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PHOTOS: See the anti-Trump violence that has unfolded on LA’s streets across the last week
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Riots have gripped Los Angeles since June 6, as agitators took to the streets to burn American flags, set cars ablaze and hurl heavy objects at federal law enforcement in a violent display of rejection of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
Fox News Digital took a look back at the most viral and violent moments of the riots, as captured in photos, following renewed protests on Saturday evening as thousands poured onto LA streets as part of the «No Kings Day» protests that unfolded in cities nationwide. The protests on Saturday were planned for the same day as Trump’s birthday and when the president held a massive military parade in Washington, D.C., honoring the Army’s 250th anniversary.
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Riots broke out in L.A. the evening of Friday, June 6, after federal law enforcement officials converged on the city to carry out immigration raids. State and local leaders, such as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom, quickly denounced the raids in public statements while offering words of support for illegal immigrants in the state.
Protests over the raids soon devolved into violence as rioters targeted federal law enforcement officials, including launching rocks at officials, with videos showing people looting local stores, setting cars on fire and taking over a freeway.
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Trump announced last weekend that 2,000 National Guard members would be deployed to help quell the violence, while the administration additionally deployed hundreds of Marines to respond to anti-immigration chaos on Monday evening as the violence continued.
«If I didn’t ‘SEND IN THE TROOPS’ to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now,» Trump posted to Truth Social on Tuesday morning.
Protesters confront Los Angeles police department personnel in riot gear in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
California launched a lawsuit against the administration for activating the National Guard, which bypassed the governor, who typically deploys the National Guard during a state of emergency.
A U.S. district judge sided with Newsom and his administration’s lawsuit in a decision Thursday ordering Trump to return control of the Guard to the state «forthwith.» A federal appeals court on Thursday, however, issued an administrative stay of the lower court’s order, handing the Trump administration a temporary win.
Protesters carry a banner representing the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution in downtown Los Angeles during an anti-Trump «No Kings Day» demonstration in a city that has been the focus of protests against Trump’s immigration raids on June 14, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)
Federal officials pinned blame for the violence on Democratic elected officials who have «villainized and demonized» ICE law enforcement, Fox News Digital previously reported.
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS SLAM NEWSOM, BASS FOR LETTING LA BURN WITH RIOTS AMID TRUMP IMMIGRATION BLITZ
«The violent targeting of law enforcement in Los Angeles by lawless rioters is despicable and Mayor Bass and Governor Newsom must call for it to end,» Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote in a statement last weekend. «The men and women of ICE put their lives on the line to protect and defend the lives of American citizens. . . . From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale. This violence against ICE must end.»
A rioter holds up a Mexican flag as burning cars line the street on June 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty)
As footage of rioters launching rocks and other heavy objects at police, looting stores, setting cars on fire and shutting down highways spread across social media, critics of the violence balked at how many of the rioters waved Mexican flags in an act of defiance against the Trump administration’s efforts to deport the millions of illegal immigrants, while burning the American flag.
LAPD officers form a line in downtown Los Angeles to push back against protesters who refuse to leave the area on June 10, 2025. (Louis Casiano for Fox News Digital)
Menacing graffiti deriding Immigration and Customs Enforcement, calling for people to «kill a cop» as well as graffiti threatening Trump’s life have been spotted around the city.
A building in downtown Los Angeles was vandalized with the words «Kill a cop» amid ongoing anti-ICE rioting in the city on June 10, 2025. (Peter D’Abrosca for Fox News Digital)
The U.S. Secret Service confirmed on Thursday that it is «aware» of the graffiti messages threatening, «Kill Trump.»
The protests and riots found renewed support on Saturday in a «No Kings Day» protest, when thousands took to the streets to protest what they said was Trump conducting himself as a «king» and not a president. «No Kings» protests were held in cities across the nation on the same of the massive military parade honoring the U.S. Army, which fell on Flag Day and Trump’s 79th birthday.
