L.A. Protests Live Updates: Senator Padilla Forcibly Removed After Confronting Noem

Senator Alex Padilla of California had briefly disrupted a news conference by the homeland security secretary. A federal judge said he would rule soon on California’s request to limit the role of troops in immigration raids.

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This French Senator Has Become Trump’s European Nemesis - The New York Times

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This French Senator Has Become Trump’s European Nemesis

In biting verbal assaults viewed by millions, Claude Malhuret has issued a scathing critique of the American president, bringing a lifetime of experience to bear.

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V WaPo opinion:
'Maybe they really were immigration officers, just as they claimed. Or maybe they were a ragtag vigilante group, arbitrarily snatching brown-looking people off the street.
“It could have been like a band of the Proud Boys or something”

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The secret police descending on Small Town, U.S.A.

Masked immigration officials are storming towns and arresting people.

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RFK Jr announced eight new members to the CDC's vaccine advisory committee, the ACIP. Several days ago he abruptly dismissed the previous 17 ACIP members. This new panel is ... not looking good., no not at all.

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RFK Jr. Announces Eight New Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel

The health secretary promised not to pick “anti-vaxxers.” But some public health leaders accused him of breaking his word.

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The Thrilling Evidence of Jane Austen’s Imagination

Spirited (and gossipy) letters and manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum puncture myths about the writer’s rise to literary fame.

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Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s 12 Essential Songs

The Beach Boys leader, whose death was announced on Wednesday, was a brilliant writer, arranger and producer whose ambitions propelled his band — and contemporaries like the Beatles — into the future.

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Party Politics Is Said to Have Played a Role in Kennedy’s Firing of Vaccine Advisers

The health secretary cited financial conflicts, but a White House official and someone familiar with his thinking said he was also concerned about ties to Democrats.

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V NYTimes op ed:
"Since Donald Trump was elected again, I’ve feared one scenario above all others: that he’d call out the military against people protesting his mass deportations, putting America on the road to martial law."
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Opinion | This Is What Autocracy Looks Like

The president didn’t bother to wait for a crisis to launch an authoritarian crackdown.

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Amid LA Protests, Conspiracy Theories and Fake Images Spread Online

Disinformation spreading on social media platforms has stoked an already tense situation.

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Newsom Says Trump Is Destroying U.S. Democracy in Speech on L.A. Protests

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called on Americans to stand up to President Trump in a nationally televised address.

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