Newsom after judge ruling on national guard in LA: ‘Trump loses again’
California governor Gavin Newsom responded to his state’s federal court win that Trump’s deployment of national guard troops in Los Angeles this summer was illegal.
“DONALD TRUMP LOSES AGAIN” Newsom posted on X. “The courts agree — his militarization of our streets and use of the military against US citizens is ILLEGAL.”
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Amy Coney Barrett defends US abortion ruling in memoir
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Amy Coney Barrett, the conservative supreme court justice whose controversial fast-track confirmation at the end of Donald Trump’s first presidency led directly to the panel’s vote to strike down abortion rights nationally, has expressed in a new memoir her belief that the ruling “respected the choice” of the American people.
Barrett was paid a $2m advance for her book Listening to the Law, according to CNN, which obtained a copy and published brief extracts on Tuesday, a week before its 9 September publication.
“[T]he court’s role is to respect the choices that the people have agreed upon, not to tell them what they should agree to,” Barrett writes, according to CNN. The outlet framed Barrett’s comment as reflecting her belief that her predecessors’ 7-2 vote in Roe v Wade had “usurped the will of the American people”.
Rudy Giuliani’s hospital discharge comes a day after Donald Trump said he will award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Associated Press reported.
The decision places the award on a man once lauded for leading New York after the September 11, 2001, attacks and later sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 US presidential election. Giuliani, the former New York mayor, was also criminally charged in two states; he has denied wrongdoing.
Trump on his Truth Social platform called Giuliani the “greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot”.
Rudy Giuliani has been discharged from the hospital and is “progressing well” following a car collision in New Hampshire on Saturday, his spokesperson Ted Goodman said.
“The mayor would like to thank the New Hampshire State Police, paramedics, Elliot Hospital, and all the physicians and nurses who provided incredible care” Goodman added.
Newsom after judge ruling on national guard in LA: ‘Trump loses again’
California governor Gavin Newsom responded to his state’s federal court win that Trump’s deployment of national guard troops in Los Angeles this summer was illegal.
“DONALD TRUMP LOSES AGAIN” Newsom posted on X. “The courts agree — his militarization of our streets and use of the military against US citizens is ILLEGAL.”
Trump plans to move Space Command headquarters to Alabama from Colorado, sources tell Reuters
According to Reuters, the Trump administration is planning to announce that it will relocate the headquarters of US Space Command from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama, sources familiar with the deliberations told the outlet.
The decision is a reversal of the Biden administration’s choice in 2023, when Colorado Springs was selected as the permanent home for the military’s newest combatant command after an extensive review process.
Space Command currently operates from Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs on an interim basis, where it has been headquartered since its reestablishment under Trump in 2019.
A live streaming link ahead of the 2pm ET Trump announcement posted by the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS), the US military’s official media distribution arm, describes the event as a “US Space Command HQ Announcement”.
Trump illegally deployed national guard during LA immigration protests, judge rules
A Washington judge has found that Trump illegally deployed National Guard troops during immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles this summer.
Judge Charles Breyer ruled that sending military personnel alongside immigration agents violated the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars the armed forces from domestic law enforcement. California brought the legal challenge against the federal government.
The Trump administration argued the troops were only protecting federal officers, not conducting arrests themselves. The judge did not order the remaining military personnel to be withdrawn.
Nadler is one of the most influential House Democrats in office, and represents a high-profile Manhattan district steeped in prominent fundraising and media attention.
A member of the progressive caucus, the 78-year-old built a reputation as a reliable voice on issues like abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and government accountability.
Unlike Democratic party leaders and New Yorkers Hakeem Jeffries and senator Chuck Schumer, Nadler endorsed Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani ahead of the general election.
Democratic representative Jerry Nadler won’t seek re-election
New York representative Jerry Nadler officially announced that he will relinquish his seat next election after serving over three decades in Congress.
“This decision has not been easy” he wrote in the statement. “But I know in my heart it is the right one and that it is the right time to pass the torch to a new generation”.
There are murmurs that instead the “exciting announcement” will be about renaming the Department of Defense to the “Department of War” – it’s former name previously discontinued in 1947.
A number of news outlets reported ahead of Labor Day that the White House had been working up plans for the reverted name, citing a White House official.
In his latest posting on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “CHICAGO IS THE MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!”
In late August, Pentagon sources told the Washington Post and Rolling Stone that planning was actively underway for a national guard operation in Chicago, though no final decision had been announced.
When asked at the time, a Pentagon official told the Guardian “we won’t speculate on further operations” and that the department is “continuously working” with other agencies on “plans to protect federal assets and personnel”.
It’s still unclear what the announcement will touch on, but the White House rapid response team shared a Trump post from Truth Social this morning saying that “Chicago is the worst and most dangerous city in the World, by far’” and added “[governor JB] Pritzker needs help badly, he just doesn’t know it yet”.
“I will solve the crime problem fast, just like I did in DC”, he wrote.