Protesters carry a banner representing the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution in downtown Los Angeles during an anti-Trump «No Kings Day» demonstration in a city that has been the focus of protests against Trump’s immigration raids on June 14, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)
The L.A. protests on Saturday led to arrests and police employing tear gas, flash-bangs and a dispersal order. On Saturday, the police department said on its X account that «people in the crowd are throwing rocks, bricks, bottles and other objects» at officers, as well as aiming «commercial grade fireworks» at them.
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An anti-ICE protester kicks back a tear gas canister on N. Main St. during the «No Kings Day» rally on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles, California. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly slammed Newsom and other Democrats for their rhetoric rejecting the administration’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants, and continued to vow that violent protesters would face swift consequences as deportation raids continue.
CALIFORNIA LT. GOVERNOR SAYS LOS ANGELES RIOTS ARE ‘GENERATED BY DONALD TRUMP’
Los Angeles, CA – June 14: Anti-ICE protesters wear red balaclavas during «No Kings Day» in Downtown on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
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«The Biden Administration and Governor Newscum flooded America with 21 Million Illegal Aliens, destroying Schools, Hospitals and Communities, and consuming untold Billions of Dollars in Free Welfare. All of them have to go home, as do countless other Illegals and Criminals, who will turn us into a bankrupt Third World Nation. America was invaded and occupied. I am reversing the Invasion. It’s called Remigration. Our courageous ICE Officers, who are daily being subjected to doxxing and murder threats, are HEROES. We will always have their back as they carry out this noble mission. America will be for Americans again!» Trump posted to Truth Social on Thursday.
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Iran is poised to strike critical desalination infrastructure across the Middle East within days, escalating tensions with the U.S. and Israel and triggering global economic fallout, a U.N. official warned Sunday.
Kaveh Madani, an Iranian scientist and U.N. official, said desalination plants across the region could be hit «within the next few days,» raising the prospect of a broader regional water crisis and affecting global markets.
The strike threats made by the regime on Sunday came in response to President Donald Trump’s warning that the U.S. would hit Iranian power infrastructure unless the Strait of Hormuz was opened within 48 hours.
A spokesperson for the Central Headquarters of Hazrat Khatam al-Anbiya (PBUH) said, «Following previous warnings, if Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked by the enemy, all energy, information technology, and desalination infrastructure belonging to the US and the regime in the region will be targeted.»
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U.N. official Kaveh Madani warns desalination plants across the Middle East could be struck within days, risking a regional water crisis and global economic fallout. (ruelleruelle/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
«The desalination plants might be targeted again within the next few days,» Madani told Fox News Digital.
«The driest region of the world might see a real water war, but the knock-on effects on the world’s economy, including the U.S., will be both immediate and lasting,» Madani said, pointing to what he described as a «new phase in the conflict» involving such critical civilian infrastructure.
«Now, add the possibility of damage to the already fragile water infrastructure, including treatment plants, pumping stations, and distribution networks,» he said. «The consequences would be catastrophic and lasting.»
Kaveh’s warning comes as the conflict — now in its fourth week — has expanded beyond military targets. Desalination facilities, including a plant on Iran’s Qeshm Island and another in Bahrain, have allegedly already been struck.
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Iran threatens to target desalination and energy infrastructure within days, a U.N. official warns, citing lasting consequences for global markets and water supplies. (Gabriela Maj/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Desalination, the process of creating drinkable water from seawater, is critical to supplying water across Israel and many of Iran’s Gulf neighbors, particularly in such arid regions where natural freshwater is scarce.
Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Iranian parliament, echoed the regime’s threats in a post on X on Sunday, warning that «critical infrastructure, energy, and oil across the region will be irreversibly destroyed, and oil prices will rise for a long time» if Iran’s power plants are struck.
«With a blackout, water treatment and distribution systems will also collapse in some parts of the country,» Madani clarified.
«Iran will retaliate by attacking desalination, energy, and other energy-related infrastructure in all countries in the region that are parties to the war, including Israel,» he added. «The price of oil and gas will increase further, and the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, while a humanitarian disaster is created as millions of people lose access to water and electricity in the region.»
