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Judge temporarily blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Portland — A federal judge in Oregon has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard into Portland after the president announced he would send in troops to protect what he calls a “war-ravaged” city.
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Tom Schuba / Chicago Sun Times:
Border Patrol shoots woman on Southwest Side; agents, protesters battle for hours — U.S. Border Patrol shot a woman Saturday on the Southwest Side, marking the second shooting involving federal agents in Chicago since President Donald Trump's administration launched an aggressive immigration …
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The TRiiBE
Anna Griffin / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Trump's Deployment of National Guard in Portland, Ore. — A federal judge appointed by President Trump issued a temporary restraining order, siding for now with Oregon and Portland lawyers who called federalizing the guard a presidential overreach.
Thomas Peipert / Associated Press:
Trump says he'll send National Guard to Chicago, but details remain unclear — President Donald Trump moved to deploy the National Guard in another city Saturday by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago, where the government said Border Patrol agents shot …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Federal judge halts Trump administration's call-up of National Guard in Portland … “These incidents are inexcusable, but they are nowhere near the type of incidents that cannot be handled by regular law enforcement forces,” Immergut wrote. — “President Trump exercised his lawful authority …
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Democracy Docket, All Rise News, Raw Story and Oregonian
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says Trump is set to federalize the state's National Guard — The Illinois governor said there was “no need for military troops on the ground.” — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Saturday said he was informed by the Trump administration that the Defense Department plans …
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CBS News:
Oregon judge temporarily blocks deployment of the National Guard to Portland
Oregon judge temporarily blocks deployment of the National Guard to Portland
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CNN:
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments — Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
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Time, Lucid, OutsideTheBeltway and The Gateway Pundit
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Reuters:
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies — U.S. citizens and families caught up in raid targeting alleged gang members — Trump administration intensifies immigration enforcement in Democratic cities — Criticism over Border Patrol's aggressive tactics in Chicago
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New York Times, Chicago Sun Times and The Hill
Jim Vondruska / Reuters:
Border Patrol agents shoot woman in Chicago as protesters confront immigration personnel — U.S. Border Patrol personnel shot an armed woman in Chicago on Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security said, as scores of protesters faced off against federal immigration agents on the city's southwest side.
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Washington Post, New York Post, Mediaite, UPI and Chicago Tribune
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Kavanaugh's attempted assassin to be sentenced Friday — The individual who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in 2022 will be sentenced Friday. — Federal prosecutors are seeking up to life imprisonment as the defendant, Sophie Roske, pushes for just eight years.
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
California resident gets over 8 years in prison for attempt to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh
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Julius Washington / Congressman Hakeem Jeffries:
Dear Colleague: Update on the Republican Healthcare Crisis and Donald Trump's Shutdown — Dear Colleague: — I write in connection with the ongoing Republican healthcare crisis and Donald Trump's shutdown of the federal government. Over the past four days, Republicans have made it clear …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Guardian and Mike the Mad Biologist
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Daniel Hampton / Raw Story:
‘Digs us a deeper hole!’ GOP senator warns White House may ‘destroy’ their credibility
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Bloomberg:
Vance Emerges as White House Frontman in US Shutdown Fight
Vance Emerges as White House Frontman in US Shutdown Fight
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The Moderate Voice and NewsNation
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans threaten return to Musk's chainsaw strategy to government
Republicans threaten return to Musk's chainsaw strategy to government
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Associated Press and Letters from an American
Gosia Wozniacka / Oregonian:
Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest — An elderly couple says they were charged and knocked down by federal agents as they p eacefully protested on Saturday in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland, just blocks from their home.
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Daily Mail
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Send Witkoff, Kushner to Middle East to Seal Hostage Release Deal — Palestinians continued to report explosions and deaths in Gaza, adding to uncertainty around President Trump's peace plan — President Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Egypt …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive — Trump on Gaza deal push: “I said, ‘Bibi, this is your chance for victory’”
Exclusive — Trump on Gaza deal push: “I said, ‘Bibi, this is your chance for victory’”
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NBC News:
Trump administration offering some unaccompanied migrant children $2,500 to self-deport, according to memo — Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the offer is a “strictly voluntary option to return home to their families.” — The federal government is offering unaccompanied migrant children 14 …
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Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Federal court blocks ICE from detaining unaccompanied minors once they turn 18
Federal court blocks ICE from detaining unaccompanied minors once they turn 18
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Jason Lalljee / Axios:
ADL split marks FBI shift away from targeting right-wing violence, scholars say — The FBI's split with the Anti-Defamation League this week is the latest evidence that the Trump administration is moving away from targeting hate groups in favor of investigating what it deems left-wing violence, scholars told Axios.
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The Guardian:
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell infested with bedbugs — Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water — Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Damian Carrington in London
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The Times of Israel, New York Post and The Gateway Pundit
Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
Trump Goon Spills Bonkers Plan to Deploy 82nd Airborne to Blue City — SIGNALGATE 2.0 — A senior White House aide's messages were shared with a newspaper after he used Signal in a crowded public place. — A senior White House official accidentally disclosed that the Trump administration …
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House GOP leaders urge unity in shutdown canceled-votes strategy — House Republican leaders urged unity in their shutdown fight against Democrats on a call with GOP members Saturday morning, with members on the call backing up Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) move to cancel previously-scheduled votes next week …
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Dave Savini / CBS News:
Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls — Broadview village officials sent a strong message to the feds this week. They do not want U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operating its detention center in their town. — On Thursday, Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills …
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Siri Chilukuri / The Guardian:
Body slamming, teargas and pepper balls: viral videos show Ice using extreme force in Chicago
Body slamming, teargas and pepper balls: viral videos show Ice using extreme force in Chicago
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Claire Berlinski / The Cosmopolitan Globalist:
The Wisdom of SecDef Douchenozzle — The military reviews Pete Hegseth's Quantico speech … Robert McTague — Hegseth comes across as a bit of a car salesman (or, as The Bulwark opined, like Tom Cruise's motivational speaker character in Magnolia), but I don't have that big of an issue with that.
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Raw Story
David McAfee / Raw Story:
Stephen Miller accused of ‘incitement to violence against judges’ with new ‘purge’ comment — U.S. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller Saturday was accused of “incitement to violence against judges.” — Miller, who has been accused of making his subordinates cry at work …
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