Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies have reported using thousands of crowd control munitions against protesters in L.A. since June 2025, when federal immigration sweeps began escalating ...

In recent legal filings challenging state assault weapon bans, the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has reasoned that past courts have mistakenly restricted what “common use” weapons ...

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