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Trial starts over Trump's deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles during protests
A deputy commanding general testified on Monday that military forces called in to help with immigration raids in Los Angeles were allowed to take some police actions despite a federal law that prohibits the president from using the military as a domestic police force. Advertisement Major General Scott Sherman said military tapped to help with domestic operations can protect federal property and federal agents in their mission of carrying out federal operations. He said they could take certain police actions, such as setting up a security perimeter outside federal facilities, if a commander on the ground felt unsafe. Sherman testified at the start of a three-day trial over whether US President Donald Trump's administration violated the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed National Guard soldiers and US Marines to Los Angeles following June protests over immigration raids. On Monday, Trump said he was deploying the National Guard across Washington and taking over the city's police department in the hopes of reducing crime, even as the mayor has noted that crime is falling in the nation's capital. Advertisement The trial in San Francisco could set a precedent for how Trump can deploy the guard in the future in California or other states.
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Trump deploys National Guard in DC Police takeover
Trump deploys National Guard in DC Police takeover Donald Trump says he needed to send troops to Washington DC to "rescue" the US capital, and signals other cities may follow. Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department. Trump's move, which bypassed the city's elected leaders, was emblematic of his second-term approach, which has seen him wield executive authority in ways with little precedent in modern US history and in defiance of political norms. The president cast his actions as necessary to "rescue" Washington from a purported wave of lawlessness. Statistics show that violent crime shot up in 2023 but has been rapidly declining since. "Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals," Trump told a news conference at the White House. It is the second time this summer that the Republican president has deployed troops to a Democratically governed city. A federal trial began on Monday in San Francisco on whether Trump violated US law by deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June without the approval of California Governor Gavin Newsom. And Trump signaled that other major US cities with Democratic leadership could be next, including Chicago, a city that has long been beset by violent crime, although it was down significantly in the first half of the year. "If we need to, we're going to do the same thing in Chicago, which is a disaster," Trump said at the White House, adding, "Hopefully L.A. is watching." During Trump's election campaign his law and order platform often had racial undertones. He singled out majority Democratic cities like Baltimore, Chicago and Washington – all cities with large Black populations – when he spoke about rampant crime in urban areas. Hundreds of officers and agents from more than a dozen federal agencies have fanned out across Washington in recent days. Attorney General Pam Bondi will oversee the police force, Trump said. The US Army said the National Guard troops would carry out a number of tasks, including "administrative, logistics and physical presence in support of law enforcement." Between 100 and 200 of the troops would be supporting law enforcement at any given time. The Democratic mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, has pushed back on Trump's claims of unchecked violence, noting that violent crime hit its lowest level in more than three decades last year. Violent crime, including murders, soared in 2023, turning Washington into one of the nation's deadliest cities. However, violent crime dropped 35 percent in 2024, according to federal data, and it has fallen an additional 26 percent in the first seven months of 2025, according to city police. Bowser struck a diplomatic tone at a news conference, saying she and other members of her administration would work with the federal government, even as she again rejected Trump's claim of widespread crime. (Reuters)
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Trump extends China tariffs truce for 90 days: reports
Trump extends China tariffs truce for 90 days: reports Multiple reports from the US say Donald Trump has signed an executive order pushing back higher tariff rates for another 90 days. File photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump has reportedly signed an order delaying the reimposition of higher tariffs on Chinese goods, hours before a trade truce between Washington and Beijing was due to expire. The halt on steeper tariffs will be in place for another 90 days, the Wall Street Journal and CNBC reported, citing Trump administration officials. The White House did not respond to queries on the matter. While the United States and China slapped escalating tariffs on each other's products this year, reaching prohibitive triple-digit levels and snarling trade, both countries in May agreed to temporarily lower them. But their 90-day halt of steeper levies was due to expire on Tuesday. Asked about the deadline earlier, Trump said: "We'll see what happens. They've been dealing quite nicely. The relationship is very good with President Xi (Jinping) and myself." Trump also touted the tariff revenue his country has collected since his return to the White House, saying "we've been dealing very nicely with China." "We hope that the US will work with China to follow the important consensus reached during the phone call between the two heads of state," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in a statement. He added that Beijing also hopes Washington will "strive for positive outcomes on the basis of equality, respect and mutual benefit." The full text of Trump's latest order has yet to be released. The 90-day extension means the truce is set to expire in early November, according to the Wall Street Journal. Even as both countries reached a pact to cool tensions after high level talks in Geneva in May, the de-escalation has been shaky. In June, key economic officials convened in London as disagreements emerged and US officials accused their counterparts of violating the pact. Policymakers met again in Stockholm last month. For now, the extension of a truce means that US tariffs on Chinese goods this year stand at 30 percent. Under their de-escalation, Beijing's corresponding levy on US products stood at 10 percent. Kelly Ann Shaw, a senior White House trade official during Trump's first term and now with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, said she had expected Trump to extend the tariffs truce. "It wouldn't be a Trump-style negotiation if it didn't go right down to the wire," she said. "The whole reason for the 90-day pause in the first place was to lay the groundwork for broader negotiations and there's been a lot of noise about everything from soybeans to export controls to excess capacity over the weekend," she said. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said Washington has the makings of a deal with China and he was "optimistic" about the path forward. Trump had pushed for additional concessions on Sunday, urging China to quadruple its soybean purchases, although analysts questioned the feasibility of any such deal. (Agencies)
