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Trump sent National Guard troops to California amid days of protesting federal immigration raids. Here's what's usual, and ...

If you want to radicalize a population, there is no faster way than to use disproportionate force against civilians.

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President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in response to protests in Los Angeles this weekend was the first ...

Los Angeles was on fire. Dozens of people were killed, more than 1,500 people were injured and property damages were estimated to be about $500 million, as protests spread throughout the city after a ...

President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guards troops to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles, ...

His administration’s attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamentally about rewriting US history and covering up ...

Donald Trump has ordered more forces into LA even as California’s governor calls the moves illegal and immoral. Are they?

There's a pressure in the air thicker than smog, a national fear winding through our streets, and its name is Donald Trump,' ...

Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard was a historic moment — 60 years ago, another president did the same thing for a very different reason.