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UNBELIEVABLE: 2 - The Untold Story

Donald Trump folds like a deck chair and cancels San Francisco troop deployment after a ‘nice’ call

I didn't expect him to give in.

We Got This Covered

Trump was planning to send troops to San Francisco. Now he’s not. Here’s why

The US president’s reversal was as capricious as his original plan. What if local billionaires had urged him to stick with it?

The Guardian - US

Daniel Lurie: the millionaire mayor who got Trump to back off (for now)

San Francisco’s mayor, along with Silicon Valley leaders, managed to stop the president’s law enforcement surge

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Coast guard security shoot at U-Haul truck after masked driver tries to back into California base

Incident involving security personnel at Oakland base took place after day of anti-ICE protests

The Independent UK

First Thing: Trump backs down on sending federal troops to San Francisco

Protesters flood streets in show of resistance. Plus, our architecture critic on Trump’s bulletproof ballroom bling

The Guardian - UK

'San Francisco Is On The Rise': Mayor Daniel Lurie Reveals Why Trump Will NOT Be Sending Federal Troops

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie explains how key discussions convinced Trump to cancel plans to deploy federal troops, signalling renewed confidence in the city's recovery.

International Business Times UK

Here are the ‘incredible’ friends who convinced Trump not to surge troops to San Francisco

The mercurial president said he’d received ‘four or five calls’ with some ‘very successful people’ who persuaded him to give San Francisco a chance

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Trump news at a glance: Trump scraps plan to send federal troops to San Francisco Bay Area

President says San Francisco mayor and Silicon Valley leaders asked him to give the city ‘a chance’ – key US politics stories from Thursday 23 October at a glance

The Guardian - US

Trump calls off deployment of federal agents to San Francisco

The decision came after an eleventh-hour call with Mayor Daniel Lurie.

Axios

Trump called off sending border agents to San Francisco after mayor’s phone call

The president wrote on Truth Social he was pausing the long-threatened crackdown after a call with the mayor and pressure from top tech CEOs

The Independent UK

San Francisco Mayor Warns Trump Admin Seeks 'Backlash, Chaos and Violence' Ahead of Potential ICE Surge in City

California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday the state would sue the federal government if Trump attempts to deploy National Guard troops into San Francisco

Latin Times

Trump backs down on sending federal troops to San Francisco for immigration crackdown

Protesters flood streets in show of resistance, as president calls off deployment after speaking with city’s mayor and Silicon Valley leaders

The Guardian - US

Federal agents sent to San Francisco area, which mayor says is meant to incite ‘chaos and violence’

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced it is providing a base for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the San Francisco area

The Independent UK

‘We’re just gonna kill people’: Trump says he does not need declaration of war for Venezuela strikes – as it happened

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Trump poised to send scores of federal agents to San Francisco

Newsom calls move ‘right out of the dictator’s handbook’ as agents prepare for key immigration enforcement operation

The Independent UK

San Francisco leaders push back against Trump's National Guard threat

President Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco, calling it crime-ridden and claiming residents want federal help

Reason

Marc Benioff's Ideas for Fixing San Francisco Keep Getting Worse

The billionaire Salesforce CEO said Trump should use the National Guard to clean up San Francisco's streets.

The Guardian - US

San Francisco opposes ‘authoritarian crackdown’ as Trump threatens to send troops

President pushes hyperbolic claims of out-of-control crime as city leaders say no need for ‘Trump’s personal army’

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Reason

Is New Housing Popular?

It depends who you ask, how you ask, and when you ask.

The Independent UK

A car-free stretch of highway in San Francisco leads to recall vote and warning to politicians

A San Francisco supervisor who pushed to turn a 2-mile stretch of highway into a car-free park faces a recall vote in his district

The Guardian - US

Wear flowers in your hair … and take the bus: San Francisco fetes Grateful Dead concerts with tie-dye

Transit will transport concertgoers at a three-day concert series celebrating 60th anniversary of the band’s formation

The Independent UK

San Francisco to ban homeless people from living in RVs with new parking limit

San Francisco is set to ban homeless people from living in RVs with a new citywide parking limit of two hours on large vehicles

Al Jazeera

Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to?

Protests opposing the ICE immigration raids have spread to cities from Seattle to San Antonio.

Latin Times

San Francisco Police Declares Unlawful Assembly Over Immigration Protests As Unrest Spills Out Of L.A.

Police in San Francisco declared an unlawful assembly on Monday night following protests regarding the Trump administration's immigration policies

The Guardian - US

Glendale ends ‘divisive’ Ice detention contract amid California protests

Decision comes as federal action to enforce US immigration laws inspired three days of protests in the LA area

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