Senator launches investigation into Democratic org over potential support for LA rioters
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., launched an investigation into a left-wing group in California that he says may be financially supporting violent protests in Los Angeles. Hawley wrote a letter to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) on Wednesday, saying the organization may have an “alleged role in financially and materially supporting” protests and riots in Los Angeles, which he described as “coordinated.” “Who is funding the LA riots? This violence isn’t spontaneous. As chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime & Terrorism, I’m launching an investigation to find out,” Hawley announced on social media. The letter, addressed to CHIRLA Executive Director Angelica Salas, notes that “credible reporting” has indicated that the organization has provided “logistical support and financial resources to individuals engaged in these disruptive actions.” FEDERAL OFFICIALS SLAM DEMOCRATS FOR ‘DANGEROUS’ RHETORIC AS ICE AGENTS FACE VIOLENT MOBS IN LA, NYC “Let me be clear: bankrolling civil unrest is not protected speech. It is aiding and abetting criminal conduct. Accordingly, you must immediately cease and desist any further involvement in the organization, funding or promotion of these unlawful activities,” Hawley wrote. The letter additionally requests that CHIRLA provide internal communications relating to any protest planning or funding, as well as financial documents related to the same, including third-party contracts, vendor agreements and various other business relationships. Hawley also requested travel records for individuals involved with the organization if they have been reimbursed by CHIRLA, as well as the organization’s donor lists. NATIONAL GUARD TO BE DEPLOYED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS ANTI-ICE PROTESTS RAGE: BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN IRS records obtained by Fox News show that CHIRLA has received $34 million in government grants, including three from former President Joe Biden’s administration for $750,000. President Donald Trump has already cut funding for the organization. Nevertheless, CHIRLA still receives state and city grant funds to support its lawyers fighting against deportations. CHIRLA is also responsible for creating the so-called Rapid Response Network, the hotline immigrants use to report ICE raids. The network then sends text alerts, giving migrants an opportunity to hide. CHIRLA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Trump has been vocal about his belief that many of the rioters and protesters in Los Angeles are professional agitators rather than real protesters. “The people that are causing the problem are professional agitators. They’re insurrectionists. They’re bad people. They should be in jail,” Trump said. California Gov. Gavin Newsom swiftly responded to Trump’s comments in a post on social media. “The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor,” Newsom wrote. “This is a day I hoped I would never see in America. I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.”
Nation’s largest Protestant denomination calls for overturning Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage
The Southern Baptist Convention adopted a lengthy resolution this week that, in part, calls for the overturning of the Supreme Court’s 2015 gay marriage ruling. The text of the resolution, titled, “On Restoring Moral Clarity through God’s Design for Gender, Marriage, and the Family,” calls “for the overturning of laws and court rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, that defy God’s design for marriage and family.” The multifaceted and wide-ranging resolution calls “for laws that affirm marriage between one man and one woman, recognize the biological reality of male and female, protect children’s innocence against sexual predation, affirm and strengthen parental rights in education and healthcare, incentivize family formation in life-affirming ways, and ensure safety and fairness in athletic competition.” PLANNED PARENTHOOD USING ‘LOOPHOLE’ TO GET MINORS GENDER TRANSITIONS WITHOUT PARENTS’ OK: WATCHDOG It also urges defunding Planned Parenthood and directing public funds toward “life-affirming healthcare providers.” The 10-year anniversary of the high court’s controversial landmark 5-4 gay marriage decision falls later this month. “The Constitution, however, does not permit the State to bar same-sex couples from marriage on the same terms as accorded to couples of the opposite sex,” the opinion asserted. TRUMP JOKES HIS ADMIN WILL ‘FORGET ABOUT’ SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: ‘WE’RE BRINGING RELIGION BACK’ Resolutions committee chair Dr. Andrew Walker, who described the SBC as the biggest Protestant denomination in the U.S., emphasized during a press conference that he recognizes the “headwinds.” “There is very little desire, even on the conservative side, I think, to go to bat for marriage in this… culture,” he said, explaining that the resolution aims to convey that “Southern Baptists are not going anywhere on this issue.” GRETCHEN WHITMER SOUNDS OFF ON PUSH TO CONDEMN US SUPREME COURT’S GAY MARRIAGE RULING: ‘HELL NO’ He noted that he hopes “this is used as a mechanism for encouragement for other conservative-minded evangelicals.”
