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Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force for Marines in Los Angeles as governor slams 'dictatorial' Trump

(The Independent) The Pentagon is scrambling to decide clear rules for how the 700 U.S. Marines being deployed to Los Angeles by the Trump administration may use force against protesters. The Marines will be armed with service weapons and be authorized to act in self-defense, according to internal documents and interviews with nine anonymous U.S. officials by The Associated Press.

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DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter

(SF Chronicle) One day before the Trump administration deployed U.S. Marines to confront protesters in Los Angeles, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to direct the military to detain or arrest “lawbreakers,” a move one expert called “a grave escalation.” A letter sent Sunday from Noem to Hegseth, obtained by the Chronicle, requested that the Pentagon give “Direction to DoD forces to either detain, just as they would at any federal facility guarded by military, lawbreakers under Title 18 until they can be arrested and processed by federal law enforcement, or arrest them.”

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'Wildly underprepared': National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos

(SF Chronicle) President Donald Trump’s rush to deploy California National Guard troops to Los Angeles has left dozens of soldiers without adequate sleeping arrangements, forced to pack together in one or more federal buildings, resting on the floors of what appear to be basements or loading docks, the Chronicle has learned. The troops — whose makeshift quarters are shown in photographs exclusively obtained by the Chronicle — arrived without federal funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging, said the source, who was granted confidentiality under Chronicle policies. This person said state officials and the California National Guard were not to blame.

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Trump's protest suppression tactic backfires as 'No Kings' events mushroom after L.A. confrontations

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Republicans look for reset on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

(The Hill) Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is looking for a reset and to build momentum on President Trump’s big, beautiful bill after it struggled through a tough week on Capitol Hill. Trump’s July 4 deadline for signing the bill is slipping away as GOP senators battle one another over spending cuts and other issues in the House-passed bill. But Thune wants to get the legislation back on track by convening small working groups to hash out key components of the bill, according to Republicans familiar with his plan.

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'Big name' Musk allies may soon get shown the door amid bitter spat

(Raw Story) Now that tech billionaire Elon Musk has fallen out with President Donald Trump, his ongoing allies still working within the White House could be prime targets, Semafor reported on Monday evening. "MAGA loyalists are taking advantage of the Trump-Musk rift to threaten the standing of anyone in the administration who’s perceived as too close to the Tesla CEO," reported Shelby Talcott and Eleanor Mueller. The man spearheading this effort is Steve Bannon.

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Trump administration urges court not to dismiss case against Wisconsin judge

(WTMJ-TV) The Trump administration argued Monday that charges should not be dropped against a Wisconsin judge who was indicted for allegedly helping a man who is in the country evade U.S. immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse. Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice urged a federal judge to reject a motion filed by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan seeking to dismiss the charges against her, saying doing so would be “unprecedented" and allow judges to be above the law.

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ActBlue says GOP investigation might be a partisan violation of the Constitution

(Politico) ActBlue is fighting back against a House Republican investigation into its workings, saying the probe appears to have become an unconstitutional abuse of power to help the White House. The Democratic online fundraising platform said Monday in a letter obtained by POLITICO that it was reevaluating whether to cooperate with the ongoing congressional investigation into fraud on its platform in light of President Donald Trump’s executive action to investigate potential foreign contributions on ActBlue and House Republicans’ public statements supporting the White House.

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Some visitors report extra scrutiny at US airports as Trump's new travel ban begins

(AP) President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from a dozen countries took effect Monday with relative calm, as some travelers with valid visas reported extra scrutiny at American airports before being allowed entry. The ban targeting mainly African and Middle Eastern countries kicked in amid rising tension over the president’s escalating campaign of immigration enforcement.

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Pete Hegseth's Hateful War Against Harvey Milk

(TPM) To Hegseth, Milk is an obvious target in the Trump administration’s homophobic crusade. It is part of a broader effort to reverse decades of progress toward equality and human rights. Trump and his MAGA followers want to eliminate recognition of people and movements who fought discrimination against women, people of color, and LGBTQ Americans, including those who served in the military.

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