Los Angeles protests: a visual guide to what happened on the streets
After a series of immigration raids across the city of Los Angeles on Friday inspired mostly peaceful protests involving a few hundred people, the situation escalated on Saturday when the US president, Donald Trump, took the unprecedented step of mobilizing the national guard – the country's military reserve units – claiming the demonstrations amounted to 'rebellion' against the authority of the US government. The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, called the decision 'purposefully inflammatory'. Here's a look at what actually happened on the streets.
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US Army to curtail VIP flights around Pentagon after fatal collision
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Army will curtail VIP military helicopter flights around the Pentagon after safety concerns were raised following the January 29 fatal collision of a Black Hawk helicopter with an American Airlines (AAL.O), opens new tab passenger jet near Reagan airport, a senator said on Wednesday. Senator Jerry Moran, a Republican who chairs an aviation subcommittee, told reporters that the Army will limit training missions near Reagan Washington National Airport and limit the number of senior military and defense officials who can use helicopters for transport. The Federal Aviation Administration in early May barred the Army from training or priority transport flights around the Pentagon after a May 1 close call that forced two civilian planes to abort landings. The FAA is currently negotiating a memorandum with the Army to govern future military flights near commercial planes near Reagan, the FAA's acting administrator, Chris Rocheleau, told reporters. "We're working very closely with the Army," Rocheleau said. The FAA, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Army briefed senators on Wednesday on Washington airspace issues. Moran said that before January 29 the Army was ferrying three-star generals and above, but that now only the defense secretary and a limited number of other senior officials will be eligible when the Army resumes flights. "The number of flights, Army flights in that airspace, potential airspace has really been limited, and that's in my view a great development," Moran said. The Army's air "safety protocols are not as stringent as commercial aircraft," he added, saying he wants to see improvements. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy previously criticized the use of helicopters by generals for convenience. "Get a damn Suburban and drive - you don't need to take a helicopter," Duffy said. Another question is whether a key safety system known as ADS-B, or automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, is working on most Army helicopters. Moran said testing shows the system is not working on other military aircraft and ADS-B was not in operation in the helicopter that crashed on January 29. ADS-B is an advanced surveillance technology that transmits an aircraft's location. Civilian aircraft must use it but the FAA in 2019 gave the military an exemption in rare circumstances. The FAA in March mandated its use on flights around Reagan.
Daily Mail
13 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Republicans and Democrats get dirty... but not in their usual fashion as they flex sports skills at annual bipartisan Congressional Baseball Game
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Reuters
14 minutes ago
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Ex-CIA analyst sentenced to over 3 years for leak of classified information
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - A former CIA analyst who pleaded guilty in January over a leak of classified Israeli plans to strike Iran was sentenced to 37 months in prison on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said. In pleading guilty, Asif William Rahman, who had worked at the U.S. intelligence agency since 2016, acknowledged that he illegally downloaded, printed and distributed classified information on multiple occasions, including several in 2024. U.S. ally Israel and its regional rival Iran were in the midst of high tensions at the time and exchanged some blows. Israel at the time was preparing to strike some Iranian sites in retaliation for a ballistic missile attack that the Iranian government said was a response to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's assassination by Israel in Tehran. Rahman had a "Top Secret" security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) until his employment was terminated after his arrest in late 2024. The documents, which entailed plans by Israel to strike Iran, later appeared online after a pro-Iranian Telegram account called "Middle East Spectator" published them. Rahman, 34, is from Vienna, Virginia, and was arrested in Cambodia, according to court records. "Asif Rahman violated his position of trust by illegally accessing, removing, and transmitting Top Secret documents vital to the national security of the United States and its allies," Erik Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said on Wednesday.
