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2025 Los Angeles protests

2025 Los Angeles protests

Protests broke out in June 2025 over sweeping US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the California city.

California National Guard members hold a line in front of anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles in June. Photo: TNS

Trump says pulling National Guard from Chicago, LA and Portland, for now

US president claims credit for falling crime in US cities as he yields to a series of major legal defeats.

1 Jan 2026 - 2:09PM

US Supreme Court blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Chicago

24 Dec 2025 - 2:30PM

US judge says Trump must end National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

11 Dec 2025 - 2:25AMvideocam

US government sued over removal of app that tracks immigration agents

ICEBlock developer alleges free speech violations after Apple removed the popular app following pressure from the Trump administration.

9 Dec 2025 - 10:59AM

Police and ICE officers in New York last month. Photo: Reuters

Gun violence in the US

FBI probes motive in ‘ambush’ shooting of soldiers near White House

The suspect, identified as an Afghan national with no criminal history, was shot and subdued after ambushing a patrol.

27 Nov 2025 - 2:37PM

Judge orders Trump end National Guard deployment in Washington DC

Federal judge rules Trump’s use of troops is likely unlawful, but the White House stands by the deployment.

21 Nov 2025 - 4:24PMvideocam

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Trump’s Portland National Guard deployment faces another setback

A judge extended the block on Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland for five days, a city the US president called ‘war-ravaged’.

3 Nov 2025 - 7:50PM

Federal agents stand guard to keep demonstrators away from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in downtown Portland last month. Photo: TNS

Trump doubles down on ICE raids: ‘they haven’t gone far enough’

US president defends aggressive ICE efforts, claiming ‘liberal judges’ were holding back deportation efforts.

3 Nov 2025 - 4:25PM

US appeals court says Trump can deploy National Guard troops in Portland

Court ruling clears the way for the National Guard to protect federal buildings in Oregon’s largest city, despite objections from local and state officials.

21 Oct 2025 - 10:47AM

Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor, governor as troops move in

US president accuses the Democratic leaders of failing to protect federal agents, escalating the political battle over military deployments in US cities.

9 Oct 2025 - 11:14AM

Members of the Texas National Guard at an army reserve training facility in Elwood, Illinois. Photo: AFP

Governor says Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’, fixations

J.B. Pritzker calls Donald Trump ‘mentally impaired’ as the US president considers invoking the Insurrection Act.

8 Oct 2025 - 1:37PM

Members of the Texas National Guard at a military facility in Elwood, southwest of Chicago. Photo: TNS

Trump’s Insurrection Act threat escalates showdown with Democratic US cities

Troops from the Texas National Guard are gathered outside Chicago, as the US leader seeks to expand the power of the presidency.

8 Oct 2025 - 5:21AMvideocam

‘Trump’s invasion’: Illinois sues to halt National Guard deployment to Chicago

US president suggests invoking the Insurrection Act to sidestep any court restrictions to deploying troops to police US cities.

7 Oct 2025 - 1:06PM

Trump orders National Guard troops to Portland, but judge blocks it

Judge’s ruling is a temporary setback for the US president, who sought to bypass a court order by sending troops from other states to Oregon.

6 Oct 2025 - 1:25PM

Police and federal officers throw gas canisters to disperse protesters near a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland on Sunday. Photo: AP

Trump to send National Guard to Illinois, as he puts pressure on Chicago

Tensions are flaring between federal agents and protesters over increased activity by ICE officers cracking down on immigrants.

5 Oct 2025 - 2:12PM

Federal law enforcement agents stand guard as they are confronted by community members and activists for reportedly shooting a woman in Broadview, Illinois, on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Trump dines out near White House and says he’ll send troops to another US city

The US president made a surprise visit to a Washington restaurant to showcase his law enforcement crackdown.

10 Sep 2025 - 11:39AM

US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids

The move allows agents to proceed with Southern California raids targeting people for deportation based on their race or language.

9 Sep 2025 - 5:00AMvideocam

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Trump suggests US troops could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state

The US president has already said he plans to send the National Guard into Chicago and Baltimore.

4 Sep 2025 - 5:31AMvideocam

Members of the National Guard patrol near Union Station in Washington in August. Photo: TNS

‘We’re going in’: Trump to send National Guard troops to Chicago

The US president has threatened to expand his crackdown on Democrat-led cities, following similar moves in Washington and Los Angeles.

3 Sep 2025 - 7:54AMvideocam

Trump’s use of National Guard in Los Angeles ruled illegal

The deployment in the city heightened tensions and drew Democratic criticism of Trump’s military use against immigration opposition.

2 Sep 2025 - 10:55PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Opinion | Western democracies are facing their greatest test – and it’s not AI

The challenge for the West is not just to regulate AI or manage elections, but to prove democracy can generate prosperity, security and hope.

1 Sep 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Illustration: Craig Stephens

Chicago mayor defies Trump’s immigration crackdown plan for the city

Johnson told city departments to guard the constitutional rights of Chicago residents amid the ‘possibility of National Guard deployment’.

31 Aug 2025 - 8:53AMvideocam

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (centre) has denounced US President Donald Trump’s possible military deployment into Chicago. Photo: Chicago Tribune/TNS

Israel-Gaza war

Thousands protest against Israeli siege of Gaza near Venice Film Festival

Demonstrators said the film industry should use its public platform at Venice to focus attention on the war in Gaza.

31 Aug 2025 - 9:02AM

Trump suggests Americans ‘like a dictator’ as he clamps down on Washington

Trump complained that he was not getting credit for his National Guard-backed crackdown on crime and immigration in the US capital.

26 Aug 2025 - 9:22AM

Trump expands cities targeted for possible military deployment to Baltimore

Trump made the threat in a row with Maryland’s governor, who has criticised Trump’s flex of power aimed at combating crime in Washington.

25 Aug 2025 - 7:09AM

Members of the US National Guard walk past the Capitol building in Washington. US President Donald Trump has threatened to expand his military deployments to Baltimore, Maryland. Photo: Zuma Press Wire / dpa

Trump sent US troops into Washington. Now they’re being given guns. Why?

The Pentagon previously said guard members would not carry firearms – it did not offer any reason for the change.

23 Aug 2025 - 4:10AMvideocam

Members of the National Guard walk past the Capitol building in Washington. Photo: dpa

Undocumented renters caught between fire and ICE in LA burn zone

Excluded from aid, they struggle with displacement, fear, and exploitation.

23 Aug 2025 - 12:34AMvideocam

Trump visits police, troops in Washington after saying he would patrol streets

The US president brought officers burgers and pizza, in a less dramatic move than his earlier suggestion of joining them on a ‘secret’ trip.

22 Aug 2025 - 10:45AMvideocam

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