Seven Southern California men were charged in connection with what federal prosecutors described Tuesday as the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history. The defendants, all of whom are from the Los Angeles area, allegedly stole roughly $100 million in gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and luxury watches from an armored car in July 2022, according to … Read more
A judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, writing Thursday that the federal government did not have the authority to nationalize California’s National Guard. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the temporary restraining order after an hourlong hearing in a San Francisco federal court. California’s attorney general challenged the deployment, … Read more
At 2 a.m. Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump posted to social media congratulating the work of California’s National Guard in response to immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. In fact, the guards only arrived in the city later that morning, according to several news reports. “Thank you to the National Guard for a job well … Read more
President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has met a groundswell of opposition in Los Angeles, the country’s second-largest city. At least 56 people have been arrested so far in massive protests against the administration’s immigration raids in the city Friday. The demonstrations have spilled over onto one of the region’s largest freeways, and federal authorities are … Read more
California officials planned to file a lawsuit Monday against U.S. President Donald Trump in response to the administration’s extraordinary deployment of the U.S. National Guard to confront people who took to the streets in Los Angeles to protest Trump’s immigration crackdown in the region. Attorney General Rob Bonta said the deployment “trampled” the state’s sovereignty. He … Read more
LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed back against threats of arrest by Trump administration officials, remaining defiant as he oversees clashes between law enforcement agents and protesters in response to immigration raids across Los Angeles while also managing an ongoing power struggle with the federal government. Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, warned Saturday … Read more
California Democrats pushed back after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to respond to anti-immigration raid protests in the Los Angeles area, with Gov. Gavin Newsom arguing that Trump is trying to “manufacture a crisis.” “Trump is sending 2,000 National Guard troops into LA County — not to meet an unmet need, but to … Read more