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Wall Street Journal
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Appeals Court Lets Trump Keep Control of California National Guard Troops in L.A.
A federal appeals court on Thursday night allowed President Trump to maintain command of the California National Guard in response to the Los Angeles protests, blocking a lower court that ordered him to return those forces to the state's control. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Trump's decision to federalize the Guard was entitled to a high degree of deference. And under that standard, 'We conclude that it is likely that the President lawfully exercised his statutory authority,' the panel wrote.
Bloomberg
5 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
The Economics of Political Unrest
Welcome back to The Forecast from Bloomberg Weekend, where we help you think about the future — from next week to next decade. After a very busy news week, this Sunday we're looking at the economics of political unrest. The analysis below is about the Los Angeles protests and Donald Trump's response — but on Saturday two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses were shot. Meanwhile, anti-Trump 'No Kings' protests took place in hundreds of US cities, coinciding with a military parade in Washington, DC and Trump's 79th birthday.
Free Malaysia Today
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Judge blocks Trump's use of national guard in protest-hit Los Angeles
US national guard soldiers assemble during deployment for duty for the Los Angeles protests. (AP pic) WASHINGTON : The Trump administration slammed a judge's 'extraordinary intrusion' on presidential powers Thursday, after he ruled that the decision to send the California national guard to protest-hit Los Angeles was 'illegal.' The ruling by US district judge Charles Breyer ordering Donald Trump to return control of the reserve force to California's governor Gavin Newsom infringes on the president's authority as commander-in-chief, the department of justice said in an emergency appeal. Breyer stayed his order until Friday, however, giving the administration time to launch a swift appeal. Within minutes the higher court issued its own ruling staying Breyer's order for several more days to give it time to consider the appeal, with a hearing set for June 17. The stay means Trump would still control the national guard in California during protests planned for Saturday. Sporadic though spectacular violence has rocked Los Angeles over days of demonstrations against immigration raids launched by the Trump administration. But the clashes fell 'far short' of the 'rebellion' the president described to justify his decision to send in the national guard, Breyer said in a 36-page opinion released earlier Thursday. Trump's actions 'were illegal … He must therefore return control' of the guardsmen to Newsom, Breyer said. 'That order is an extraordinary intrusion on the President's constitutional authority as Commander in Chief,' the justice department wrote in the appeal. Newsom, however, was quick to celebrate Breyer's order, potentially a much-needed win in just one of several fronts that wealthy, Democratic California is currently fighting against the White House. Trump 'is not a monarch, he is not a king, and he should stop acting like one,' the 57-year-old Democrat said. Protests over the immigration crackdown first began in Los Angeles on Friday, and were largely confined to just a few blocks of the sprawling city. Damages include vandalism, looting, clashes with law enforcement and several torched driverless taxis. Trump, who has repeatedly exaggerated the scale of the unrest, deployed 4,000 national guard troops and 700 US marines to Los Angeles despite the objections of local officials, claiming that the city was 'burning' and they had lost control. It was the first time since 1965 that a US president deployed the national guard over the wishes of a state's governor. Critics have accused Trump of a power grab. Anger at Trump's crackdown and the use of masked, armed immigration agents, backed by uniformed soldiers, is rousing protests in other cities, though Los Angeles was calm on Thursday night. The ruling came after California's stand-off with the administration ratcheted up earlier Thursday, when a sitting US senator was handcuffed and forcibly removed from a press conference on the immigration raids. The shocking incident was slammed by furious Democrats who said it 'reeks of totalitarianism.' Video footage shows California senator Alex Padilla, a Democrat, being pushed from the room at a federal building in Los Angeles as he tried to ask Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem about the raids. 'I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary,' he said as two men grappled with him in front of journalists, including from AFP. Footage filmed by Padilla's staff outside the room shows the senator being pushed to the ground and handcuffed. The incident 'reeks of totalitarianism,' Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said, calling for an investigation. The White House hit back, claiming it was a 'theater-kid stunt' and claiming without evidence that Padilla 'lunged toward secretary Noem.' Trump was elected last year after promising to launch historic mass deportations. But with his mounting crackdown rippling through industries heavily reliant on immigrant labor, Trump said he had heard employers' complaints and hinted at a forthcoming policy shift. 'We're going to have an order on that pretty soon, I think,' he said. Breyer's ruling comes two days ahead of the nationwide 'No Kings' protests expected on Saturday, the same day Trump attends a highly unusual military parade in the US capital. The parade, featuring warplanes and tanks, has been organised to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US army but also happens to be on the day of Trump's 79th birthday.
CBC
12-06-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Trump thanked California National Guard before it arrived in L.A.
