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US President Donald Trump after his speech at Fort Bragg on Tuesday.

Trump labels LA a ‘trash heap’, vows to ‘liberate’ the city

After hundreds of marines arrived in the city, the US president defended deploying the military and called the protesters “animals” and “a foreign enemy”.

  • Michael Koziol

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President Donald Trump said he would support the governor of California being arrested.

For Trump, LA is just the beginning. Soon, he’ll monitor every move Americans make

Donald Trump’s new “eye of Sauron” will consolidate everything from civilians’ health records to their bank details and education information to weaponise against them.

  • Dr Emma Shortis
One kind of rubber bullet fired from ‘less lethal launchers’.

Rubber bullets were once called ‘non-lethal’. Not any more

Here’s what happens when a rubber bullet strikes your body.

  • Angus Dalton
Nine News US correspondent Lauren Tomasi was hit by a rubber bullet while reporting on protests and riots in Los Angeles.

‘Horrific’: Albanese condemns shooting of Nine journalist in US

Police shot US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet while she was covering the Los Angeles protests.

  • Amber Schultz

4000 guardsmen, 700 marines, one irate governor: What’s next for Los Angeles?

Donald Trump has ordered more forces into LA even as California’s governor calls the moves illegal and immoral. Are they?

  • Angus Holland and Jackson Graham
LA protests timeline.

Visual story: How LA’s rage, chaos and force unfolded day by day

President Donald Trump is sending hundreds of US Marines to Los Angeles to back up law enforcement after days of protests. Here’s how events have unfolded.

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A police officer fires a “soft” round during the protests in Los Angeles.

Trump has zero credibility on the LA protests, but that may not matter

Trump 2.0 is a different beast, one more emboldened to strike hard and fast – especially on immigration, where the administration believes it has broad public support.

  • Michael Koziol
A convoy of buses moves along Interstate Highway 10 after leaving the Marine Corps base in Twentynine Palms, California.

Marines deployed to LA as Trump says California governor should be arrested

California has sued the Trump administration in a bid to block deployment of the National Guard and the Marines, arguing it violates federal law and state sovereignty.

  • Michael Koziol

Trump was spoiling for another street war. Now he’s got one

It’s not difficult to see how Donald Trump’s extraordinary order to quell unrest in Los Angeles could be used as the basis for an authoritarian takeover attempt of the US.

  • Peter Hartcher
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump.

As a judge, I’m sounding the alarm: The out-of-control White House is dismantling justice

Donald Trump’s war on the International Criminal Court is ramping up, and we should all be worried about what comes next.

  • Lex Lasry

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