend, with anarchists setting fire to vehicles …
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HotAir, Washington Examiner, New York Sun, KFTC-TV, Chicago Tribune, Breitbart and The Guardian
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS — This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public service. FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Is Trump's Birthday Parade a Celebration of the Army or a Funeral Cortege for Democracy? — ANYBODY WANT CAKE? — The president is, once again, disrespecting our armed forces by hijacking the U.S. Army's 250th birthday celebrations—and turning it into a party for himself. — OPINION
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
World Bank Forecast Underscores Cost of U.S. Trade War — Along with a sharply downgraded projection for global output this year, it urged a “course correction” on trade to help preserve living standards. — The global economy is projected to slow sharply this year as President Trump's …
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Associated Press, New Republic, Bloomberg, KRDO, The Hill and Raw Story
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Declares Dubious Emergencies to Amass Power, Scholars Say — In disputes over protests, deportations and tariffs, the president has invoked statutes that may not provide him with the authority he claims. — To hear President Trump tell it, the nation is facing a rebellion in Los Angeles …
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Reason
Politico:
GOP eyes cuts to Trump's tax promises — Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION: — GOP senators target Trump's tax priorities — New X-date gives megabill breathing room — RFK Jr. to fire CDC's vaccine advisers — Senate Finance Republicans are increasingly looking to dial …
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Robert P. Beschel Jr / The Atlantic:
Republicans Have a Revenue Problem
Republicans Have a Revenue Problem
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The Hill, Raw Story and Alternet.org
ProPublica:
The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump's Blueprint — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — In an effort launched shortly after DOGE's creation …
Jonathan Cohn:
A Tale of Two Resolutions: 75 Dems Join GOP in Resolution Praising Trump's Mass Deportation Regime — Yesterday, the US House voted on two resolutions that both claimed to be about condemning antisemitism, but only one truly was. — HRES 481, which condemns the recent attack in Boulder …
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Politico:
Mike Bloomberg to endorse old foe, Andrew Cuomo, in mayor's race — The billionaire ex-mayor will back the Democratic frontrunner as socialist Zohran Mamdani rises. — NEW YORK — Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg is prepared to endorse his old nemesis, Andrew Cuomo, for mayor Tuesday …
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Patrick Smith / NBC News:
Anti-ICE protests held coast-to-coast after L.A. unrest as national movement grows — Activists plan more events on Tuesday, with events due in New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Atlanta. — Dozens of protests and rallies opposing ICE raids and government immigration policies were held across …
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Fox News:
GOP lawmaker demands accountability for LAPD's delayed response time helping assaulted ICE officers — DHS claimed in a press release that LAPD took 2 hours to respond to help ICE officers — FIRST ON FOX: California GOP Congressman Darrell Issa is calling for an investigation into allegations …
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New Republic, The Intercept, Townhall, RealClearPolitics, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Scripps News and American Greatness
Washington Post:
Amid Trump standoff, Smithsonian says only secretary can hire and fire — The Board of Regents publicly backed Smithsonian leader Lonnie G. Bunch III and called for nonpartisanship after Trump attempted to fire a museum director. — The Smithsonian's Board of Regents said on Monday night that …
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New York Times, CNN, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Guardian, Alternet.org and Raw Story
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Whisperer Maggie Haberman Iced Out by Trumpworld Sources — WHOLE NEW ERA — The Trump biographer said White House chief of staff Susie Wiles running a “much tighter ship” is partially to blame. — Maggie Haberman is not enjoying the unfettered access to Trumpworld that she had in the president's first term.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill to raise federal minimum wage to $15 per hour — It's an unusual move for a Republican, as the party has successfully thwarted previous attempts by Democrats to increase the nationwide wage floor. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
RFK Jr. breaks promise to senators, guts CDC vaccine panel of independent experts — Before his confirmation, the HHS secretary said he'd leave the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices alone. Now he's doing the opposite. — In early February, when there was still some question …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Gabbard warns of ‘nuclear holocaust’ in ominous social media video — The director of national intelligence said the world is “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before.” — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warned of a “nuclear holocaust” and chastised …
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Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
The Head of a New RFK-Backing Group Promoted 9/11 Conspiracy Theories and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion — Leland Lehrman is a key figure in the MAHA world, despite decades of pushing extremist ideas. — Before May, most people in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s …
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The Forward
Drew Altman / KFF:
Making the Marketplaces Great Again? — Share this page on Facebook (opens in a new tab) Share this page on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab) Share this page via Email Print this page — It's a rare event that one of the most interesting findings in a KFF poll is hidden in the demographics …
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
UK places sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers over ‘monstrous’ Gaza comments — Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich face travel bans and asset freezes as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway also impose measures — The UK has been joined by Australia, Canada …
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Senators grill NIH director in budget hearing: 4 takeaways — National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya faced questions from senators during an Appropriations subcommittee hearing Tuesday, as the federal government agency has taken hits to its staffing levels and grant-making ability since under President Trump.
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