The Day Legal Battles Blocked Trump's Guard Deployments

At least 200 federalized California National Guard members were ordered to be deployed to Oregon overnight into Sunday, officials there said.

About 200 members of the California National Guard from Los Angeles were reassigned to Portland, according to the Pentagon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took credit for an emerging agreement, but it was clear that President Trump was calling the shots.

A federal judge late Sunday night blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including hundreds of out-of-state soldiers.

A federal judge barred Trump from deploying National Guard troops to Oregon after the California Guard was sent to the state Sunday.

The ruling came after a legal whirlwind that began hours earlier when the president sent California troops to Portland.

About 200 members of the California National Guard from Los Angeles were reassigned to Portland, according to the Pentagon.

Several discussions and votes over the course of last week failed to produce a government funding deal that both sides could support.

The term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.

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Many Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month events across America were canceled due to fears of ICE. San Francisco's lowrider parade rolled on.

The event will coincide with celebrations marking 250 years since the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

The term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.

The more the president puts the prime minister in his place, the more likely it is that the Gaza war will end.

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This Supreme Court term will test Trump's power. Also on the agenda, hot-button issues, such as conversion therapy and rules for transgender athletes.

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not take up a bid by Ghislaine Maxwell to overturn her 2021 conviction for sex trafficking.

Ghislaine Maxwell appealed her sex trafficking conviction while simultaneously seeking help from President Donald Trump.

First Washington, then the nation?

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is challenging House Speaker Mike Johnson to a prime-time debate on the government shutdown and what he calls “the Republican health care crisis.”

They can’t (or won’t) do it.

The 2025 government shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday with no signs of an imminent resolution. Follow live updates here.

The threat came as Illinois and Chicago filed a lawsuit against Trump’s plans, hours after a judge temporary blocked troops in Oregon.

Illinois argues the federal government is overreaching.

Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez is now facing felony charges as prosecutors upgraded the accusation against him Monday following his alleged fight with a 69-year-old grease truck driver.

Sanctuary city Chicago has reportedly ordered its police force to refuse calls for help from ICE agents who are under siege by violent protesters.

Mark Sanchez now faces upgraded felony charges after initially being rushed to the hospital in a critical condition following the incident.

The MAGA chief tried to blast the former president at the U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary celebration in Norfolk, Virginia.

Illinois and Chicago have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop President Donald Trump’s administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago.

Immigration arrests have declined and jail overcrowding is worse despite billions in new funds.

CBS' parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

House Speaker Mike Johnson spent the sixth day of the government shutdown laying out his case for blaming Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer for a funding impasse that has no end in sight.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said at a press conference on Monday that Senate Democrats must take the next step to end the ongoing partial government shutdown because "the House has done its job." [Full Story]

Illinois filed a lawsuit Monday to try to head off President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE protests near Chicago, saying he’s using a “flimsy” pretext to militarize law enforcement.

The failed Mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, juiced his hate rhetoric against President Trump and his supporters on Monday with the false claim that they want “a rematch of the Civil War.”

As President Trump cancels projects in Democratic-run states, he is cutting money that benefits his own party’s lawmakers in competitive House districts.

5 questions about Trump’s Gaza plan.

The government shutdown stretched into its sixth day on Monday with no signs of an imminent resolution. Follow live updates here.

The lines between local, state, and federal law enforcement and the military have blurred.

Illinois sued the Trump administration as Texas National Guard troops headed to Chicago. A day earlier, a federal judge blocked deployments to Portland, Ore.

A new poll found that more Americans blame President Donald Trump and Republicans for the federal government shutdown than Democrats.

The announcement follows the president’s imposition of 25 percent tariffs on just heavy duty trucks late last month, citing national security concerns.

The grease truck driver who stabbed Mark Sanchez is suing the ex-Jets quarterback, saying he was left permanently disfigured by the alleged attack.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs has asked for a pardon after his conviction for sex crimes, President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday, Oct. 6.

The government shutdown stretched into its sixth day on Monday with no signs of an imminent resolution. Follow live updates here.

Former NFL quarterback and Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez is facing a felony battery charge following a violent altercation in downtown Indianapolis that left him hospitalized.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Jonson has written an executive order to create “ICE-Free Zones” to impede the actions of federal law enforcement.

The government shutdown stretched into its sixth day on Monday with no signs of an imminent resolution. Follow live updates here.

Illinois asked a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending Guard members from other states, but the judge declined to do so, for now.

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The government shutdown is approaching a full week and lawmakers don't seem any closer to a funding deal.

The tariffs will affect medium and large vehicles ranging from delivery trucks and shuttles to semi-trucks and heavy-duty vocational vehicles.

A series of discussions and votes over the past week have failed to produce a government funding deal that both sides support.

President Trump, on day six of the government shutdown, briefly broke with congressional GOP leaders and said he was negotiating with Democrats on health care.

President Donald Trump cracked the door slightly to negotiations with Democrats on the health care subsidies they’ve made central to the shutdown fight, then abruptly closed it Monday, leaving the two sides once again at a seemingly intractable impasse.

The Senate has tried five times to pass a bill to end the government shutdown. Here's how your state's senators voted.

It is not the first time the president has threatened to use a centuries-old law to bypass the courts and the states.

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

President Trump, on day six of the government shutdown, briefly broke with congressional GOP leaders and said he was negotiating with Democrats on health care.

Illinois officials made a bid for sanctuary supremacy Monday with Chicago’s mayor signing an executive order declaring city property to be “ICE-free zones,” and the city and state suing to block President Trump from sending in the National Guard to quell anti-ICE protests.

Nearly ten Republican senators and a representative had their private communications allegedly tracked by former Special Counsel Jack Smith under the Biden administration, FBI Director Kash Patel revealed Monday.

President Donald Trump called on Democrat Virginia attorney general nominee Jay Jones to withdraw from the race after the release of leaked text messages in which Jones made violent remarks about former GOP House Speaker Todd Gilbert, his wife, and children.

President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy the military on U.S. soil is sparking conflict with blue state governors that is playing out in the courts.

The Hollywood Burbank Airport’s air traffic control tower is temporarily unmanned and flights are delayed Monday afternoon due to staffing shortages amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to the FAA

The aging president has gotten hooked on the “power drug,” his former communications director told The Daily Beast Podcast.

Hollywood Burbank Airport’s air traffic control tower is temporarily unmanned and flights have been delayed and canceled due to staffing shortages amid the government shutdown.