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President Donald Trump has referred to the LA rioters as “insurrectionists,” as 500 Marines remain on standby should their assistance be needed in Los Angeles. Trade talks between the United States and China resumed on Monday. Meanwhile, FBI Director Kash Patel spoke out about a dangerous Chinese Communist Party plan to harm Americans. New travel bans took effect on Monday, with citizens from a dozen countries now barred from entering the United States. The president cited national security and public safety concerns as the reason for the bans.

As the number of immigration raids has increased across Southern California over the last week, there are more questions than ever about how to handle an interaction with federal agents. Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement made arrests in the garment district, specifically at Ambiance Apparel, where immigration authorities detained employees inside the clothing wholesaler, and other locations on Friday. Protests followed into the weekend, prompting the deployment of National Guard troops in downtown Los Angeles by the Trump administration. The raids are the latest in a string of high-profile immigration enforcement actions over the last week, part of President...

President Donald Trump says his administration "made a great decision in sending the National Guard to deal with the violent, instigated riots in California" following three days of protests in Los Angeles in response to immigration raids.Trump deployed 300 National Guard troops to the city to disperse the chaotic protests, saying in a Truth Social post that "if we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated.""The very incompetent 'Governor,' Gavin Newscum, and 'Mayor,' Karen Bass, should be saying, 'THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL. WE WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT YOU, SIR.'""Instead, they choose to...

The Los Angeles Police Department also urged people to steer clear of downtown because burning lithium-ion batteries can release toxic fumes.Waymo has cut off taxi service to parts of Los Angeles after five of its self-driving vehicles were torched during weekend protests about immigration raids.Images Sunday of downtown show Waymo vehicles covered with graffiti. One photo shows protesters waving Mexican and Guatemalan flags while standing atop a Waymo vehicle, while another appears to show a protester hitting the vehicle with a skateboard. The Los Angeles Times reported that some Lime e-scooters also were tossed into the blaze.Waymo confirmed Monday that...

Monday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” host Dana Bash said President Donald Trump was acting as the “arsonist” by sending the National Guard to Los Angeles. Reporter Manu Raju said, “Just to get the point of how much Donald Trump wants this fight, I mean, he’s been posting and talking about it pretty much nonstop over the weekend, including just moments ago saying if we had not done this, send the National Guard in Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated. Now, I’m not quite sure if that’s exactly the case of what people are saying on the ground here. But...

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, a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his political agenda.In bypassing the authority of Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a Democrat, to call in the National Guard to quell protests in the Los Angeles area over his administration’s efforts to deport more migrants, Mr. Trump is now pushing the boundaries of presidential...

Democrat Senator Chris Murphy called for nationwide street protests following the massive destruction and violence by leftist, pro-Palestinian, and illegal alien riots in Los Angeles over the weekend. Senator Murphy was on with Morning Joe this AM when he called for street protests in every US city. These people are lawless. Choose your side wisely. There are two visions for America. Choose wisely. pic.twitter.com/vtxG0Xr89T — Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) June 8, 2025 Senator Chris Murphy: my first message is to keep it peaceful. I mean, obviously, this is a moment where we have to be on the streets all over the...

Dozens of people were arrested Sunday and accused of attempted murder, arson and other crimes during a day of violence and protests in Los Angeles. A combined 42 arrests were made by the Los Angeles Police Department, California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the LAPD said early Monday. Alleged crimes included attempted murder, looting, arson, failure to disperse, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and other offenses. Details about the attempted murder arrest were not immediately available. "This violence that I've seen is disgusting," said LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell. "It's escalated now. What we...

Radical left lunatics are taking to the streets of Los Angeles — attacking law enforcement, hurling projectiles at police cruisers, burning vehicles, and shutting down freeways — because the Trump Administration is removing violent criminal illegal immigrants from their communities.Democrats like Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass should be thanking President Trump for stepping up and leading where they refused — and for ridding their streets of criminal illegal immigrant killers, rapists, and gangbangers.Here are some of the sick criminals taken off the streets of Los Angeles in recent days:Cuong Chanh Phan, a Vietnamese national and known gang member with a...

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — After stumbling out of the starting gate in Big Tech’s pivotal race to capitalize on artificial intelligence, Apple tried to regain its footing Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.The presummer rite, which attracted thousands of developers from nearly 60 countries to Apple’s Silicon Valley headquarters, was more subdued than the feverish anticipation that surrounded the event during the previous two years. In 2023, Apple unveiled a mixed-reality headset that has been little more than a niche product, and last year WWDC trumpeted its first major foray into the AI craze with an array of new...

