"WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s high-profile deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers roughly $496 million through the end of December, and continued deployment could cost over $1 billion for the rest of the year, according to new data from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

"President Donald Trump has justified sending National Guard troops into U.S. cities as part of an effort to combat crime and support local law enforcement. Critics of the move argue the deployments undermine state and local authority and exceed the president’s authority under the Constitution."

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https://apnews.com/article/trump-cbo-national-guard-cost-taxpayers-516abeae8f4f0c3cd76dab30c726e0f6

RE: https://mas.to/@markwyner/115527129188459155

Just a week ago @ProPublica nailed it about the truth of Portland. They exposed how propaganda triggered escalation from fascists, claiming that we’re a “war ravaged.”

Now they’ve published receipts that specifically point to FOX’s propaganda (no surprise, of course).

I’m a paid subscriber to ProPublica. I recommend supporting them.

https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage

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Thank you, @ProPublica, for telling the story of our beloved Portland. The fascists always escalate things here. Every time we hit the streets, they attack first.

https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-trump

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Legal Expert Warns Latest Military Move Amid Trump’s Crackdown Is ‘Extremely’ Authoritarian

National Guard troops from Texas have arrived in Illinois this week amid President Donald Trump’s efforts to send…
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October 7, 2025: Attorney General Pam Bondi spars with the Senate Judiciary Committee | CNN Politics

October 7, 2025: Attorney General Pam Bondi spars with the Senate Judiciary Committee

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Jeremy Herb and Casey Gannon, CNN

Updated 2:37 PM EDT, Tue October 7, 2025

What we covered here

• Attorney General Pam Bondi testified for a contentious 4 and a half hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

• Bondi continuously deflected questions from Democrats on controversial issues, including the Jeffery Epstein files, prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey and legal rationale for using the national guard in US cities.

• The hearing comes one day before Comey is set to be arraigned in federal court. His recent indictment by a federal grand jury was an extraordinary escalation in President Donald Trump’s effort to prosecute his political enemies.

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Our live coverage of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing has ended for the day. Click here to read the takeaways. 5 hr 9 min ago

Takeaways from Bondi’s 4 and a half hour Senate hearing

From CNN’s Jeremy Herb, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee today.Alex Wong/Getty Images

Democrats and Republicans repeatedly talked past one another throughout the hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi, pointing fingers across the aisle over who was to blame for weaponizing the Justice Department.

Here are the key takeaways:

• Deflect and attack: Bondi fended off questions on the investigation into accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, National Guard deployments, and investigations into Trump’s political enemies, using quick-one liners to deflect and personal attacks to push back against Democrats.

• Democrats press Bondi on Trump’s influence: Democrats pointed to numerous examples they say show Bondi has failed to keep the Justice Department independent from the whims and wishes of the president.

• Republicans jump on news FBI reviewed senators’ phone records: Several Republican senators pointed to the release of documents the night before Tuesday’s hearing that showed the phone records of eight Republican senators and a House lawmaker were obtained as part of the special counsel’s investigation into Trump and 2020 election interference.

• Bondi and GOP defend going after Comey: Bondi and a former Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee defended the indictment of Comey during Tuesday’s hearing, one day before he’s set to be arraigned on charges that he allegedly lied to Congress in 2020 testimony. Bondi said several times that the Alexandria, Virginia, grand jury that handed up the indictment was a “liberal” one.

Read more.

Editor’s Note: There are a number of blog posts here, and online about Jack Smith. His report is covered. Use this to see the coverage.

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