TRUMP SAYS US ‘OBLITERATED’ TARGETS IN STRIKE ON KEY IRANIAN OIL HUB
An aerial view of the island of Qeshm, separated from the Iranian mainland by the Clarence Strait, December 10, 2023. (Stringer/File Photo/Reuters)
«The U.S. has allegedly already attacked a desalination plant in Qeshm Island, and the Iranians have allegedly responded by striking a plant in Bahrain,» he said.
«Iran is the least reliant on desalination plants, so it is explicitly including them as legitimate targets for retaliation because this is the biggest vulnerability of the other parties to the war across the Middle East,» he added.
Despite that relative advantage, Iran itself has faced years of severe drought, mismanagement of water resources, and declining groundwater levels, leaving parts of the country increasingly water-stressed.
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«If Iranians run out of water and/or electricity, they won’t rise up,» Holly Dagres, Libitzky Family Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said.
«The unfortunate truth is that the Islamic Republic would rather allow the country to burn than appear weak while it is facing an existential threat,» she said.
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California sheriff seizes 650,000 ballots in defiance of state officials over election count dispute
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A California sheriff and top Republican candidate for governor seized over 650,000 votes from the state’s November elections this weekend.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco launched an investigation into the state’s November 2025 special election on Proposition 50 after a third-party organization, the Riverside Election Integrity Team, claimed it found roughly 45,000 excess votes. California elections officials have dismissed the team’s findings, but Bianco says his office will conduct another count.
«This investigation is simple: Physically count the ballots and compare that result with the total votes recorded,» Bianco told reporters at a Friday press conference.
Proposition 50 was a key proposal seeking to reform California’s congressional districts. It was designed to favor Democrats in response to a similar effort by Republicans in Texas.
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican candidate for California governor, joins Kate Monroe, an advocate for veterans, on a tour of Skid Row in Los Angeles. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Secretary of State Shirley Weber has argued Bianco has no authority to carry out a recount.
«The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office has taken actions based on allegations that lack credible evidence and risk undermining public confidence in our elections,» Weber told City News Service. «The sheriff’s assertion that his deputies know how to count is admirable. The fact remains that he and his deputies are not elections officials, and they do not have expertise in election administration.»
Riverside elections official Art Tinoco rejected the Riverside Election Integrity Team’s findings earlier this month, saying the group had misinterpreted how votes are counted on Election Day.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a «Yes On Prop 50» volunteer event in Los Angeles. Voters approved the measure, which authorized temporary changes to congressional district maps. (Getty Images)
Tinoco told county supervisors earlier this year that the initial intake logs by polling workers are meant to be estimates rather than exact tallies of how many votes were cast. Even so, he said the final tally was within 0.16%, or 103 votes, of the original estimate.
The Elections Integrity Team maintains their math is correct, however, and it was this disagreement that led Bianco to open an investigation of his own.
Bianco accused California Attorney General Bob Bonta, a Democrat, of intervening in the investigation. Bonta, however, says his office only sought to learn the basis of the probe.
«We have attempted to work cooperatively with the Sheriff’s Office in order to better understand the basis for their investigation, including by reviewing the warrants themselves and by requesting the Sheriff’s complete investigative file,» Bonta’s office told Fox News Digital on Sunday. «We made these requests pursuant to the Attorney General’s supervisory authority over county sheriffs.»
«During this time, the Sheriff has delayed, stonewalled, and otherwise refused to work with us in good faith. To date, the Sheriff has failed to provide most of the requested documentation. But, what we have been able to learn raises serious questions about the merits of this investigation. We are especially concerned with legal deficiencies in the affidavits underlying the warrants, including the omission of material facts,» his office added.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has criticized Bianco’s election investigation. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Bianco has also clashed on social media with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who is running for California governor as well.
Bianco said Friday that his office had received multiple letters from Bonta ordering him to cease the investigation, according to the Desert Sun.
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«The outrage that an investigation was happening was extremely concerning to me, especially coming from someone who claims to be a law enforcement officer that is, I’ve said this a minimum of a thousand times, he’s an embarrassment to law enforcement,» Bianco said.
