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National Guard soldiers outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, US, on Sunday, June 8, 2025. The deployment of National Guard troops by President Donald Trump over the weekend, despite the objections of state and city officials, led to growing friction between local leaders and the administration. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Contributor: Federalizing the state National Guard is a chilling push past the law

It is ‘highly questionable’ that there is a basis in law for Trump’s deploying the state National Guard in any capacity in Los Angeles this weekend.

California Highway Patrol officers arrest a protester on the 101 Freeway during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025. The protest erupted after a wave of federal immigration raids began on June 7, with National Guard troops deployed to the city despite objections from local officials. Demonstrators called for an end to deportations and the dismantling of ICE. (Photo by Benjamin Hanson / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN HANSON/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Contributor: California’s long history of National Guard overreaction to peaceful protesters

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 17: (EDITOR’S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images’ editorial policy.) In this handout provided by Greenpeace, Greenpeace activists protest outside the Hilton, Canary Wharf on the opening morning of the annual Deep Sea Mining Summit on April 17, 2024 in London, England. Greenpeace activists protested with an inflatable octopus the height of a double-decker bus outside the Canary Wharf Hilton, London to mark the opening of the 12th annual Deep Sea Mining Summit which is taking place inside. They are calling for an end to deep sea mining which damages the oceans beyond repair, threatening their ability to help fight climate change. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe for Greenpeace via Getty Images)
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Contributor: Donald Trump’s plan for pirate mining

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 18: A San Diego police office drives by unhoused people gathered in an encampment on November 18, 2024 in San Diego, California. The City of San Diego's unsafe camping ordinance bans camping in public near schools, parks, shelters, transit hubs, and public sidewalks if shelter beds are available. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
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Contributor: If state funding vanishes, California’s homelessness crisis will explode

Clinical research nurse Samantha Gatewood gives Gregory Bowman a shot during a vaccine trial for AstraZeneca.
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Contributor: As the feds abdicate responsibilities, states should band together

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Granderson: Voters who don’t vote? This is one way democracy can die, by 20 million cuts

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Contributor: My unsolicited advice for Democrats learning to talk to men

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Contributor: Trump has a gift for identifying America’s problems (and making them worse)

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Calmes: The ‘Trump Doctrine’ revealed

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