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Today — 24 October 2025Main stream

Protester Who Played ‘Star Wars’ Song Sues After Arrest in Washington

24 October 2025 at 09:12
Sam O’Hara was playing the “Imperial March” theme from the movie while protesting the deployment of National Guard troops in the capital when he was handcuffed by city police officers.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

National Guard troops patrolling around the Washington Monument in August.

Trump Calls Off Federal Operation in San Francisco

President Trump said he had halted a planned federal deployment of immigration agents to the city. It was not clear what that meant for the rest of the Bay Area.

© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

People rallied on the steps of the San Francisco City Hall after President Trump called off a planned federal deployment in the city.
Yesterday — 23 October 2025Main stream

With Dire Picture of a Mamdani Mayoralty, Cuomo Plays to Voters’ Fears

23 October 2025 at 22:23
Andrew Cuomo is escalating his warnings that “mayhem” would follow a victory by Zohran Mamdani — even posting an A.I.-generated video that depicts his supporters as criminals.

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

To his detractors, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s fixation on painting such a grim picture underscores his unwillingness to present an affirmative vision for his possible mayoralty.

Newsom Says Benioff Is Still ‘Family’ Despite the National Guard Remarks

23 October 2025 at 11:46
Gov. Gavin Newsom has a long relationship with Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, that dates back to a different era in San Francisco.

© Yves Herman/Reuters

Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, frustrated Gov. Gavin Newsom when he said the National Guard should come to San Francisco.

Federal Agents Head to San Francisco Bay Area for Planned Immigration Crackdown

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are being sent to a U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda, Calif., ahead of an immigration operation in the San Francisco region.

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Border Patrol agents are expected to gather at a Coast Guard base, on the island, in Alameda, Calif.

Trump Said Black Chicagoans Wanted His ‘Blitz.’ Many Disagree.

Six weeks into the federal crackdown in Chicago, the attack on crime that the president promised hasn’t happened, and many in the city’s Black population haven’t been won over.

“This level of attack is unsustainable for Chicagoans,” said Che “Rhymefest” Smith, a rapper and school board member who rejected President Trump’s notion that Black Chicagoans welcomed federal law enforcement.
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