The power of the US military will be sharply on display this weekend – on two different coasts and in two very different ways.

President Trump ordered National Guard troops to the area after clashes over immigration-enforcement operations.

Over the years, Trump has threatened to intercede in the state’s long-running homeless crisis, vowed to withhold federal wildfire aid as political leverage in a dispute over water rights, called on police to shoot people robbing stores and warned residents “your children are in danger” because of illegal immigration.

When President Donald Trump returned from a Bastille Day visit to Paris during his first term, he asked his military brass to organize a parade akin to the one he’d watched march down the Champs-Élysées.

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes more than tax breaks and spending cuts — it also seeks to pour billions of dollars into his mass deportation agenda.

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When the Washington Nationals decided it was time to trade Max Scherzer Trea Turner ahead of the deadline in 2021, they agreed to take Keibert Ruiz.

Protests against immigration raids swept Los Angeles this weekend. Trump’s new travel ban took effect this morning. Elon Musk has been left vulnerable after his public blow-up with Trump.

A federal court hearing is scheduled for Thursday challenging Trump's use of the National Guard and Marines to support immigration raids in Los Angeles. California leaders warn that the military intervention is the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn norms at the heart of America's political system.