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-Female military recruits surge across all service branches
-Climate group scrubs judges’ names from website after unearthed chats unmasked cozy ties
-DC paid protester requests surge 400% amid Trump’s federal takeover of city police: crowd company
The federal government argued before a California judge — the brother of a retired Supreme Court justice — that President Donald Trump acted within his legal authority by deploying the National Guard and Marines to quell immigration riots in Los Angeles earlier this year.
Judge Charles Breyer – sibling of President Bill Clinton-appointed Justice Stephen Breyer – heard testimony in the case brought by the Newsom administration over whether the federal government violated federal law in its use of the military on domestic soil and/or the 10th Amendment.
The case is expected to test the limits of a president’s power as commander in chief, as the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act — born out of Reconstruction — requires either an act of Congress or constitutional authorization to use the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement…READ MORE.
NUMBERS IN DOUBT: Trump’s pick to lead labor stats agency could pause monthly jobs report over accuracy concerns
BOOTS ON STANDBY: Pentagon drawing up quick reaction force of National Guard ready to quell civil unrest at any moment: report
DOGE VICTORY: DOGE lands big legal win as appeals court strikes down preliminary injunction
‘UNFORTUNATE’: White House criticizes judge’s decision not to unseal Epstein associate grand jury testimony
CAMPUS CRACKDOWN: Trump admin rips George Washington University in DC as ‘deliberately indifferent’ to antisemitism
MONEY PIT: Trump blasts ‘Too Late’ Powell again, threatens lawsuit over Fed’s $3B HQ renovations
‘AWFUL LOT WRONG’: Unearthed emails reveal how White House nixed Biden visiting ship because of ‘how many steps were involved’
DICTATOR’S REIGN: Venezuela human rights hit new low as US puts $50M bounty on Maduro’s head: State Department
NEW FINDINGS: State Department report condemns South Africa over ‘extrajudicial killings’ in annual Human Rights report
‘STUPID BEHAVIOR’: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene explains why she’s ‘extremely frustrated’ with DC lawmakers
TIDE TURNS: Senate Democrats show shift on Israel as Sanders-backed arms blockade gains traction
RED STATE REBELLION: Bernie Sanders brings ‘Fighting Oligarchy Tour’ to Trump strongholds across deep-red West Virginia
FLORIDA’S ‘CHUCK NORRIS’: DeSantis picks ‘the Chuck Norris of Florida politics’ as new top deputy
PARTISAN PLAYBOOK: Dems suggest GOP redistricting has forced them to play partisan politics, Republicans argue nothing’s changed
RUNAWAY REBELLION: Texas Republicans seek to ‘domesticate’ rogue Dems for breaking quorum
‘VERY CONCERNED’: Minneapolis Democratic socialist Omar Fateh vows to protect ‘undocumented’ residents from Trump
LIVING ‘RENT-FREE’: Mamdani zings Cuomo in rent-stabilized housing spat during anti-Trump tour stop
‘WORST OF THE WORST’: ICE Houston arrests more than 350 gang members — and it’s not just MS-13
DC VIOLENCE: Man in DC shot and killed hours after Trump federalizes city’s police department
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