National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG

Breaking: Protesters flood streets, freeway causing widespread road closures | 8 June 2025 | Demonstrators have flooded the streets, including freeways, near an initial protest site at the Metropolitan Detention Center after the assembly was declared “unlawful” by the Los Angeles Police Department. Aerial footage shows masses of people blocking southbound lanes on the 101 freeway and causing a significant traffic disruption where the 101 and 110 freeways converge, marking the third day of protests following ICE raids across the state. “The California Highway Patrol (CHP) have entered the SB lanes of the 101 freeway and are attempting to disperse the demonstrators off the freeway,” LAPD Central Division said on X… Demonstrations on the 101 and 110 freeways and numerous other streets have been declared an unlawful assembly by the LAPD.

IDF ordered to stop Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg | 8 June 2025 | The Israeli defence minister has threatened to “take all necessary measures” to prevent a humanitarian ship carrying climate campaigner Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza. The Madleen, a boat operated by the activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), says it is attempting to reach the shores of the territory to bring in a symbolic amount of aid and raise international awareness of the continuing humanitarian crisis. But on Sunday, Israel Katz ordered the Israeli military to stop the ship from getting anywhere near Gaza. “I have instructed the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] to act so that the hate flotilla…does not reach the shores of Gaza — and to take all necessary measures to that end,” Katz said in a statement.

Colombia presidential candidate shot in head at rally | 8 June 2025 | A Colombian presidential candidate remains in intensive care after he was shot three times — twice in the head — at a campaign event in the capital, Bogota. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a 39-year-old senator, was attacked while addressing supporters in a park on Saturday. Police arrested a 15-year-old suspect at the scene, the attorney general’s office said. Uribe’s wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, called on the nation to pray for his survival, saying: “Miguel is currently fighting for his life. Let us ask God to guide the hands of the doctors who are treating him.” Uribe’s Centro Democratico party condemned the attack, calling it a threat to “democracy and freedom in Colombia.” Uribe was rushed into surgery while in a critical condition, Bogota Mayor Carlos Fernando Galan said late on Saturday night.

Surgery on Colombian senator Uribe went well after shooting, wife says | 8 June 2025 | Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential contender, survived an initial operation for his injuries after being shot in Bogota on Saturday, according to his wife and the hospital treating him, although he remains in intensive care. Uribe, 39, is a member of the opposition right-wing Democratic Center party and was shot in the head during a campaign event in a public park in the Fontibon neighborhood. A boy under 15 years of age [?!] was arrested after the shooting, the attorney general’s office said in a statement on Saturday, adding he was carrying a 9-millimeter Glock-type pistol. The government said it is investigating if there were other potential perpetrators.

New Russia sanctions bill ‘on hold’ over Trump’s stance – Bloomberg | 8 June 2025 | The latest drive in the U.S. Congress for more sanctions on Russia, spearheaded by Senator [and Grade “A” sociopath] Lindsey Graham, is now stalled due to President Donald Trump’s opposition, Bloomberg reported over the weekend. The “bone crushing” legislation that would impose a 500% tariff on countries that buy Russian energy, uranium, and other raw materials has more than 80 co-sponsors in the Senate, which Bloomberg described as “veto-proof backing.” But lawmakers are still hesitant to challenge the president, the outlet claimed. Earlier this week, Trump said he had not even looked at the bill and would only consider sanctions “at the right time.” His position “put the brakes” on a push to advance the measure as soon as this month, according to Bloomberg.

Russia accuses Ukraine of self-inflicted genocide in feud over troop remains | 7 June 2025 | Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has branded Ukraine’s failure to receive the bodies of its fallen soldiers an act of self-genocide, accusing Kiev of turning its back on its own people in both life and death. During talks between the two sides in Istanbul on Monday, Moscow decided to return the bodies of over 6,000 Ukrainian soldiers in a unilateral humanitarian gesture. However, Russia’s top negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, said on Saturday that the Ukrainian team failed to show up when the first batch of remains was delivered to the exchange point on the border between Belarus and Ukraine. Zakharova took to Telegram later on Saturday to slam the deliberate inaction of Vladimir Zelensky’s government, saying that it “does not need its people; neither dead nor alive.”

