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The Trump administration's immigration raids in the California city prompted mostly peaceful protests, which escalated when the president sent in the national guard - and then the US marinesAfter a series of immigration raids across the city of Los Angeles on Friday inspired mostly peaceful protests involving a few hundred people, the situation escalated on Saturday when the US president, Donald Trump, took the unprecedented step of mobilizing the national guard - the country's military reserve units - claiming the demonstrations amounted to rebellion" against the authority of the US government. The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, called the decision purposefully inflammatory". Here's a look at what actually happened on the streets.Most of the events took place in downtown Los Angeles, in a fairly localized area. The vast majority of the gigantic metropolis was not affected. Continue reading...

State department to take control of US foreign assistance programs in mass restructuring by 30 SeptemberThe Trump administration will eliminate all USAID (United States Agency for International Development) overseas positions worldwide by 30 September in a dramatic restructuring of remaining US foreign aid operations.In a Tuesday state department cable obtained by the Guardian, secretary of state Marco Rubio ordered the abolishment of the agency's entire international workforce, transferring control of foreign assistance programs directly to the state department. Continue reading...

Health officials, scientists and vaccine researchers sound alarm after health secretary fires 17 advisory membersRobert F Kennedy's clean sweep" of a critical vaccine advisory panel spread shock and dismay among health experts, as many warned the health secretary's decision would erode trust in the US vaccine approval system.The secretary fired all 17 members of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) advisory committee for immunization practices (ACIP) - a group of scientific experts who recommend how vaccines should be administered and distributed. Continue reading...

Mark Ruffalo, Kehlani, Pedro Pascal and Doechii among figures reacting to president's mobilisation of militaryCelebrities have reacted to the ongoing tension in Los Angeles, calling out Ice officials and praising those protesting against them.After a series of crackdowns targeting immigrant communities in the city, tensions reached fever pitch over the weekend with thousands of community members taking to the streets. Donald Trump has since mobilised marines and national guard members in a move that has further enraged locals. Continue reading...

The Tesla boss wields power no one person should have. But there's a way to fix the problemAs the world watches Donald Trump and Elon Musk publicly fight over the sweeping legislation moving through Congress, we should not let the drama distract us. There is something deeper afoot: unprecedented wealth concentration - and the unbridled power that comes with such wealth - has distorted our democracy and is driving societal and economic tensions.Musk, the world's richest man, wields power no one person should have. He has used this power to elect candidates that will enact policies to protect his interests and he even bought his way into government. While at the helm of Doge, Musk dramatically reshaped the government in ways that benefit him - for instance, slashing regulatory agencies investigating his businesses - and hollowed out spending to make way for tax cuts that would enrich him.Gabriel Zucman is professor of economics at the University of California Berkeley and the Paris School of Economics Continue reading...

Trump tried to force out Kim Sajet, calling her highly partisan and a strong supporter of' of diversity initiativesThe Smithsonian Institution has rebuffed Donald Trump's attempt to fire the director of its National Portrait Gallery, with the museum's governing board asserting its independence in a direct challenge to the president.In a statement issued after an emergency meeting Monday, the Smithsonian's board of regents declared that all personnel decisions are made by and subject to the direction of the secretary, with oversight by the board" - turning away Trump's claim of authority over the institution's staffing. Continue reading...

One man told his parents he thought he signed for a Covid test but feared he had accidentally consented to deportationSome Angelenos rounded up by federal immigration agents have already been deported, according to a new report, as a fuller picture emerges of the immigrants arrested during raids in Los Angeles that have triggered a wave of protests there and in other cities across the US.The Trump administration has not released a count - but the parents of a 23-year-old member of Mexico's Indigenous Zapotec community told the Washington Post they had received a phone call from their son telling them he had been dropped off at the US-Mexico border and told to cross over. Continue reading...