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF say they seized key zone bordering Egypt, Libya
The Sudanese Armed Forces say they have withdrawn from the area as part of its ‘defensive arrangements’. Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have said their fighters have seized a strategic zone on the border with Egypt and Libya, as the regular government-aligned army, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), announced its withdrawal from the area. The announcements on Wednesday came a day after SAF accused forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar of launching a cross-border attack alongside the RSF, the first allegation of direct Libyan involvement in the Sudanese war. “As part of its defensive arrangements to repel aggression, our forces today evacuated the triangle area overlooking the borders between Sudan, Egypt and Libya,” army spokesperson Nabil Abdallah said in a statement. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القيادة العامة للقوات المسلحة تعميم صحفي الأربعاء ١١ يونيو ٢٠٢٥م في إطار ترتيباتها الدفاعية لصد العدوان، أخلت قواتنا اليوم منطقة المثلث المطلة علي الحدود بين السودان ومصر وليبيا. (نصر من الله وفتح قريب) مكتب الناطق الرسمي باسم القوات المسلحة General… pic.twitter.com/3o5Z1xDfb0 — القوات المسلحة السودانية (@SudaneseAF) June 11, 2025 Advertisement Since April 2023, the brutal civil war has pitted SAF chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his erstwhile ally Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who leads the RSF, in a bitter power struggle. In a statement on Wednesday, the RSF said its fighters had “liberated the strategic triangle area”, adding that army forces had retreated southward “after suffering heavy losses”. SAF said on Tuesday that Haftar’s troops, in coordination with the RSF, attacked its border positions in a move it called “a blatant aggression against Sudan”. Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also accused the United Arab Emirates of backing the assault, describing it as a “dangerous escalation” and a “flagrant violation of international law”. It also described the latest clash as part of a broader foreign-backed conspiracy. Haftar, who controls eastern Libya, has long maintained close ties with both the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. While Cairo has supported Sudan’s leadership under Burhan since the war began in April 2023, Khartoum has repeatedly accused the UAE of supplying the RSF with weapons, which the Emirati government has denied. Tensions between Khartoum and Abu Dhabi escalated in May after drone strikes hit the wartime capital of Port Sudan for the first time since the outbreak of the war. After the attacks, Sudan severed its diplomatic ties with the UAE and declared it an “aggressor state”. Since the war began more than two years ago, multiple countries have been drawn in. It has effectively split Sudan in two, with SAF holding the centre, east and north, including the capital Khartoum, while the paramilitaries and their allies control nearly all of Darfur and parts of the south. Advertisement The fighting has killed tens of thousands and displaced 13 million, including four million who fled abroad, triggering what the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Efforts by international mediators to halt the fighting have so far failed, with violence continuing to escalate across the western Darfur region and the Kordofan region in the country’s south. Adblock test (Why?)
Military jet crashes in Myanmar, homes set ablaze
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Why is violence by Boko Haram and ISIL rising again in Nigeria?
Defence chief suggests fencing off borders around the country. Renewed violence by armed groups Boko Haram and ISIL (ISIS) has forced thousands of people to leave their homes in Nigeria. Despite repeated government pledges, the military has been unable to end the unrest. So why is it continuing – and what threats does it pose? Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam Guests: Kabir Adamu – Managing director at Beacon Security and Intelligence in Abuja David Otto – Deputy director of counterterrorism training at the International Academy for the Fight Against Terrorism in Abidjan, Ivory Coast Ovigwe Eguegu – Peace and security policy analyst at Development Reimagined in Abuja Adblock test (Why?)
Gangster Goldy Brar makes BIG statement on Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder: ‘We had no option but…’
Gangster Goldy Brar has opened up on the killing of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala, who was gunned down in broad daylight on May 29, 2022. In a conversation with BBC World Service, Goldy Brar justified the killing, saying Moose Wala had committed “unforgivable” mistakes.
