Sen. Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference  —  The Democrat said he had questions for Trump's Cabinet secretary during her press conference in Los Angeles.  —  Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed from a news conference in Los Angeles …

House Republicans vote to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR and PBS  —  Trump's White House wants Congress to codify some of the cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency, which was helmed by billionaire Elon Musk.  —  The Republican-led House voted 214-212 …

Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’  —  Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary  —  California national guards troops and marines deployed to Los Angeles to help restore order …

Trump Voter Gets Choked Up After ICE Detains a Third of His Staff  —  BUYER'S REMORSE  —  A Florida roofing boss backed the president's tough immigration policies.  Then six of his workers were taken away...  Vincent Scardina supported Donald Trump's tough stance on immigration at the ballot box.

Israel Appears Ready to Attack Iran, Officials in U.S. and Europe Say  —  Concern about a strike and the prospect of retaliation led the United States to withdraw diplomats from Iraq and authorize the voluntary departure of U.S. military family members from the Middle East.

Hegseth won't commit to obeying courts on Marines in Los Angeles  —  The Defense secretary declined to say whether the Pentagon would comply with any judicial order blocking Trump's domestic troop deployment.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say whether he would follow the courts …

“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”  —  Leer en español.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  In mid-April, President Donald Trump sat down in the Oval Office with President Nayib Bukele …

Combined Distributional Effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and of Tariffs  —  The combination of 2025 tariff increases implemented as of June 1 and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by the House of Representatives would reduce after-tax-and-transfer incomes on average among the bottom 80 percent of U.S. households.

Exclusive: Trump administration will tell migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela their legal status is terminated  —  The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will tell hundreds of thousands of migrants that their permission to live and work in the United States had been revoked …

Trump's birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms  —  Army spokesman tells The Times of safety fears as president hopes to mark 250 years of the US military with event in Washington on Saturday  —  President Trump's plans to hold a military parade in Washington on his 79th birthday …

Most say the upcoming military parade is not a good use of government funds  —  Forty percent approve of the military parade honoring the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, and 60% say it is not a good use of government funds.  Similar shares, about 3 in 10, feel the U.S. government spends …

Trump's civil war  —  And our new birth of freedom  —  Earlier this week Donald Trump called for a second civil war at a US military base.  This scenario can be resisted and prevented, if we have the courage to listen, interpret, and act.  And this Saturday we will have the occasion to act.

Texas governor says over 5,000 Texas National Guard members deployed ahead of No Kings protests  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday he has ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops across the state, along with more than 2,000 state police …

BREAKING: FBI Arrests Riot Supplier, Charges Conspiracy  —  The first rule in unraveling conspiracies: Follow the money.  Earlier this week, FBI Director Kash Patel declared that the riots in Los Angele are not organic spillovers from extemporaneous protests against ICE …

Trump Is Right About This One Thing  —  It is possible that hell has frozen over.  President Trump and I agree on something very important: Abolish the debt limit.  —  The debt limit is a political tool that allows the minority party to threaten economic collapse, forcing Congress to negotiate its demands.

Republican South Carolina House member charged with distributing child sexual abuse material  —  A Republican South Carolina House member who prosecutors say used the screen name “joebidennnn69” has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of distributing sexual abuse material involving children.

This Is Not a Drill  —  American democracy is on the line right now  —  There are two disastrously wrong ways to read the news from Los Angeles right now, and the rest of America over the next few days.  The first is to believe that there is actually anything resembling an insurrection underway.