US president's son posted photo mocking the current unrest' in LA by referring to Rooftop Korean' from 1992 riotsAn association of Korean Americans in Los Angeles has criticised Donald Trump Jr, the son of the US president, for reckless" comments on social media and urged him not to exploit a riot that devastated their community 33 years ago.The Korean American Federation of Los Angeles also said an operation by the US administration to round up suspected undocumented immigrants lacked due legal procedures". Continue reading...

California judge says government can't force recipients to halt programs that promote diversityA federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders in grant funding requirements that LGBTQ+ organizations say are unconstitutional.Jon Tigar, a US district judge, said on Monday that the federal government cannot force recipients to halt programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) or acknowledge the existence of transgender people in order to receive grant funding. The order will remain in effect while the legal case continues, although government lawyers will probably appeal. Continue reading...

California leaders condemn authoritarian' moves by US president as protests over immigration raids continue. Plus, is Mark Zuckerberg's dream world a no-go area for women?

Mark Green had announced he would not run in 2024 and then changed his mind when Republicans urged him to stayMark Green, the Republican chair of the US House's homeland security committee, announced on Monday that he will retire from Congress once the House votes again on the sprawling tax and budget policy bill backed by Donald Trump.In a statement, Green said he was offered a private sector opportunity that was too exciting to pass up", so the Tennessee representative informed Mike Johnson, the House speaker, on Monday of his retirement plans. The move comes more than a year after Green announced he would not run again in 2024, but changed his mind when fellow Republicans implored him to stick around. Continue reading...

Many were put off by sky-high prices for the month-long tournament but some found themselves unwilling to miss itThe Club World Cup, it is fair to say, has not captured the imaginations of domestic Manchester City and Chelsea supporters. Very few are talking about the tournament and, it appears, only true diehards will make the trip to the USA for the month-long end-of-season endurance test.Fifa slashed the prices of match tickets after poor uptake from fans and the UK broadcaster showing the tournament will be Channel 5, the home of World Seniors Snooker. Meanwhile, many, if indeed not most, players taking part are not overly enamoured by the prospect of losing five weeks of time off to recover from another gruelling campaign. Continue reading...

The continued fallout from Christian Pulisic's decision not to join the USMNT this summer has exposed the incestuousness of elite soccer in the United StatesThe United States men's national team need a number of things. Some wins, after losing three straight games from March's Concacaf Nations League through Saturday's 2-1 loss to Turkey. A bit of momentum or indeed excitement for next year's World Cup on home soil. A clear identity, or at least a rediscovery of the kind of grit that once made this team competitive. A goalscorer.The one thing the Americans do not need is another episode of parent-driven drama. But that's what they have.Leander Schaerlaeckens is at work on a book about the United States men's national soccer team, out in 2026. He teaches at Marist University. Continue reading...

Harvard, Columbia and other higher education institutes are facing funding cuts over their policies, but reform may not be the administration's goalIn 2018, a teaching hospital at Harvard took down 30 portraits of distinguished doctors and researchers affiliated with the hospital. The portraits reinforced a perception that white men are in charge", a professor of medicine told the Boston Globe, and were relegated to less prominent areas of the hospital. Some students and faculty welcomed the decision, or were indifferent.Others were disconcerted. They saw the portraits' removal as the impulsive reflex of a university whose political atmosphere, already liberal leaning, seemed to continually lurch further left. Continue reading...

Killings scheduled in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina despite concern over states' methodsFour executions are scheduled across the US this week, marking a sharp increase in killings as Donald Trump has pushed to revive the death penalty despite growing concerns about states' methods.Executions are set to take place in Alabama, Florida and South Carolina. A fourth, scheduled in Oklahoma, has been temporarily blocked by a judge, but the state's attorney general is challenging the ruling. Continue reading...

A new book chronicles the golfer's journey to completing a career grand slam, as well as the roots in Northern Ireland that helped define himTimothy Gay excitedly describes the Sunday in April when Rory McIlroy finally won the Masters, completing a long-awaited career grand slam.Gay recalls the incredible moment when the final putt dropped in. He fell to his knees and began weeping." Continue reading...

