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Pam Bondi fires DOJ paralegal Elizabeth Baxter accused of obscene gestures at National Guard

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday fired a justice department paralegal accused of repeatedly flipping off National Guard members deployed to Washington, DC under President Donald Trump’s crime-control initiative. Elizabeth Baxter, a paralegal in the DOJ’s environment and natural resources division, was removed from federal service “effective immediately,” according to a termination memo Bondi issued […]

‘Crazy-communist white hippies’: Chants & boos disrupt JD Vance’s national guard lunch; DC pushback grows

Stephen Miller (left), Pete Hegseth, JD Vance (AP) Vice President JD Vance’s lunch event with national guard troops at Union Station on Wednesday was disrupted by a wave of protests, as demonstrators voiced opposition to the Trump administration’s security deployment in the capital.Vance, joined by defence secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of […]

Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington: DEA head appointed as ‘emergency police commissioner’; granted full powers

US Attorney General Pam Bondi has appointed Terry Cole, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), as Washington’s “emergency police commissioner,” granting him the powers of the police chief amid the federal takeover.On Thursday, Bondi , in a directive notice, said that Cole will assume “powers and duties vested in the District of Columbia […]

Trump takes over US Capital: Puts police under his control, deploys National Guard

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he’s placing the Washington, DC, police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard, reports news agency AP.“This is Liberation Day in DC, and we’re going to take our capital back,” the MAGA chief said at a White House press conference.Trump is weighing the deployment of up […]

‘No Kings’ protests: Anti-Trump erupt across US as military parade looms; officials urge calm

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across the United States on Saturday under the banner of “No Kings,” denouncing President Donald Trump’s leadership as he prepared to headline a massive military parade in Washington to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary — which also coincides with his 79th birthday.While no demonstrations were scheduled in the capital […]

Los Angeles protests: Over 20 arrested, tensions persist amid Trump immigration raids and military deployment

More than 20 people were detained on the first night of a curfew imposed in downtown Los Angeles, as police deployed crowd-control projectiles to disperse protesters rallying against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, authorities said on Wednesday. While officials reported fewer clashes compared to earlier demonstrations, the presence of heavily armed troops and ongoing immigration […]

Donald Trump’s Los Angeles playbook: Chaos, crackdown – and a political win

Protesters block an entrance to the Federal building on Broadway after a rally against ICE arrests at Foley Square in New York. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) US President Donald Trump has mobilized Marines and National Guard troops in Los Angeles in response to ongoing immigration protests – a move that has drawn sharp […]

A Look at the Crackdown On the L.A. Protests

Livia Albeck-Ripka, a New York Times reporter based in Los Angeles, describes how she was one of the reporters struck by crowd control munitions. Experts say that some aggressive measures used by the authorities in the Los Angeles protests have violated their own policies, federal policies and injunctions put into place after the George Floyd […]

Los Angeles immigration protests: Donald Trump praises National Guard; bans masks in ‘radical left’ protests

A protester places debris in a fire as Border Patrol personnel in riot gear and gas masks stand guard outside an industrial park in Paramount, California, on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP) US President Donald Trump on Sunday praised the National Guard for its role in handling immigration protests in Los Angeles, a city in […]