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Dozens of protests and rallies opposing ICE raids and government immigration policies were held across the country on Monday, with more planned for the rest of the week, after a weekend of protests and unrest in Los Angeles. Since Sunday, the anti-ICE movement has spread across California and beyond, with events held from New York to Texas. Activists plan more events on Tuesday, with events due in New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Atlanta. A series of so-called "No Kings" nationwide demonstrations are planned for Saturday. Some 56 people were arrested in L.A. over the weekend as some 700 marines and...

LOS ANGELES — Less than 48 hours after Juan Fernando was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at his job at a clothing factory, he was transported back to the country he had left behind. ... skipping past sob story to real story ... As protests over workplace raids in California’s largest city continued Monday and the Pentagon announced it would be sending 700 Marines to backstop National Guard troops, immigration lawyers, advocates and relatives were scrambling to find information about those detained. Mexico’s foreign minister said four immigrants detained in the raid had already been removed from the United...

As violent leftists and illegal aliens stage an uprising in Los Angeles, California, some of them are partaking in one of the left’s favorite protest activities. Lighting cars on fire across the city, attacking law enforcement, destroying police cars, and hurling explosives at an ICE facility isn’t enough for the liberal domestic terrorists and criminal illegal aliens overtaking the streets. Los Angeles Police are receiving reports from local business owners that their stores were broken into and looted. On Sunday at approximately 10:20 pm PDT, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Central Division posted on X, Business owners are reporting stores...

On April 24, 2024, Gary R. Sanchez filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Rob Bonta, representing the State of California. The suit alleges California banned firearms suppressors in violation of the Second Amendment. Sanchez acted as his own attorney in the case. The district judge granted AG Bonta’s motion to dismiss the case, finding suppressors were not covered by the Second Amendment, because they were “only” accessories, not “arms”.Sanchez appealed the case to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on September 6, 2024. The Ninth Circuit has historically been one of the circuits most openly defying Supreme Court...

The communist behind the “organic” riots in Los Angeles and across the country are being funded by Neville Singham, according to DataRepublican and Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna. Neville Singham is the man funding these riots. It’s not about illegal Hispanics. They’re just using them for propaganda. They are actual Communists. TY @DataRepublican for the deep dive. https://t.co/dSKSaVVjtg pic.twitter.com/ulNoRkPXWl — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) June 9, 2025 It’s a very long thread, but it’s definitely worth the read. Here’s how it starts… Hundreds took to the streets this weekend: blocking roads, attacking federal officers, even burning flags. But this wasn’t...

Far-left Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom will sue the Trump administration to stop its federalizing the National Guard to quell what President Trump is calling an insurrection in Los Angeles. The insurrectionists attacked federal immigration and other agents, and then local police, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested illegal-alien rapists, murderers, and other criminals. But whatever the merits of Newsom’s lawsuit, what Trump might do next — declare an insurrection — could well end it. President Trump must invoke the Insurrection Act. Americans confront millions of illegals who pose an existential threat to the American Republic. Given the size...

ICE bad, illegals rioting good. You can bet that’s Democrats’ calculation. Riots have been underway in Los Angeles. Mask-wearing provocateurs are waving Mexican flags. LA is their Mount Suribachi. A lot of people say that if illegals love Mexico so much, then go back home. But they miss the point. What’s happening in LA is about conquest.Hoisting Mexican flags on U.S. soil stakes a claim. This real estate is ours, declare the troublemakers, among whom are surely homegrown leftist agitators. LA, in part, smells like a George Floyd riots redo. In this instance, federal agents, acting on behalf of American...

California Governor Gavin Newsom is playing a dangerous game—one part gaslighting, one part constitutional ignorance, and all parts political theater.After violent anti-ICE riots swept through Los Angeles and now San Francisco—complete with federal agents injured, cars torched, and highways blocked by destructive insurrectionists flying the flags of other nations—President Trump exercised his clear constitutional authority and federalized portions of the California National Guard under Title 10.Newsom’s response? He called—completely lacking any hint of circumspection—the deployment “unlawful” and “a direct assault on state sovereignty”. He even labeled it “purposefully inflammatory.”That’s not just wrong—it’s nearly laughable, save that it actually gives aid...

Rite Aid, the embattled Pennsylvania-headquartered drugstore chain of 1,240 stores nationwide, recently filed bankruptcy for the second time since October 2023. Last month, the company announced that it would be shutting down more than 300 locations, including dozens of stores in California. For Californians, the Rite Aid name — and the impending store closures — comes with an entirely different set of memories. It could mean the end of an era that dates back nearly a century to the origins of Thrifty, the LA-based drug store and soda fountain. For many, the best reason to visit a Rite Aid is...