California leaders decry mobilization of 700 marines and 4,000 national guard members as tensions escalate

The president is escalating the situation to justify greater force and repression. Now he's talking about sending troops everywhere'Donald Trump was on his way to Camp David for a meeting with military leaders on Sunday when he was asked by reporters about possibly invoking the Insurrection Act, allowing direct military involvement in civilian law enforcement. Demonstrations against Trump's draconian immigration arrests had been growing in Los Angeles, and some of them had turned violent. Trump's answer? We're going to have troops everywhere," he said.I know Trump is a delusional narcissist and an orange-faced windbag", to borrow the words of the Republican senator Rand Paul, and that this president governs using misdirection, evasion, and (especially) exaggeration, but we should still be worried by this prospect he raises of sending troops everywhere".Moustafa Bayoumi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

Travelers reported hastily rearranging their travel plans ahead of the ban taking effectAs the sun rose over Caracas, Yasmin Quintero, a grandmother, was already in line at the city's airport, trying to board the next available flight to Bogota, Colombia.She had originally planned to travel from Medellin to Florida on 12 June to visit her son, a US citizen, and help care for her granddaughter. Continue reading...

The rapper Doechii turned her acceptance speech at the BET awards on Monday night into a powerful call for justice as she criticized the Trump administration's deployment of military forces on protesters in Los Angeles. The Grammy winner used the stage to highlight the immigration raids and protest crackdowns happening just miles from where the ceremony took place in Los Angeles. After being named best female hip-hop artist - her first-ever BET award - Doechii shifted the spotlight to the issues unfolding outside the venue, saying: 'There are ruthless attacks that are creating fear and chaos in our communities in the name of law and order.'

Peace activist Takamatsu Gushiken, 71, searches for the remains of people who were killed during the Battle of Okinawa, one of the bloodiest chapters in the second world war. As the US seeks to bolster its military presence on the island, due to its close proximity to China, Taiwan and North Korea, we explore the multi-layered tensions that have haunted the people of Okinawa for 80 years Continue reading...

In today's newsletter: A lauded human rights lawyer on the anti-immigration protests in Los Angeles - and just what is at stakeLate last week, Los Angeles was left stunned as droves of federal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers bore down on homes, businesses and neighbourhoods across the city in a series of immigration raids.The anti-ICE protests that followed were swift and furious, fuelled in part by the reported ill-treatment of some of the 118 people thought to have been detained, allegedly without judicial warrants. By Friday evening, thousands had taken to the streets in mostly peaceful protests before violence flared in points around the city, with protesters attacking police cars and blocking highways.Labour | All pensioners with an income of 35,000 or less a year will have the winter fuel payment restored in full, Rachel Reeves has announced, after weeks of uncertainty over the decision to make a U-turn on scrapping the benefit.Northern Ireland | Public disorder broke out in Ballymena in Northern Ireland, with police saying a number of missiles had been thrown towards officers after crowds gathered near the site of an alleged sexual assault in the town.Reform | Nigel Farage has demanded the reopening of domestic coalmines to provide fuel for new blast furnaces, arguing that Welsh people would happily return to mining if the pay was sufficiently high.AI | All civil servants in England and Wales will get practical training in how to use artificial intelligence to speed up their work from this autumn, the Guardian has learned. More than 400,000 civil servants will be informed of the training which is part of a drive to overhaul the civil service.Music | Sly Stone, the American musician who lit up generations of dancefloors with his gloriously funky and often socially conscious songwriting, has died aged 82. With his group Sly and the Family Stone, Stone tied together soul, psychedelic rock and gospel into fervent, uplifting songs, and became one of the key progenitors of the 1970s funk sound. Continue reading...

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An Australian reporter was shot with a rubber bullet while reporting on protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles on Sunday, with the incident caught live on camera. The footage shows an officer taking aim in the direction of Nine News US correspondent Lauren Tomasi and her camera operator and then firing. The Los Angeles police chief, Jim McDonnell, said at a press conference on Monday he was aware members of the media had been likely been hit with crowd-control munitions, saying 'we're very concerned about it and we're looking into that' Continue reading...