Newsom compared to infamous Dem governor who also tried to block National Guard
Vivek Ramaswamy said he sees parallels between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and another controversial Democratic governor who literally stood in the way of the National Guard and had well-known presidential ambitions. Newsom is beginning to “resemble” former Alabama Gov. George Wallace in several aspects of his response to Los Angeles’ riots, Ramaswamy claimed Tuesday on Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime.” The Ohio gubernatorial candidate noted how Wallace – an avowed segregationist who ran for president four times – forced the hand of President John F. Kennedy by preventing Black students from attending the University of Alabama. “[Newsom’s] behavior is starting to resemble that of another Democratic governor from U.S. history by the name of George Wallace, who was the governor of Alabama, who famously stood in the way of federal desegregation,” Ramaswamy said. MAXINE WATERS TAUNTS ARMED AGENTS AFTER FEDS SLAM DOOR ON HER DURING LA RIOTS: ‘YOU BETTER SHOOT STRAIGHT’ “The parallels are actually pretty striking, if you think about it: Democrat governors, when you look at George Wallace, he resisted desegregation. Gavin Newsom is resisting deportations. George Wallace wanted segregated cities. Gavin Newsom wants sanctuary cities. George Wallace stood in the school door, blocking the way. Gavin Newsom is blocking the ICE vans. It’s the same Democrat-governor playbook.” The former DOGE co-leader said both Newsom and Wallace “dodge[d] the feds and rall[ied] the radicals.” “What they were both doing is really carving their Democratic primary path for their presidential ambitions,” he added. “Gavin Newsom’s presidential ambitions are going to end in the same place that George Wallace’s did: In the dustbin of history where it belongs.” In June 1963, Wallace prevented two Black students – Vivian Malone and James Hood – from enrolling on the Tuscaloosa campus of the University of Alabama and made his infamous “stand in the schoolhouse door.” NEWSOM SAYS LOS ANGELES RIOTERS WILL BE PROSECUTED, SLAMS TRUMP FOR ‘TRAUMATIZING OUR COMMUNITIES’ After Wallace refused Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach’s order to step aside, he delivered a pro-states-rights speech and did not budge. Kennedy federalized the Yellowhammer State’s National Guard under the Insurrection Act. Gen. Henry Graham personally confronted Wallace, who ultimately relented. The next year, Wallace primaried President Lyndon Johnson and notably won a few northern states he had targeted on his segregationist platform – but lost to the incumbent. In 1968, he tried again on the American Independent line with a counter-civil-rights message – splitting the Democratic vote, winning five states and helping ultimate victor Richard Nixon. During his 1976 run, he apologized for his past support for segregation. This week, Newsom objected to President Donald Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard and the ensuing deployment of 700 Marines to Los Angeles to assist in riot response. Late Tuesday, Clinton-appointed federal Judge Charles Breyer rejected a Newsom request to block Trump’s military deployments. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Newsom continued to lambaste Trump, saying in a video statement Tuesday that, “authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people who are least able to defend themselves, but they do not stop there.” Newsom also took heat for his riot response strategy from some famous Los Angeles residents, including actor Jon Voight. “You fool,” Voight fumed in an X video posted early Wednesday. “They [the rioters] would burn you down like they are burning the cars and the American flag.” Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Now and then: How Trump’s response to LA riots has changed from 2020 Black Lives Matter and Antifa
President Donald Trump quickly reacted to fledgling riots in Los Angeles County over the weekend by activating the National Guard, a response that drew comparisons to the summer of 2020, when widespread violence and destruction arose from Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots. Trump’s decision to federalize 4,100 National Guard soldiers and deploy hundreds of Marines came in the face of forceful objections from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is now suing Trump over the move. Trump’s deputies, however, say the National Guard was a necessary step to quash riots lest they reach the scale of the ones that occurred across the country in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Trump’s decision would prevent a scenario like the one in Minnesota that year, when Democratic Gov. Tim Walz waited two days to call upon the National Guard to address unrest in his state. “That’s one of the reasons why these National Guard soldiers have been federalized, so they can use their special skill set to keep peace,” Noem said in a recent television interview. “We’re not going to let a repeat of 2020 happen, and if you remember, it all happened in Tim Walz’s state, in Minneapolis… and Governor Tim Walz made very bad decisions.” DAVID MARCUS: TWO WAYS TRUMP 2.0 QUELLED THE WOULD-BE LA RIOTS Walz tried to get Trump to “bail him out” after the governor “let his city burn for days on end,” Noem said. Walz activated the National Guard in Minnesota on May 28, after looting and arson had already cropped up in the state in response to Floyd’s death. Within hours of Walz announcing he had mobilized National Guard soldiers, rioters set ablaze Minneapolis’ Third Precinct police station. Although Walz ended up activating Minnesota’s entire National Guard, his hesitancy prompted Trump to threaten on May 29 