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Donald Trump to chair new Olympic taskforce in bid to allay international visitor concerns ahead of 2028 Los Angeles Games

The US president, Donald Trump, signed an executive order on August 5 to set up a government taskforce to manage the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. During the White House announcement, Trump said: “We’ll do anything necessary to keep the Olympics safe, including using our National Guard or military.”

The Conversation

‘Dream come true’: Son Heung-min officially joins Los Angeles FC in MLS record deal

Son Heung-min has agreed a contract with Los Angeles FC after a decade at Spurs

The Guardian - UK

Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass Declare NIMBY Martial Law To Stop Duplexes in the Palisades

Plus: Oregon's radical YIMBY centralization, yet another challenge to inclusionary zoning, and DOGE's cuts to fair housing grants get overturned in court.

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Two people killed and six wounded in mass shooting at LA warehouse party

No details yet on suspect after police arrived to halt ‘big party’, with possibly armed person seen entering building

The Guardian - US

‘Another win for Los Angeles’: Trump’s National Guard experiment pulled from LA streets

History will not look back on this occupation fondly.

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Pentagon orders removal of 1,350 national guard troops from Los Angeles

Sent by Trump administration to quash LA protests, remaining 250 guards will stay to protect federal assets

The Guardian - US

Deployment of all 700 active-duty marines to Los Angeles withdrawn

State and city officials had called presence of marines provocative during protests against Ice raids in the city

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Pentagon withdraws 2,000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles

The Trump administration said about half the troops deployed to help enforce immigration raids would leave the city.

Al Jazeera

L.A. Unveils Cash Aid Program For Families Affected by ICE Raids: 'We Are a Proud City of Immigrants'

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced a new initiative to provide direct cash assistance to families impacted by recent federal immigration raids.

Latin Times

Homelessness in Los Angeles county declines for second straight year

LA reports 72,308 people as unhoused, a 4% decrease from last year, as California pushes to break up encampments

The Guardian - US

Trump faces crushing defeat as Judge rules ICE can’t stop people just for being Latino or speaking Spanish

Trump loses another landmark ruling.

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Wilmington Tunnel Collapse Update: What Happened and How 31 Workers Were Rescued From the Underground Nightmare

A collapse occurred inside the Los Angeles County Sanitation District's under-construction tunnel, part of the $630.5 million Clearwater Project.

International Business Times UK

When ICE Came Up Empty

A community’s rapid response to a heavily militarized raid targeting undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles’ diverse MacArthur Park neighborhood helped stave off authorities.

Capital & Main

‘Botched laughingstock’: Leaked documents detail yesterday’s ‘idiotic’ federal operation to scare Los Angeles citizens

Great job guys, you really intimidated those Little Leaguers.

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The Independent UK

What to know about the troops and federal agents in LA's MacArthur Park

U.S. military troops and federal immigration officers have made a brief but mighty show of force at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles

The Guardian - US

‘Reality TV spectacle’: outrage as federal agents raid LA neighborhood with horses and armored cars

Dozens of officers and 90 California national guard descend on immigrant area and a mostly empty MacArthur Park

The Independent UK

ICE agents swarm historic Los Angeles Park

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The Independent UK

Immigration agents swarm MacArthur Park in Los Angeles in show of force drawing ire of Mayor Karen Bass

A Border Patrol official said such tactics are going to be ‘normal very soon’

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The Independent UK

Photos of federal officers descending on a Los Angeles park as residents and mayor watch

Los Angeles residents and Mayor Karen Bass watched federal officers, some on horseback, descend on MacArthur Park on Monday for about an hour. About 90 members of the California National Guard were deployed to the neighborhood, which has a large immigrant population.

The Guardian - US

The IOC handed LA the 2028 Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them

As the IOC ushers in new leadership, Donald Trump’s second term is already wreaking havoc on LA 28 – and turning a global celebration into a national security crackdown

The Independent UK

Vice mayor who called ICE ‘the biggest gang there is’ and for ‘cholos’ to defend their territory should resign, cop union says

Attorney for under-fire Cynthia Gonzalez insists she ‘in no way encouraged anyone to engage in violence’ in call for notorious criminal gangs to join resistance to roundup of undocumented migrants

The Guardian - US

Los Angeles is not a hellscape – no matter how much Trump wishes for it

The administration is portraying the city as RoboCop-style anarchy. But the only people facing a war zone here are immigrants

The Independent UK

Senator Alex Padilla calls out JD Vance for wrongly calling him ‘José’: ‘The Vice President knows my name’

California Democrat – who was pulled to the ground and handcuffed after interrupting a press conference by the Homeland Security secretary – said his former Senate colleague should ‘take the situation in Los Angeles more seriously’

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‘He knows my name’: Sen. Alex Padilla responds after JD Vance calls him ‘José Padilla’ during LA visit

It's never okay.

International Business Times

VP Vance Says US Troops Still 'Necessary' In Los Angeles

US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that the thousands of troops deployed to Los Angeles this month were still needed despite a week of relative calm in the protest-hit city.

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