'That footage was horrific,' prime minister Anthony Albanese said the day after an Australian journalist was shot by a rubber bullet while covering the LA protests. Albanese said the government had already raised the issue with the Trump administration Continue reading...

Rapper turns BET awards speech into call for justice after White House deployed military forces on demonstratorsThe rapper Doechii turned her acceptance speech at the BET awards on Monday night into a powerful call for justice as she criticized the Trump administration's deployment of military forces on protesters in Los Angeles.The Grammy winner used the stage to highlight the immigration raids and protest crackdowns happening just miles from where the ceremony took place in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

Lawsuit claims administration trampled' on states sovereignty by bypassing governor Gavin Newsom

Donald Trump defended his decision to deploy national guard troops to confront immigration protesters in Los Angeles, criticising California's governor Gavin Newsom. Asked why he didn't consult with Newsom before calling in the national guard, the US president called Newsom 'incompetent', before responding to Newsom's accusation that he wanted a 'civil war on the streets'

Protests showed no signs of stopping, as families of detained immigrants pleaded for their loved ones to be released - key US politics stories from 9 JuneLos Angeles is facing the fourth day of protests as anger has grown in the city about president Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, and his decision to deploy the national guard to quell the protests against it.Protests showed no signs of stopping on Monday, as families of detained immigrants pleaded for their loved ones to be released. Continue reading...

As many demand the release of loved ones, Trump's border czar' admits some were arrested without criminal recordsGabriel says he has not been able to speak to his brother Jacob, since Jacob was arrested in a raid by armed immigration officials and federal agents on the Ambiance Apparel warehouse in the Los Angeles fashion district on Friday.Yurien Contreras doesn't know how her father, Mario Romero, is doing either. Continue reading...

Battalion of active-duty marines sent to LA temporarily' but Trump reportedly not set to invoke Insurrection Act

Cleaners remove graffiti and burned cars after mostly peaceful protests that saw some vandalism and violenceOutside the federal courthouse complex in downtown Los Angeles on Monday morning, two cleaners carrying bins on wheels looked uncertainly at the daunting task in front of them - long walls in several directions covered in spray-painted graffiti after a weekend of vigorous street protest.They donned black plastic gloves and reached for spray bottles and rolls of paper towels, but these seemed hardly adequate even for the black marble plinth bearing the name Edward R Roybal Center and Federal Building" where they began. Indeed, the rest of the official writing on the plinth was illegible, defaced by three separate graffiti reading Fuck Ice" and another saying Dead Cops". Continue reading...

Health secretary says he's getting rid of members sitting on panel of vaccine experts and reconstituting the committeeThe health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, is getting rid of all members sitting on a key US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel of vaccine experts and reconstituting the committee, he said on Monday.Kennedy is retiring and replacing all 17 members of the CDC's advisory committee for immunization practices, he wrote in piece published in the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading...

The tax-deferred investment accounts will track the stock market for children born between 2025 and 2029Donald Trump unveiled a federal program Monday providing $1,000 government-funded investment accounts for American babies, getting big time backing from top business leaders who plan to contribute billions more to an initiative tied to the big beautiful bill".At a White House roundtable with over a dozen CEOs, including from Uber, Goldman Sachs and Dell Technologies, Trump relayed the details of Trump accounts" - tax-deferred investment accounts tracking stock market performance for children born between 2025 and 2029. Continue reading...

Protests in downtown LA turned violent after Ice detained at least 42 people on Friday in a series of raids in areas with prominent Latino populations. Four of those arrested are believed to have been deported to Mexico. Donald Trump deployed the national guard to the California city to crush the protests, which he called a rebellion'. The state of California said it would file a lawsuit against the Trump administration for unlawfully' federalising the national guard

Conservative channel MeritTV says psychologist and TV host was there to get first-hand look at targeted operations'The television personality Dr Phil was embedded with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers as they carried out controversial raids in Los Angeles that led to days of protests in California, his TV network said.Phil, whose full name is Phil McGraw, was with Ice before and after its agents conducted a series of raids on multiple locations across LA on Friday. Immigration advocates said at least 45 people were arrested, and the action was condemned by California's governor and LA's mayor. Continue reading...

Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden write to Maximus Inc, largest private contractor to states outsourcing benefitsTwo Democratic senators are demanding to know how a company that administers government benefits could profit from Republican-led cuts to Medicaid, the public health insurance program for people who are low-income, elderly and disabled.Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden sent the letter to Maximus, Inc on Monday. The company is the largest private contractor to states who seek to outsource their administration of government assistance, including health insurance and food aid. Continue reading...

Exclusive: ex-Doge staffer Justin Fulcher suggested he had evidence of wiretap that would help investigationDays before Pete Hegseth fired three top aides last month over a Pentagon leak investigation into the disclosure of classified materials, according to four people familiar with the episode, a recently hired senior adviser said he could help with the inquiry.The adviser, Justin Fulcher, suggested to Hegseth's then chief of staff, Joe Kasper, and Hegseth's personal lawyer, Tim Parlatore, that he knew of warrantless surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA) that had identified the leakers. Continue reading...

Memo authorising the military to be deployed against anticipated protests is pre-emptive act - a first for the US

Outcry after report that private investigators had been trailing and recording pro-Palestinian protesters for monthsThe University of Michigan has canceled its contract for undercover investigators to surveil pro-Palestininan campus groups, following outcry after a Guardian story revealed the private investigators had been trailing and recording students for months, and published damning video of one investigator's interaction with a student.We recently learned that an employee of one of our security contractors has acted in ways that go against our values and directives," the U-M president, Domenico Grasso, wrote in an email to students and faculty on Sunday night. Going forward, we are terminating all contracts with external vendors to provide plainclothes security on campus." Continue reading...

Ohio State to embed curriculum teaching undergraduates how artificial intelligence can be responsibly applied'Ohio State University has announced that all of its students will be using artificial intelligence later this year, requiring them to become fluent in combining conventional learning with AI.Ohio State has an opportunity and responsibility to prepare students to not just keep up, but lead in this workforce of the future," said the university's president, Walter Ted" Carter Jr. Continue reading...

The sanctuary city has a long history of protecting immigrant communitiesKnow Your Rights" posters, with critical information for interactions with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers, are all over the city of Chicago. Plastered across subways or advertised along local bus routes, the Know Your Rights campaign is a coordinated effort on the part of city officials and local immigration advocacy groups to alert individuals of their rights during interactions with Ice. The posters are evidence of Chicago's activism, long history of protecting its immigrant communities and resistance to attempts by previous administrations to weaken their protections.Now, as Donald Trump continues to roll out unprecedented attacks on immigrants - notably increased detentions and deportations without due process - organizers in the city are stretched thin and scrambling to expand traditional tools used in the fight for immigrant rights to accommodate ballooning needs. Continue reading...

Move comes ahead of Democratic primary for New York City mayor, where support for Israel has become key issueEric Adams, the mayor of New York City, signed an executive order this week adopting a controversial definition of antisemitism, as Israel's invasion of Gaza and alleged antisemitism continued to dominate the city's mayoral election.The mayor signed the order, which requires city agencies to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's description of antisemitism, at a synagogue in Manhattan on Sunday. Adams described antisemitism as a vile disease that's been spreading across our nation and our city". Continue reading...

Members of Congress sought to check on individuals who were detained during immigration raids and protestsDemocratic members of Congress from California and New York say that they were blocked from entering federal detention facilities over the weekend while seeking to inspect conditions and check on individuals detained during immigration raids and related protests.In Los Angeles, the US House members Maxine Waters, Jimmy Gomez and Norma Torres each said that they were denied entry to the Metropolitan federal detention center, outside of which there had been anti-immigration customs enforcement (Ice) protests. Continue reading...

Marjorie Taylor Greene says 2,000 National Guard is not enough' as Democrats warn of path toward tyranny'