President Trump orders National Guard to LA after clashes over immigration raids | BBC News

BBC News Jun 8, 2025 US President Donald Trump has ordered 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles to deal with unrest over raids on undocumented migrants. Tear gas was used to disperse crowds as residents of the predominantly hispanic Paramount district clashed with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. As… Continue reading

‘Dangerous Power Grab’ as Supreme Court Sides With DOGE on Social Security Data

A demonstrator expresses concerns over the sharing of private personal data by DOGE, at a “Hands Off!” protest against the Trump administration on April 5, 2025 in Riverside, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) “This action by six far-right justices is an affront to every principle of government transparency and… Continue reading

Freedom Flotilla Sets Sail for Gaza Carrying Aid and Demands: ‘End the Blockade. End the Genocide’

Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg speaks surrounded by other participants in the latest Freedom Flotilla Coalition effort to deliver shipborne aid to Gaza, during a June 1, 2025 press conference in Catania, Italy.  (Photo: Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images) “No matter how dangerous this mission is, it’s nowhere near as dangerous as… Continue reading

‘This Is What Fascism Looks Like’: Beloved Labor Leader David Huerta Arrested

‘This Is What Fascism Looks Like’: Beloved Labor Leader David Huerta Arrested

SEIU California president David Huerta is pushed by a federal agent just before falling over backward and then being arrested during an immigration enforcement raid in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, June 6, 2025.  (Image: via U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli) “This is about something much bigger,” said the president of… Continue reading

Carbon dioxide levels usually peak in May, but 2025’s reading was like no other

DINAH VOYLES PULVER   USA TODAY (eu.usatoday.com) Video: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/04/30/how-president-trump-impacted-climate-change-policy-so-far/83272613007/ Video: https://uw-media.usatoday.com/embed/video/83272613007?placement=snow-embed An observatory high on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano that measures carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reported its highest ever seasonal peak concentration of the greenhouse gas. For the first time, the May average exceeded 430 parts per million, reported scientists… Continue reading