to federalize the soldiers “to get the job done right.” ‘STATE OF REBELLION’: EXPERT WEIGHS IN ON NEWSOM CHALLENGE TO TRUMP DEPLOYING NATIONAL GUARD By May 30, Minnesota’s National Guard announced that the governor had fully mobilized it, marking the “largest domestic deployment” in its history. During these riots, Trump was far more deferential to governors, several of whom saw their cities ravaged by rioting, looting, arson, violence and death. The Democratic governors struggled at times to balance a law-and-order posture with their sympathy for those frustrated by police brutality. The National Guard is a military force based in each state, and governors and presidents have shared authority over it. Governors typically have purview over their respective National Guard units, but presidents can call them into federal service in certain scenarios. On June 3, 2020, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., pressured the Trump administration in a New York Times op-ed to invoke the Insurrection Act, which would allow the president to federalize the National Guard. The prospect was so controversial at the time that the newspaper retracted the op-ed, citing fierce blowback from its readers. JONATHAN TURLEY: DEMOCRATS’ RABID ANTI-ICE RESISTANCE IN LA AGAINST TRUMP COULD BACKFIRE By June 4, governors in 32 states and Washington, D.C., activated a total of more than 32,000 National Guard soldiers as the chaos transpired across the country. CLICK HERE FOR MORE IMMIGRATION COVERAGE DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar echoed Noem’s remarks in a statement online on Monday, saying Trump moved so quickly because he did not want the same level of violence and damage as in 2020. Trump and Noem “will not allow violent radicals to intimidate and shut down law enforcement in LA,” Edgar said. “This isn’t the Summer of 2020 2.0. I thank the brave men and women of the National Guard defending federal buildings so that immigration officials can keep us safe.”
White House mocks Newsom address, accuses governor of hiring Harris’, Biden’s campaign manager
The White House took several jabs at California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s address to the nation on Tuesday night as his state navigates massive immigration protests in Los Angeles. Newsom, a Democrat, said in the address that “Democracy is under assault” as he sparred with President Donald Trump over the administration’s decision to dispatch thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines to address the riots. In response, White House assistant to the president and director of communications Steven Cheung accused Newsom of spending time creating the video rather than serving as governor. Likewise, Cheung took a swipe at the video’s audio, claiming the production quality was akin to Newsom’s leadership. NEWSOM SAYS LOS ANGELES RIOTERS WILL BE PROSECUTED, SLAMS TRUMP FOR ‘TRAUMATIZING OUR COMMUNITIES’ “Gavin NewScum spent all this time–instead of doing his actual job– preparing for a webinar just for the audio to not work,” Cheung said in a post on X late Tuesday evening. “The production quality is just like his leadership quality– sh***y.” Additionally, Cheung suggested that Newsom had brought on former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign manager, who both repeatedly warned during the 2024 campaign cycle that a second Trump term would pose a “threat to democracy.” “NewScum must’ve hired Kamala and Biden’s loser campaign team because he saying this is a ‘threat to democracy,’” Cheung said. A spokesperson for Newsom did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Other White House officials also weighed in on Newsom’s address to defend the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. “American voters elected President Donald Trump to carry out his agenda, which includes enforcing the immigration laws passed by their elected representatives,” deputy assistant to the president and principal deputy communications director Alex Pfieffer said in a post on X on Tuesday. “California is trying to subvert democracy.” NEWSOM FILES EMERGENCY MOTION TO ‘IMMEDIATELY BLOCK’ TRUMP’S USE OF MILITARY TO STOP LA RIOTS Newsom said in the address that more than 200 people have been arrested in connection to the protests and labeled Trump’s decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles a “brazen abuse of power.” “This isn’t just about protests here in Los Angeles,” Newsom said in the video. “This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes.” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller also responded to one of Newsom’s posts on X late Tuesday evening after the governor said the Founding Fathers did not “live and die to see this moment,” and urged for peaceful protests. Meanwhile, Miller shared a photo of a shirtless man standing on a vehicle and waving a California flag in front of fumes with the comment: “According to Governor Newsom, this is what the Founders were fighting for.” Trump has gone head-to-head with Newsom over the deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles following protests sparked by ICE arrests in the city on Friday. HEGSETH DEFENDS NATIONAL GUARD LA DEPLOYMENTS, SAYS ICE AGENTS MUST BE PROTECTED While Trump has argued the National Guard troops are necessary to prevent destruction in Los Angeles, Newsom said most of the troops “are sitting, unused, in federal buildings without orders.” Additionally, Newsom argued that the move violates state sovereignty because governors typically oversee National Guard troops. Trump invoked a law to place the troops under federal command in order to bypass Newsom. “This isn’t about public safety,” Newsom said in a post on X on Monday. “It’s about stroking a dangerous President’s ego.”
