The arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal experts and fellow veterans familiar with his service in Afghanistan. Bajun Mavalwalla II – a former army sergeant who survived a roadside bomb blast on a special operations mission in Afghanistan – was charged in July with “conspiracy to impede …
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The National Guard, police and protesters stand off outside of a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Spencer Platt | Getty Images A federal judge on Tuesday barred President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in California to execute …
Read More »Labor Day Protests Denounce Trump While Supporting Workers The New York Times Hundreds of ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Labor Day rallies take place across US The Guardian Labor Day protest in Columbus calls out Trump policies, billionaire influence 10tv.com ‘Trump is not helping America and its workers’: Healey, Wu, senators rally with unions at Labor Day Parade The Boston Globe Unions, community groups join forces …
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The White House is “circulating” a plan to transform a substantially depopulated Gaza into US President Donald Trump’s vision of a high-tech “Riviera of the Middle East” brimming with private investment and replete with artificial intelligence-powered “smart cities.” That’s according a 38-page prospectus for a proposed Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration, and Transformation (GREAT) Trust obtained by The Washington Post and …
Read More »After Court Defeat, Trump Warns of Economic Chaos From Loss of Tariffs The New York Times Tariff legal troubles, Kraft Heinz splits, another Spirit bankruptcy and more in Morning Squawk CNBC Donald Trump Says $15 Trillion Investment In US Will Be ‘Immediately Cancelled!’ If Courts Strike Down Tariffs: ‘Would Become A Third World Nation’ Yahoo Finance Trump Tariff Case Ups Ante at Supreme …
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Washington View is Ben Smith’s new column, aimed at helping our readers understand the Trump administration as it seeks to remake the US government and American society and reshape everything from private enterprise to global trade. More than 22,000 federal employees lost their jobs in DC, Maryland, and Virginia from January to May, according to the Richmond Fed. They include …
Read More »Trump says he’ll award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom The Washington Post Trump announces he will award Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom CNN Trump Says He’ll Give Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom The New York Times Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom Politico Trump to award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal …
Read More »Trump Says He’ll Give Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom The New York Times Trump announces he will award Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom CNN Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom Politico Trump to award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom: ‘Great American Patriot’ Fox News Trump says he will award Rudy Giuliani …
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CNN data chief Harry Enten said American voters have completely turned on President Donald Trump on one of his signature issues from the 2024 presidential campaign: tariffs. “Look at that,” Enten said as he shared new numbers showing 60% now oppose tariffs. “The opposition, up like a rocket.” Trump last year repeatedly called tariffs “the most beautiful word” and vowed …
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A Trump executive order will directly impact more than 500,000 Social Security beneficiaries. Since the first benefit check was mailed in January 1940, Social Security has been providing a financial foundation for the American public. Though it was initially conceived as a program that would financially support aging workers who could no longer provide for themselves, it’s expanded to include …
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