Social Sharing At 2 a.m. Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump posted to social media congratulating the work of California's National Guard in response to immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. In fact, the guards only arrived in the city later that morning, according to several news reports. "Thank you to the National Guard for a job well done!" Trump wrote at 2:41 a.m. ET. Just after noon ET (9 a.m. PT), the U.S. Northern Command posted on X that 300 of the California National Guard 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) soldiers were positioned near federal properties at three locations in the greater Los Angeles area — far fewer than the 2,000 soldiers Trump vaunted he would deploy. The discrepancy has prompted reports from U.S. media outlets that Trump and his administration's claims of protest violence have been overblown. MSNBC's Jen Psaki hosted a segment on the contrast between what the federal government had been saying and what has really happened on the ground. "Trump is insisting that this massive escalation in force is completely necessary," Psaki said, also noting that National Guard troops were only reported to have arrived in Los Angeles at 11 a.m. Sunday, more than eight hours after Trump's posted thanking them. Trump deployed California's National Guard without getting consent from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, prompting the governor to later sue the federal government for its decision. When did the Los Angeles protests start? The protests in Los Angeles began Friday evening at federal detention centre in downtown Los Angeles where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had detained more than 40 people — including children — following raids across the city, according to ABC News. The Los Angeles Police Department said Friday on X that a "small group of violent individuals are throwing large pieces of concrete" and that it was deeming the gathering "unlawful." Officers in riot gear were then seen throwing tear gas canisters to disperse some crowds. WATCH | Trump tests boundaries of his power: Trump tests boundaries of his power with troops in L.A. 2 days ago Duration 1:33:19 NBC senior correspondent Jay Gray joins Power & Politics from a confrontation between protesters and National Guard troops deployed by President Donald Trump in Los Angeles, as California's governor accuses Trump of the 'acts of a dictator.' Auditor General Karen Hogan says the estimated cost of Canada's F-35 fighter jet program has gone from $19 billion in 2022 to $27.7 billion in 2024, partly because the Defence Department relied on outdated information. Plus, a former Canadian ambassador to Saudi Arabia and an international affairs expert discuss whether Canada was right to invite controversial international players to the G7 summit next week. Protests, as well as the looting of a gas station in Paramount, Calif., continued that day and into Saturday — when Trump decided to federalize the National Guard. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth applauded the decision on X Saturday, calling the protests a "huge national security risk." Newsom responded that federal government help in preventing violence at the protests was unnecessary and would only lead to escalation. What happened after the National Guard arrived? Sunday afternoon the situation appeared to escalate case when, according to the Los Angeles Times, officers fired tear gas and less-lethal rounds at protesters outside a federal detention centre, where the guards were posted, though it's unclear whether they were the ones to exercise force or local law enforcement. Later that day, protesters streamed onto a highway, blocking traffic. But the Times reported clashes soon died down. Sunday evening, though, Trump called protesters "violent, insurrectionist mobs," in a post on Truth Social. The Times wrote that "Trump administration officials have seized on the isolated incidents of violence to suggest wide parts of L.A. are out of control." Psaki highlighted that, meanwhile, an estimated 300 people have been detained in Los Angeles ICE raids since protests began Friday. Californians say protests have largely been peaceful and led by people whose family members were taken into custody by immigration agents at their workplaces. A retired teacher, Jose Gallegos, told USA Today he attended protests in Paramount on Saturday and was struck by a rubber bullet shot in rounds by law enforcement. "We don't have guns. All we have is prayers and feathers," he told the news outlet. Escalation beneficial for Trump: experts Legal scholars and democracy watchers say it is politically advantageous for Trump to exaggerate the amount of violence tied to the immigration protests because it is one of the issues the president has broad support for. "I don't think the prospect of calling out the National Guard is in any way sincerely motivated by a fear of a loss of public order," said John Carey, a professor of government at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and the co-founder of Bright Line Watch, a group monitoring threats to American democracy. "We have a long and proud tradition of military remaining neutral and removed from politics," Carey said. "And this administration, I don't think, is committed to that." WATCH | California to sue Trump administration: California to sue Trump administration over National Guard deployment to L.A. 3 days ago Duration 3:09 California will file a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump over his deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles, the state attorney general said on Monday, arguing that the federal administration did so without authorization from Gov. Gavin Newsom and against the wishes of local law enforcement. Trump accused state leaders of being 'afraid to do anything' about protests over immigration raids that roiled the city over the weekend. According to Kim Lane Scheppele, a Princeton professor studying new autocracies, National Guards are a kind of protection for states against possible federal overreaches. They were created based on the Second Amendment, guaranteeing each state's right to a militia. Their troops are roughly equivalent in number to federally-operated military units, such as the Marine Corps — 700 of which were also deployed to L.A. — Scheppele explained. "You don't want it to turn into civil war … but at least you'd have kind of evenly matched sides. It would allow the governors to be able to say no [to federal overreach], backed by a kind of military force," the professor said. At issue is whether Title 10 of the U.S. Code — the legal mechanism Trump used to deploy the Guard — requires the president to consult with a state governor before federalizing their troops and whether the governor can refuse.
Bloomberg
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Federal Agents Got Out of Hand: Becerra on LA Protests
Xavier Becerra, Gubernatorial Candidate (D) California and former California Attorney General, weighs in on the Los Angeles protests, Governor Newsom suing the Trump Administration, and his reaction to the President deploying the National Guard and Marines into the city. He also talks about HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s decision to remove all 17 members of the CDC vaccine advisory panel. Becerra speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on the late edition of Bloomberg's "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
