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Protests broke out in June 2025 over sweeping US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the California city.
A law enforcement officer uses a battering ram to force entry into a home during an immigration raid in St Paul, Minnesota. Photo: Reuters
United States

Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment

US Army units from Alaska ordered to prepare for Minnesota surge as governor mobilises National Guard.

United States

Minneapolis on edge as Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act and send troops

Donald Trump

Trump says pulling National Guard from Chicago, LA and Portland, for now

Donald Trump

US Supreme Court blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Chicago

It is a rare setback for the US president at the high court, which has sided with his administration in almost every case.

Texas National Guard members patrol outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview, Illinois, in October. Photo: TNS
United States

US judge says Trump must end National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

The ruling represents the latest legal setback to the US president’s efforts to deploy US troops to Democratic-controlled cities.

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US immigration

US government sued over removal of app that tracks immigration agents

ICEBlock developer alleges free speech violations after Apple removed the popular app following pressure from the Trump administration.

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Gun violence in the US

FBI probes motive in ‘ambush’ shooting of soldiers near White House

The suspect, identified as an Afghan national with no criminal history, was shot and subdued after ambushing a patrol.

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National Guard members are seen after reports of a shooting near the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: AP
US Politics

Judge orders Trump end National Guard deployment in Washington DC

Federal judge rules Trump’s use of troops is likely unlawful, but the White House stands by the deployment.

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United States

Trump’s Portland National Guard deployment faces another setback

A judge extended the block on Trump’s National Guard deployment in Portland for five days, a city the US president called ‘war-ravaged’.

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Trump doubles down on ICE raids: ‘they haven’t gone far enough’

US president defends aggressive ICE efforts, claiming ‘liberal judges’ were holding back deportation efforts.

ICE agents and federal officers detain a migrant as he walks out from a hearing during targeted detainment at a US immigration court in New York City. Photo: Reuters
United States

US appeals court says Trump can deploy National Guard troops in Portland

Court ruling clears the way for the National Guard to protect federal buildings in Oregon’s largest city, despite objections from local and state officials.

Federal agents clash with protesters at an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor, governor as troops move in

US president accuses the Democratic leaders of failing to protect federal agents, escalating the political battle over military deployments in US cities.

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United States

Governor says Trump deploying troops to Chicago due to ‘dementia’, fixations

J.B. Pritzker calls Donald Trump ‘mentally impaired’ as the US president considers invoking the Insurrection Act.

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Donald Trump

Trump’s Insurrection Act threat escalates showdown with Democratic US cities

Troops from the Texas National Guard are gathered outside Chicago, as the US leader seeks to expand the power of the presidency.

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US military personnel in uniform, with the Texas National Guard patch on, are seen in Elwood, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, on Tuesday. Photo: AP
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‘Trump’s invasion’: Illinois sues to halt National Guard deployment to Chicago

US president suggests invoking the Insurrection Act to sidestep any court restrictions to deploying troops to police US cities.

Tear gas rises during a standoff with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal officers in the Little Village neighbourhood of Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
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Trump orders National Guard troops to Portland, but judge blocks it

Judge’s ruling is a temporary setback for the US president, who sought to bypass a court order by sending troops from other states to Oregon.

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Trump to send National Guard to Illinois, as he puts pressure on Chicago

Tensions are flaring between federal agents and protesters over increased activity by ICE officers cracking down on immigrants.

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Trump dines out near White House and says he’ll send troops to another US city

The US president made a surprise visit to a Washington restaurant to showcase his law enforcement crackdown.

US President Donald Trump, flanked by US Vice-President J.D. Vance, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, outside Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab. Photo: AFP
US immigration

US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids

The move allows agents to proceed with Southern California raids targeting people for deportation based on their race or language.

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Trump suggests US troops could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state

The US president has already said he plans to send the National Guard into Chicago and Baltimore.

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Donald Trump

‘We’re going in’: Trump to send National Guard troops to Chicago

The US president has threatened to expand his crackdown on Democrat-led cities, following similar moves in Washington and Los Angeles.

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US President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, in February. Photo: Reuters
US Politics

Trump’s use of National Guard in Los Angeles ruled illegal

The deployment in the city heightened tensions and drew Democratic criticism of Trump’s military use against immigration opposition.

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California National Guard members are positioned at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles in June. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | Western democracies are facing their greatest test – and it’s not AI

The challenge for the West is not just to regulate AI or manage elections, but to prove democracy can generate prosperity, security and hope.

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Chicago mayor defies Trump’s immigration crackdown plan for the city

Johnson told city departments to guard the constitutional rights of Chicago residents amid the ‘possibility of National Guard deployment’.

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Israel-Gaza war

Thousands protest against Israeli siege of Gaza near Venice Film Festival

Demonstrators said the film industry should use its public platform at Venice to focus attention on the war in Gaza.

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Demonstrators hold placards that read “On the red carpet lets sow peace” and “Free Palestine, peace has no borders” during a march in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza, during the Venice Film Festival in Italy on Saturday. Photo: Invision/AP
Donald Trump

Trump suggests Americans ‘like a dictator’ as he clamps down on Washington

Trump complained that he was not getting credit for his National Guard-backed crackdown on crime and immigration in the US capital.

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Soldier patrol outside the National Guard’s headquarters at the DC Armoury near the Washington Monument on Monday. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
Donald Trump

Trump expands cities targeted for possible military deployment to Baltimore

Trump made the threat in a row with Maryland’s governor, who has criticised Trump’s flex of power aimed at combating crime in Washington.

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Trump sent US troops into Washington. Now they’re being given guns. Why?

The Pentagon previously said guard members would not carry firearms – it did not offer any reason for the change.

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