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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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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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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.”
Stacey Dec / ABC News:
Trump warns ‘any’ protesters at military parade will be ‘met with heavy force’
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Unrestrained Trump flirts with Insurrection Act as Marines deploy to L.A.
Unrestrained Trump flirts with Insurrection Act as Marines deploy to L.A.
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Barbara F. Walter / New York Times:
Trump's Flawed Message to Los Angeles
Leo Sands / Washington Post:
L.A. protests live updates
L.A. protests live updates
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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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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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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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Washington Post:
Trump to ramp up transfers to Guantánamo, including citizens of allies — The administration is preparing to send thousands of foreigners to the infamous detention facility, including people from Britain, France and Italy, with no plans to notify their home governments, officials said.
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The Independent
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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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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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump's border czar says protests are making immigration raids more ‘difficult’ and ‘dangerous’
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WIS-TV, The Daily Caller, Boston.com and CNN
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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Just Security and The DSR Network
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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Media Matters for America, New York Post, Just The News, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, Washington Times and Fox Business
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
Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Southern Baptists Endorse Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage — The nation's largest Protestant denomination was motivated by conservative Christians' success in reversing Roe v. Wade. — Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to call for the overturning of the Supreme Court ruling …
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Associated Press
Kristal Dixon / Axios:
Former, current CDC employees call on RFK Jr. to resign — Current and former employees of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are calling on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign, warning that job cuts and proposed funding reductions will hurt the agency's ability to protect the public from future health outbreaks.
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Jason Lalljee / Axios:
Trump orders names restored to Army bases honoring Confederate leaders — President Trump announced on Tuesday that he will restore the original names of seven military bases honoring Confederate officers. — Why it matters: The move reverses a renaming that began under former President Biden …
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Kinsey Crowley / USA Today:
Trump visits Fort Bragg. The base has been renamed twice in 2 years. Why?
Trump visits Fort Bragg. The base has been renamed twice in 2 years. Why?
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and The Post Millennial
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.
Caitlin Huey-Burns / CBS News:
Conservative Sen. Josh Hawley wants to raise federal minimum wage — Missouri GOP Sen. Josh Hawley plans to introduce legislation Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour — a position that aligns one of the most conservative Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill with some of the most liberal members of Congress.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill to raise federal minimum wage to $15 per hour
GOP Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill to raise federal minimum wage to $15 per hour
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The Hill and New York Sun
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, Chicago Tribune, KFTC-TV and Breitbart
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
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Eleanor Holmes Norton says she's seeking reelection amid age questions — Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.'s nonvoting House delegate, told reporters Tuesday she intends to seek reelection amid mounting questions about her ability to serve in Congress. “Yeah, sure,” she said when asked about running for reelection.
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Daily Caller News Foundation
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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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 …
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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Raw Story and The Forward
Joel Wertheimer / Silver Bulletin:
Can anyone beat Cuomo? And is it Zohran? — Today's newsletter is a guest post from Joel Wertheimer. Even if you don't care about New York, I think you'll like the post. It contains some nerdy diversions into game theory and ranked choice voting, a system that can introduce …
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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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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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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 …
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 …
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, One America News Network, The Intercept, Townhall and RealClearPolitics