The mayor appeared glum on CNN as she tried blaming Trump for her riots. “I will tell you that it is peaceful now, but we do not know where and when the next raids will be.” “That is the concern because people in this city have a rapid response network. If they see ICE, they go out and they protest.”

Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, revealed that the raids that sparked the violent LA riots were not for immigration purposes.Homan explained that the raids that took place in downtown Los Angeles on Friday were part of a criminal investigation into a money laundering scheme and cartel activity.'It wasn’t an immigration raid. It was to service of three criminal warrants at locations based on a large criminal conspiracy that ICE is investigating,' Homan on MSNBC.Chaos erupted after protesters clashed with immigration officials across downtown Los Angeles, leading to three days of violence.Looters targeted businesses across the city amid the demonstrations,...

Several businesses were looted and vandalized overnight as law enforcement worked to restore order following a weekend of protests that turned violent in downtown Los Angeles. The crowds had mostly dispersed as of Monday morning, but streets are closed, and a heavy law enforcement presence is in place around several DTLA federal buildings, where National Guard troops have been posted. Graffiti could be seen on business after business, including the Los Angeles Times building, for several blocks. Video recorded just after midnight showed looters going in and out of a T-Mobile store on South Broadway after smashing through the glass...

Greta Thunberg and fellow passengers who were detained by the Israel Defense Forces when trying to sail a boat to Gaza will be shown the graphic footage of Hamas’ October 7 massacre.Israel’s Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, said he instructed the IDF to show the footage to Thunberg and the other 11 left-wing activists upon their arrival at the Port of Ashdod.“It is appropriate that the antisemitic Greta and her fellow Hamas supporters see exactly who the Hamas terrorist organization they came to support and for whom they work is, what atrocities they committed against women, the elderly, and children,...

This morning, officials were out in force talking about the historic benefits of President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which will deliver unprecedented tax relief, generational welfare reform, and historic spending cuts.Here’s what you missed:Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought: “It is $1.4 trillion in reduced deficits and debt. That’s why this is such a paramount, fiscally responsible bill.” (Watch)Director Vought: “The conservatives that have historically used the debt limit to sound the alarm have been pushing for the very reforms that are in this bill, so we believe that it’s important to do it with...

Whether it’s George Floyd or ICE raids, the far left always seems to find an excuse for mayhem. The city of Los Angeles is on fire. Once again, the progressive left has resorted to political violence – this time, using mass arrests of illegal aliens by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as an excuse. The Los Angeles Police Department was practically stood down, not allowed initially to help when the ICE facility was surrounded. The situation got so out of hand that the National Guard has now been deployed. If there was ever such a thing as a safe bet,...

The exchange followed Newsom explicitly stating "Tom, arrest me" to Homan during a clip on MSNBC. President Donald Trump on Monday urged border czar Tom Homan to arrest Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., amid ongoing riots in Los Angeles, calling him "grossly incompetent.""I would do it, if I were Tom," he said in response to a reporter question at the White House. Newsom responded furiously on X, saying "The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor. This is a day I hoped I would never see in America. I don’t care if you’re a...

Despite years of calls from Texas voters to end the use of taxpayer dollars for lobbying, legislation to ban the practice died in committee this session, leaving Texans footing a multi-million-dollar lobbying bill. For years, both Democrat and Republican voters have called on elected officials to outlaw the use of tax dollars for lobbying. This issue was even a legislative priority this session for the Republican Party of Texas. Despite a Republican-controlled House and Senate creating ideal conditions for change, five pieces of legislation aimed at ending this practice ultimately died in the House State Affairs Committee, chaired by State...

The riots of a sanctuary state. “The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers,” Gov. Gavin Newsom explained in a June 7 statement.“That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions. LA authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a moment’s notice. We are in close coordination with the city and county, and there is currently no unmet need. The Guard has been admirably serving LA throughout recovery. This is the wrong mission and will erode public trust.”Californians might have noticed something missing from the governor’s statement.Leading up to...

The left that marketed him as the ‘wrongly deported Maryland dad’ now downplays his alleged crimes to fit their messaging.The propaganda press catchphrase of recent days is “wrongly deported,” used liberally in headlines describing the latest chapter of the Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia deportation saga. For open-border activists, who have been blindly advocating for Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S., “wrongly deported,” goes down easier than “alleged international human trafficker.”A grand jury indictment unsealed Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), charged Abrego Garcia, 30, with “conspiracy to transport aliens” and “unlawful transportation of undocumented aliens.” The charges are...