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The New York Times: Live Updates: Newsom Slams Trump’s ‘Brazen Abuse of Power’ as L.A. Mayor Imposes Curfew
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California condemned President Trump’s deployment of the military to quell protests in Los Angeles as a “brazen abuse of power,” saying the president escalated the situation by choosing “theatrics over public safety.” He addressed the state even as thousands of demonstrators spilled into streets nationwide to oppose the administration’s workplace immigration raids and crackdown on dissent.
The governor’s speech came about an hour after Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles announced an 8 p.m. curfew for downtown after several days of unrest in the blocks around the federal building, where the mayor said the demonstrations have resulted in “significant” violence and vandalism. Some businesses downtown have boarded up their windows.
Across the nation, thousands of demonstrators showed public resistance to Mr. Trump’s immigration policies, which have prompted the raids of businesses and deportation of migrants.
“Trump is pulling a military dragnet all across Los Angeles,” Mr. Newsom said, to catch, detain and deport people like dishwashers, gardeners and seamstresses. Mr. Newsom called those moves “weakness masquerading as strength.”
Mother Jones: Trump Makes It Clear: His Military Response in Los Angeles Is Just the Start by Julianne McShane
As protests continue to unfold in Los Angeles over workplace raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the president on Tuesday threatened any protesters planning to attend Saturday’s military parade in Washington, DC with “very big force.” (Saturday is also Trump’s 79th birthday.)
“We’re celebrating big on Saturday, and if there’s any protester that wants to come out, they will be met with very big force,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. He claimed to be unaware of any planned demonstrations, but characterized would-be protesters as “people that hate our country.” (Nationwide “No Kings” protests are slated to unfold on Saturday, to protest Trump’s constitutional overreach and corruption.)
Trump also said the National Guard will remain in California “until there’s no danger”—or, in other words, indefinitely, even though local leaders and civil rights groups have overwhelmingly condemned the military presence as an abuse of power. Trump proceeded to baselessly describe the protesters as “paid,” claiming that if he had not sent in federal reinforcements, “that the city right now would be on fire.” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) and Detar Gancmocratic Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a federal lawsuit on Monday contesting the deployment of the troops as “unlawful [and] unprecedented.”
CNN: US and China agree on trade framework after two days of talks in London, Chinese negotiator says by Nectar Gan
The United States and China have agreed on a trade framework after two days of negotiations in London, China’s trade negotiator Li Chenggang told reporters on Wednesday, according to Chinese state broadcaster CGTN.
The two sides “have agreed in principle on the framework for implementing the consensus reached by the two heads of state during their phone talks on June 5 and at Geneva talks last month,” he said.
The US and Chinese officials will now take the proposal back to their leaders for approval, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told reporters in a separate briefing in London, Reuters reported.
“The idea is we’re going to go back and speak to President Trump and make sure he approves it. They’re going to go back and speak to President Xi and make sure he approves it, and if that is approved, we will then implement the framework,” he said.
Guardian: Bolsonaro denies coup plot but admits discussing ‘alternative ways’ to remain president by Tiago Rogero
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has denied masterminding a far-right coup plot at his trial in the supreme court, but he admitted to taking part in meetings to discuss “alternative ways” of staying in power after his defeat in the 2022 election.
In just over two hours of questioning, the 70-year-old said that after the electoral court confirmed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s election victory, “we studied other alternatives within the constitution.”
Those options included the deployment of military forces and suspension of some civil liberties, Bolsonaro said, but he argued that such discussions could not be considered an attempted coup.
“A coup is something abominable. A coup may even be easy to start. The day after is simply unpredictable and harmful to everyone. Brazil could not go through something like that, and such a hypothesis was never even considered during my government,” he said.
DW: Malta jails two men for life for role in journalist's murder by Richard Connor
A court in Malta on Tuesday sentenced two men to life imprisonment for aiding and abetting the 2017 murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
According to investigators, the two men supplied the car bomb used in the fatal car bombing, which shocked the nation and the international community.
The Valletta court handed down the sentences on Tuesday, days after a jury found the men guilty.
The two defendants were convicted on Friday after jurors reached an 8-1 verdict, concluding that they had supplied explosive materials in exchange for money. The trial had lasted more than six weeks. Both men had pleaded not guilty.
The investigation revealed that the assassination was carried out by three men. Two brothers were convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison in 2022, while another accomplice received a 15-year sentence in 2021 after confessing and providing key information.
BBC News: School shooting leaves Austria's second city in shock and grief by Bethany Bell
There is shock, sadness and disbelief in Graz, after the worst shooting in modern Austrian history left 11 people dead, including the gunman.
"We never could have imagined that this could have happened here, in our place. It's a sad day for the whole city," said Reka, who lives close to the school.
For many years, Austria had been spared the pain of mass school shootings.
But that all changed at about 10:00 on Tuesday when a former student ran amok at a secondary school in the Dreierschützengasse, close to the main station in Austria's second largest city.
Morning classes were under way when the attack took place. Some students at the school would have been taking their final exams.
It took police 17 minutes to bring the situation under control.
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