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Experts say verdict gives Trump officials scope to crack down on leftwing views using spurious ‘terrorism’ label The conviction in Texas of nine activists on terrorism and other charges earlier this month sets an alarming precedent: the Trump administration can crack down on leftwing groups and label them “domestic terrorists”. The case was widely seen … Read more

Large crowds protested against the Trump administration at more than 3,000 No Kings events across the US, as well as in more than a dozen countries, on Saturday, according to a coalition of organisers that includes ‘anti-authoritarian’ groups Indivisible and 50501, labour unions and other grassroots organisations Third No Kings protest draws millions from across … Read more

The statue isn’t about preserving history – it’s about asserting the power to rewrite it The Trump administration recently took a position on a man with a documented record of genocide and enslavement. “In this White House,” a spokesman announced last week, following the installation of a statue on the grounds of the Eisenhower Executive … Read more

The 99-year-old Echo Park favorite is being bulldozed for apartments – Angelenos are losing a slice of city history I was not hungry when I arrived at Taix on Thursday night, Los Angeles’s venerable, soon-to-close French restaurant and de facto museum of a long-gone era of fine dining. I’m rarely hungry when I go to … Read more

Thousands of American troops are arriving in the Middle East ahead of a potential ground invasion of Iran. Meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with NBC News, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran to help it target United States forces in the Middle East. NBC’s Raf Sanchez reports for Sunday TODAY.

Millions hit the streets across the country on Saturday protesting President Donald Trump and his policies over the war in Iran and immigration enforcement. Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a unanimously passed bill that would have funded the TSA, FEMA and cybersecurity programs as the partial government shutdown fuels airport chaos. … Read more

Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist to discuss how the conflict in Iran may come to an end with President Donald Trump saying he wants to wrap the war in four to six weeks.

The present mess has roots in two entangled, defining White House projects: DOGE and the mind-bending expansion of ICE.

The Supreme Court is poised to answer a fundamental constitutional question largely ignored for more than a century: Who qualifies as an American citizen? The justices on Wednesday will hold oral arguments to review President Donald Trump’s efforts to limit birthright citizenship in the U.S., a landmark case with the potential to upend the lives of … Read more

Sara Ziff, founder of Model Alliance, said business leaders need to be hauled before House oversight committee A top modeling industry activist has called for business leaders to be hauled before lawmakers in Washington to investigate what role modeling agencies may have played in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal. Sara Ziff is founder of … Read more