U.S. issues security alert for Kiev –President Vladimir Putin informed his U.S. counterpart that Moscow will respond to Ukrainian attacks on Russian strategic airbases | 4 June 2025 | The U.S. embassy in Kiev has advised Americans to heed air-raid sirens and shelter appropriately, warning of “a continued risk of significant air attacks,” in a new security alert issued on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin “did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond” to recent Ukrainian attacks on airfields hosting Russian strategic bombers, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday evening, revealing details of their unannounced conversation that day. The U.S. State Department issued the security alert just hours earlier, advising Americans currently in Ukraine to “identify shelter locations in advance” and to “keep reserves of water, food, and medication.”

Trump signs sweeping travel ban to U.S. targeting several high-risk countries | 4 June 2025 | President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping order blocking travel to the U.S. from nearly 20 countries identified as high-risk for terrorism, visa abuse and failure to share security information. The new travel restrictions — announced under Executive Order 14161 — apply to nationals from 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia, Libya and Yemen, all deemed “very high risk” due to terrorist activity, weak or hostile governments, and high visa overstay rates. Seven more countries, including Venezuela, Cuba and Laos, face partial restrictions. “President Trump is fulfilling his promise to protect Americans from dangerous foreign actors that want to come to our country and cause us harm,” said White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson to Fox News Digital.

Trump deploys troops to Los Angeles as mayor is threatened with arrest over chaotic protests and looting | 8 June 2025 | The National Guard has arrived in Los Angeles after days of civil unrest following pro-migrant riots across the California city. Images have emerged of troops on the ground in the downtown area of the city ahead of an expected demonstration near City Hall later today. President Trump has said he is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell the protests, which he called “a form of rebellion.” Their arrival follows days of protests that began Friday in downtown Los Angeles before spreading on Saturday to Paramount and neighboring Compton. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had warned on Saturday that “active duty Marines” were on “high alert” as the riots created havoc on the streets.

Hegseth says he’s ready to send ‘active-duty Marines’ to Los Angeles if violence continues | 8 June 2025 | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he will deploy active-duty Marines to Los Angeles if the violence continues among anti-ICE protests. “The violent mob assaults on ICE and Federal Law Enforcement are designed to prevent the removal of Criminal Illegal Aliens from our soil; a dangerous invasion facilitated by criminal cartels (aka Foreign Terrorist Organizations) and a huge NATIONAL SECURITY RISK,” he wrote on X Saturday. “Under President Trump, violence & destruction against federal agents & federal facilities will NOT be tolerated. It’s COMMON SENSE,” he added. Hegseth also wrote that the Pentagon is “mobilizing the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to support federal law enforcement in Los Angeles” and if the “violence continues, active duty Marines at Camp Pendleton will also be mobilized — they are on high alert.”

Patel promises FBI coming for anyone assaulting cops as Los Angeles erupts over ICE raids –Trump signed order deploying 2,000 National Guard troops following violent anti-ICE attacks on federal agents | 7 June 2025 | Following violent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles on Saturday night, FBI Director Kash Patel warned “if you assault a law enforcement officer, you’re going to jail–period.” “It doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, or what cause you claim to represent,” Patel told Fox News Digital. “If local jurisdictions won’t stand behind the men and women who wear the badge, the FBI will.” President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to Paramount, California, after immigration authorities driving in the area were pelted with rocks, stones, and concrete — shattering government vehicle windshields. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks shared a photo of one Border Patrol agent’s bloody hand, which was injured by a rock flying through the windshield.

More than 20 arrested in NYC as mob tries to block feds from conducting immigration raids | 7 June 2025 | More than 20 people were arrested Saturday as a mob of nearly 150 protesters cursed at cops and tried to block federal authorities from conducting immigration raids in Lower Manhattan, according to a police source, federal officials and video from the chaotic scene. The angry, masked demonstrators yelled “mother[blank]ers” at officers, sat in the roadway, threw objects and even themselves in front of an unmarked white van with tinted windows as it tried to leave 26 Federal Plaza, where the U.S. Immigration Court is housed. “Back up, back up,” six uniformed Department of Homeland Security officers yelled while shoving the agitators aside, footage of the incident showed.

Majority of voters approve of Trump deportation program, CBS News poll finds | 8 June 2025 | A majority of voters approve of President Trump’s deportation program, a CBS News poll released on Sunday found. Overall, 54% of voters approve of the program while 46% disapprove. The poll results showed that 42% think the program has made America safer, while 30% said it has made the country less safe and 27% said there has been no change.

