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Trump blasts LA, Newsom: US President vows federal action; 118 arrested in ICE raids – top developments

Protests against immigration raids in LA (Image credits: AP) US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the federal government would intervene in response to ongoing protests in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids, accusing local officials of failing to maintain order. “If governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, […]

Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to escalate California’s push to eradicate homeless encampments on Monday, calling on hundreds of cities, towns and counties to effectively ban tent camps on sidewalks, bike paths, parklands and other types of public property. Mr. Newsom’s administration has raised and spent tens of billions of dollars on programs to bring homeless […]

Newsom: California is now world’s 4th-biggest economy, pips Japan

California governor Gavin Newsom boasted that his state has become the world’s fourth-largest economy, following only the US, China and Germany in global rankings.The state’s nominal GDP reached $4.1 trillion last year, edging past Japan’s $4.02 trillion, Newsom said, citing newly released IMF country-level data and preliminary state data from US Bureau of Economic Analysis. […]