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Firefighters hold back Pickett fire in Napa County amid ‘thermal belt’
Fueled by hot and dry conditions, the Pickett fire in Napa County grew over the weekend, becoming the largest in the region this year as it spurred evacuations while threatening homes and vineyards. The blaze broke out Thursday and was burning north of the town of Calistoga. As of Sunday evening, it had scorched 6,800 acres and was 11% contained,…
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National Guard units start carrying firearms in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that makes good on a directive issued late last week by his defense secretary. A Defense Department official who was not authorized to speak publicly said some units on certain missions would…
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Trump threatens to send the military to Baltimore to ‘clean up’ crime
President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to send the military into Baltimore to “quickly clean up” crime. “But if Wes Moore needs help, like Gavin Newscum did in L.A., I will send in the ‘troops,’ which is being done in nearby DC, and quickly clean up the Crime,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, referring to the Democratic…
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Trump ‘manufactured crisis’ to justify plan to send national guard to Chicago, leading Democrat says | Trump administration
Donald Trump has “manufactured a crisis” to justify the notion of sending federalized national guard troops into Chicago next, over the heads of local leaders, a leading Democrat said on Sunday, as the White House advanced plans to militarize more US cities. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader and a New York Democratic congressman, accused the US president of “playing…
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Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art : NPR
A painting by Rigoberto Gonzalez, titled Refugees Crossing the Border Wall into South Texas, was singled out by the White House in a list of artworks and exhibitions it found objectionable. Rigoberto A. González hide caption toggle caption Rigoberto A. González The official White House newsletter has posted an article titled “President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian.” It calls…
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Illinois leaders speak out on Washington Post report President Donald Trump preparing to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago
CHICAGO (WLS) — Illinois leaders spoke out Saturday after a report claimed President Donald Trump is preparing to deploy federal troops to Chicago soon. Citing a report from The Washington Post, state officials condemned Trump’s proposed expansion of his crime crackdown efforts following his deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. According to The Washington Post, the Pentagon has…
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Truck driver, accused in fatal Florida crash and by Trump administration of being in U.S. illegally, denied bond
A truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida last week was denied bond Saturday. The crash sparked a clash between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over Harjinder Singh, a native of India, obtaining a work permit and driver’s license in the state. The Trump administration says…
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Columbia University student among 5 victims identified in deadly New York tour bus crash
Police identified the five people who were killed in a tour bus crash in western New York on Friday. New York State Police said in a news release on Saturday that Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of Madhu Bani, India; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey; Columbia University student Xie Hongzhuo, 22, of Beijing, China; Zhang Xiaolan, 55 of…
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Judge blocks White House from defunding 34 municipalities over ‘sanctuary’ policies | US immigration
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from cutting off federal funding to 34 “sanctuary cities” and counties that limit cooperation with federal immigration law enforcement, significantly expanding a previous order. The order, issued on Friday by the San Francisco-based US district judge William Orrick, adds Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as Boston, Baltimore, Denver and Albuquerque, to…
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Ghislaine Maxwell interview transcripts released by US justice department
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has told US officials that a much-discussed “client list” does not exist. The Trump administration has faced pressure to disclose information about Epstein, with whom Donald Trump was friendly before. Maxwell was interviewed in July and, according to the released transcript, said she did not witness any inappropriate conduct by…
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