Trump launches bombshell probe into Biden’s presidency that could undo thousands of orders | 4 June 2025 | President Donald Trump ordered an massive investigation into the use of the autopen during Joe Biden’s four years as president and into the aides who may have wielded it on official documents. Trump, citing Biden’s declining mental and physical health during his White House years, called the use of the autopen a “dangerous” conspiracy and misuse of executive power. He also ordered a probe into which Biden aides may have worked to shield the then-president’s [sic] mental and physical condition to the public. “This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history. The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden’s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts,” Trump said in the order.

Trump says Musk relationship over, warns of ‘serious consequences’ if he funds Democrats | 7 June 2025 | Donald Trump said on Saturday his relationship with his billionaire donor Elon Musk is over and warned there would be “serious consequences” if Musk funds U.S. Democrats running against Republicans who vote for the president’s sweeping tax and spending bill. In a telephone interview with NBC News, Trump declined to say what those consequences would be, and went on to add that he had not had discussions about whether to investigate Musk. Asked if he thought his relationship with the Tesla, opens new tab and SpaceX CEO was over, Trump said, “I would assume so, yeah.” “No,” Trump told NBC when asked if he had any desire to repair his relationship with Musk. “I have no intention of speaking to him,” Trump said. However, Trump said he had not thought about terminating U.S. government contracts with Musk’s StarLink satellite internet or SpaceX rocket launch companies.

JD Vance says it was a ‘huge mistake’ for Musk to go after Trump with Epstein accusation | 7 June 2025 | Vice President JD Vance told comedian and podcast host Theo Von on Saturday that Elon Musk made a “huge mistake” by accusing President Donald Trump of being implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Vance warned that Trump and Musk being embroiled in a “blood feud” with one another will be bad for the country and will likely not end well for the Tesla CEO either. “I think it’s a huge mistake for him to go after the president like that. And I think that if he and the president are in some blood feud — most importantly — it’s going to be bad for the country, but I think it’s going to be, I don’t think it’ll be good for Elon either,” Vance argued. Musk referenced Jeffrey Epstein in relation to Trump on Thursday as part of a larger attack against the president and Republican leaders over their budget reconciliation bill. Vance told the comedian Trump “didn’t do anything wrong with Jeffrey Epstein” and that his loyalties will always be with the president.

ABC News star suspended over late-night clash with Trump and top White House officials | 8 June 2025 | ABC News political correspondent Terry Moran has been suspended after slamming a Trump adviser in a late night post to his social media. Moran, who sat down with the president in April, hit out at his Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller as being “richly endowed with the capacity for hatred.” In a now deleted post to his X account, the ABC News correspondent said that Miller was the “bile” behind the Trumpist movement. Moran said: “Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He’s a world class hater…Trump is a world-class hater…” In a statement the network said: “ABC News stands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others. The post does not reflect the views of ABC News and violated our standards — as a result, Terry Moran has been suspended pending further evaluation.”

The silent bloodbath that’s tearing through the middle class and rapidly flipping the U.S. economy on its head | 7 June 2025 | Elon Musk and hundreds of other tech mavens wrote an open letter two years ago about how AI was coming to “automate away all the jobs” and upend society… Layoffs are sweeping America, nixing hundreds of thousands of jobs at Microsoft, Walmart, and other titans. The newly jobless speak of a “bloodbath” on the scale of the pandemic. The markets have seen the future: AI investment funds are growing by as much as 60 percent a year. “The AI layoffs have begun, and they’re not stopping,” says tech entrepreneur Alex Finn. Luddites who don’t embrace the tech “will be completely irrelevant in the next five years,” he posted on X.

Government’s ‘Help’ With Beef Production Isn’t Helping By Bill Yancey | 4 June 2025 | Do you like a good hamburger? If so, read on. American cattle producers (ranchers) are disappearing. According to the USDA, over a 5-year period, more than 90,000 cattle producers have gone out of business. Among the factors contributing to this are high land prices, equipment expenses, bad press by our own U.S. government (“Don’t eat beef!”), and age… U.S. law has a tax on American ranchers and foreign beef importers called “Beef Checkoff.” This tax is used to promote beef — but it promotes foreign beef and American beef equally. This is insane… Congress does not require foreign beef to show country of origin. “USDA inspected” does not mean “USA product.” I hope President Trump enjoys foreign beef on his Big Mac. Mr. Trump needs to remove the equal support of importers from CBB.