Bonta and Weber did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
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Una serie de denuncias por presunto acoso sexual contra periodistas mujeres sacude a los medios de Colombia
Una serie de denuncias de presunto acoso sexual en medios de comunicación colombianos sacuden por estos días al gremio periodístico y provocaron una ola de pronunciamientos, cartas públicas y movimientos de apoyo a las víctimas que apuntan a un problema estructural en las redacciones del país.
El caso más reciente involucra a Caracol Televisión, que confirmó -en un comunicado publicado el pasado viernes en la mañana- la activación de sus protocolos internos tras recibir denuncias contra dos periodistas y presentadores por presunto acoso sexual.
La empresa indicó, en la misma nota, que está llevando a cabo investigaciones «con garantías de confidencialidad, debido proceso y acompañamiento a las posibles víctimas».
En paralelo, salieron a la luz testimonios de periodistas que denuncian conductas inapropiadas en los medios, incluido el relato de una comunicadora que aseguró haber sido besada sin su consentimiento por un presentador, un hecho ocurrido en instalaciones vinculadas al canal.
Según estos testimonios, que también mencionan otros episodios similares, el miedo a represalias y a perder oportunidades laborales ha sido un factor clave para no denunciar oportunamente, lo que reavivó el debate sobre la eficacia de los mecanismos internos en los medios.
El director de Noticias Caracol, Juan Roberto Vargas, calificó este domingo como «doloroso» el caso y afirmó que la compañía actuará con rigor.
«Estamos del lado de las víctimas (…) se tomaron las medidas de rigor con protocolos laborales y legales muy estrictos», señaló, y añadió que se adoptarán «las decisiones que haya que tomar con severidad».
En medio de la controversia, más de 40 mujeres periodistas firmaron una carta pública en la que denuncian un patrón de silenciamiento frente a las violencias basadas en género en el sector y piden garantías para quienes deciden hablar.
El documento señaló que, tras denunciar, algunas mujeres han enfrentado presiones, amenazas y procesos judiciales, lo que consideran una forma de revictimización.
«Es urgente garantizar condiciones seguras y justicia con enfoque de género para las víctimas que denuncian acoso en el ejercicio periodístico», señalaron las firmantes, entre ellas María Jimena Duzán, Jineth Bedoya Lima y Catalina Ruiz-Navarro.
En ese contexto, la carta alude al caso del gerente del sistema de medios públicos RTVC, Hollman Morris, y advirtió sobre los riesgos que enfrentan quienes denuncian. En redes sociales, Duzán afirmó que Morris había acudido a «acciones sistemáticas para silenciar a las mujeres que lo denuncian».
Asimismo, las firmantes cuestionan lo que describen como respaldo institucional a los señalados y advierten sobre la persistencia de la impunidad en casos de violencia contra las mujeres en el ámbito laboral, al tiempo que piden a la justicia actuar con enfoque de género.
Por su parte, el Colegio Nacional de Periodistas de Colombia expresó su «profunda preocupación» por los hechos y aseguró que evidencian una problemática estructural que ha sido silenciada durante años.
El gremio pidió «cero tolerancia» frente al acoso y la violencia de género en el ejercicio periodístico, así como investigaciones transparentes, garantías de protección para las víctimas y entornos laborales seguros.
«El silencio no puede seguir siendo la norma. Denunciar no es traicionar el oficio, es dignificarlo«, señaló la organización.
Al mismo tiempo, periodistas impulsan en redes sociales iniciativas como #MeTooColombia y #YoTeCreoColega, con las que buscan visibilizar casos de acoso y crear redes de apoyo.
Como parte de esta iniciativa, se habilitó un correo electrónico para recibir testimonios de forma confidencial, con el objetivo de recopilar denuncias y promover acciones concretas dentro del sector.
Las impulsoras del movimiento advierten que durante años «depredadores sexuales» se ampararon en el poder de sus cargos y en el silencio institucional, y subrayan que el momento actual representa una oportunidad para transformar esa realidad.
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