Newsom under fire from Trump world, but Democrats hope his speech resets his image
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting hammered by President Donald Trump, his allies and others on the right – but his address to the nation will likely boost his deflated image among many fellow Democrats. Newsom, speaking in a prime-time address following days of rioting in Los Angeles sparked by immigration raids carried out by ICE at the Trump administration’s direction, appeared to elevate himself as leader of the anti-Trump movement. California’s two-term governor, who is considered a potential contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination due to his clear national ambitions, once again denounced Trump’s deployment of over 2,000 National Guard troops and some 700 U.S. Marines to the streets of the nation’s second-most populous city. But Newsom’s message wasn’t just for residents of blue-state California. ‘STATE OF REBELLION’ – EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON NEWSOM’S CHALLENGE TO TRUMP DEPLOYING NATIONAL GUARD “This isn’t just about protests here in Los Angeles,” Newsom declared in his address. “This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes.” The governor stepped up to the plate with his party aiming to escape the political wilderness following last November’s punishing election setbacks – as Democrats lost control of the White House and Senate and fell short of winning back the House majority – and looking for leaders to push back against Trump’s sweeping and controversial moves. And Newsom, with his address, appeared to signal that he’s one of the party leaders ready to spearhead the fight. NEWSOM SAY LOS ANGELES RIOTERS WILL BE PROSECUTED, SLAMS TRUMP FOR ‘TRAUMATIZING OUR COMMUNITIES’ “He is fighting back, going toe to toe with Trump, and Democrats and the country are noticing,” veteran strategist Maria Cardona, a DNC committee member, told Fox News. Newsom’s address followed days of verbal crossfire between himself and Trump, after the president broke six decades of precedent by federalizing California’s National Guard without the consent of the governor. The governor and California’s attorney genearl are legally pushing back against Trump, with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) taking to social media to spotlight the move. And Newsom personalized the conflict by daring the Trump administration to follow through on a threat by Tom Homan, the president’s muscular border czar, to arrest him. “In a time where there are broad concerns about the failure of Democrats to fully embrace their roles as the vocal opposition party, Gov. Gavin Newsom has found his voice,” longtime political scientist Wayne Lesperance told Fox News. Lesperance, president of New Hampshire-based New England College, noted that Tuesday’s “speech pushing back against the administration’s enhanced immigration tactics and deployment of the National Guard and the Marines for law enforcement purposes has propelled Newsom to the forefront of the opposition to Donald Trump.” Cardona argued that “Newsom has done a terrific job standing up for California in the midst of an unprecedented attack by its own federal government and the President of the United States. He’s done two things extraordinarily well: he has been unequivocal in his condemnation of any violence and in his support of local law-enforcement. And secondly, he has fully supported California’s immigrant communities as they have been the backbone of the state’s economy and they are deserving of respect, decency, humanity, and due process.” Trump doesn’t see it that way. “The INCOMPETENT Governor of California was unable to provide protection in a timely manner when our Ice Officers, GREAT Patriots they are, were attacked by an out of control mob of agitators, troublemakers, and/or insurrectionists,” the president charged Wednesday morning on social media. And Trump said that “if our troops didn’t go into Los Angeles, it would be burning to the ground right now.” The president’s comments from the Oval Office on Tuesday and his Wednesday posts on his Truth Social platform were accompanied by a series of blasts at Newsom by top White House aides and other administration officials, and the mocking of the governor for technical glitches in the live feed of his address. While the current crisis in many ways forces Democrats to play defense on Trump’s strongest issues – immigration and border security, and law and order – it gives Newsom a chance to do some damage repair with many Democrats. Newsom angered many on the left in March when he declared it was “deeply unfair” for transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports. And his invitation to top MAGA leaders, such as Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon, who joined the governor on the initial episodes of his new podcast in a search for common ground following last year’s elections, also damaged Newsom’s image among some Democrats. With some of the potential 2028 Democratic presidential nomination contenders already making moves and visiting some of the crucial early-voting states, Trump’s attacks on the governor may be handing Newsom a political gift. “Ironically, President Trump’s hammering of Newsom may actually help the California governor enhance his position among party faithful and any potential 2028 voter looking for a candidate unafraid to go head-to-head against the administration,” Lesperance noted. “Looking ahead, the question becomes whether or not Newsom can sustain himself in this new role.”