Isabel Oakeshott, Talk’s international editor joins Kevin O’Sullivan to discuss how a convicted foreign criminal escaped from a deportation flight at London’s Heathrow airport, sprinting across the runway in a major security breach. It is thought the man asked to use the toilet before take-off, then ran past Mitie security staff while still wearing a waist restraint. Isabel says, “This is an extraordinary display of incompetence.”

Clashes between protesters and law enforcement bled into Orange County on Monday, as an anti-immigration rally in Santa Ana grew heated in the evening after a day of reported U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations around the region. ... Just before 6:30 p.m., someone from the crowd launched an object toward the agents, which triggered another round of tear gas and the crowd to move back. After 7 p.m. law enforcement declared the gathering a riot and told people they needed to leave and be off the street or they would be arrested. ...

The Ukraine war won't end until NATO withdraws troops from the Baltics, a top Russian official has warned. Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister responsible for U.S. relations, nonproliferation and arms control, made the remarks in an interview with state-run news agency Tass.

Unrest broke out in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, after two 14-year-old Romanian boys appeared in court for attempted rape. Social media footage captured plumes of fire near residential buildings, with police present at the scene.In Short Riots broke out in Ballymena over attempted rape About 2,500 people protested in Harryville, which turned violent against police Protesters damaged properties and threw missiles at PSNI officers Riots erupted in the town of Ballymena in Northern Ireland on Monday night after two 14-year-old boys appeared in court over an alleged attempted rape -- a case that has inflamed local tensions, particularly after it was...

But privately Elon's issues with the president ran deeper than concerns over the ballooning public debt. He was pushed to the brink when his NASA nominee, billionaire payments entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, was axed by Trump in a late-night Truth Social post. Before launching into space, Isaacman explored a different galaxy entirely: Atlantic City. By his mid-20s, the payments whiz-kid had money to burn - and under the neon constellations of the Boardwalk, he had his first brush with Trump. In 2009, the Trump Taj Mahal sued Isaacman over four bad checks totaling $1 million. The case settled in 2011 for...

Disturbing allegations are coming to light about a federal employee forcing his pregnant girlfriend to have an abortion she didn't want. Justin Banta, 38, faces an attempted capital murder charge in Tarrant County, where officials say he spiked his girlfriend's drink with 'Plan C', abortion-inducing pills, late last year. Officials say it happened on October 16, 2024, at a coffee shop in Benbrook when Banta met his six-week pregnant girlfriend to discuss the pregnancy. According to an arrest affidavit, the woman said she "intended on keeping the baby" even though Banta had "encouraged her, and offered to help her get...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is hammering President Trump over the clashes in Los Angeles, saying the president is purposefully escalating tensions to distract the country from a volatile economy. Speaking to reporters in the Capitol, Jeffries railed against Trump’s aggressive deportation policies and defended the rights of Americans to protest such government actions — if it’s done peacefully. He accused Trump of “fanning flames and inciting things on the ground” to distract from a domestic policy agenda that Jeffries has dubbed “a failure.”

Authorities have identified Elpidio Reyna as the suspect who allegedly threw rocks at Border Patrol vehicles in Paramount, injuring an agent. U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli and Chief Gregory Bovino emphasized their commitment to finding Reyna and continuing immigration enforcement despite protests. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Reyna's arrest. ... LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Authorities have now identified the man they say threw rocks at Border Patrol vehicles Saturday in Paramount, injuring one of their agents. According to U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, the suspect has been identified as Elpidio Reyna. "He thinks he's untouchable,"...

Thousands took to the streets of Los Angeles over the weekend to protest immigration authorities' arresting over 40 illegal immigrants in the city, prompting President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard and U.S. Marines after demonstrators attacked police officers and burned vehicles.Continuing on Monday, the protests began after multiple agencies, including Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration, conducted raids on Friday in the Westlake District, downtown L.A., and South L.A.Yasmeen Pitts O'Keefe, a spokesperson for ICE, told CBS New Los Angeles that over 40 people were arrested during the operations. In response, protesters marched downtown, and the...

Israel says it has begun to deport 12 pro-Palestinian activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, whose Gaza-bound aid boat was seized by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean on Monday. The Israeli foreign ministry said Thunberg departed Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning on a flight to France after she agreed to be deported. But France said five of the six French activists had refused to sign their deportation orders and would now be brought before an Israeli judicial authority. Their yacht, the Madleen, was intercepted while they tried to deliver a "symbolic" amount of aid to Gaza in defiance of Israel's...

As much as Abrego Garcia's lawyers and supporters may have fought for him to return, Alan Dershowitz, who has been a defense attorney for some pretty high profile figures, told NewsNation that same day that a "big mistake" was made. Dershowitz described the move as "a big mistake, big blunder by his lawyers," when it comes to Abrego Garcia. "His lawyers never, ever should have tried to bring him back to the United States. They should have filed a motion, having him transferred from El Salvador or Nicaragua, where maybe there was some fear, to another place, say Argentina or...