New York Times sues Pentagon over new reporting restrictions – US politics live

<p>NYT accuses Pentagon of infringing on the constitutional rights of its journalists</p><p>Hello and thank you for joining us on the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-politics">US politics</a> live blog. I’m Vivian Ho and I will be bringing you the latest news over the next few hours.</p><p><strong>Frank “Mitch” Bradley</strong>, the Navy admiral who reportedly issued orders to fire upon survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat, is expected on Capitol Hill on Thursday to provide a classified briefing to congressional lawmakers overseeing national security, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pete-hegseth-boat-strike-admiral-congress-521606d39c04dcc040ea232dc9cfeeda">reports</a>.</p><p>The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown continues as federal agents <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/new-orleans-ice-crackdown">descended upon New Orleans </a>on Wednesday, sending fear through the region’s Latino community and prompting businesses to close. <strong>Gregory Bovino</strong>, the border patrol chief who has become the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, was spotted leading a group of masked agents through the historic French quarter as one woman heckled the agents.</p><p>The operation in New Orleans came as <strong>Donald Trump </strong>continued his xenophobic attacks on Somali immigrants, telling reporters on Wednesday that “those Somalians should be out of here. They’ve destroyed our country” and that congresswoman <strong>Ilhan Omar</strong> should be “thrown the hell out”.</p><p>In more immigration news, an <strong>Amnesty International</strong> report published Thursday found that detainees at the Florida immigration detention facility, “<strong>Alligator Alcatraz,”</strong> face “harrowing human right violations.”</p><p>The <strong>Department of Veterans Affairs</strong> (VA) is also in the process of creating a new internal database of non-US citizens who are “employed or affiliated” with the government department, a sensitive memo leaked to the Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/us-veterans-affairs-database-immigration">has revealed</a>.</p><p>Trump also announced on Wednesday that he is repealing the Biden-era <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/trump-fuel-efficiency-rules">federal fuel economy standards</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/dec/04/us-politics-live-donald-trump-latest-news-updates-democrats-republicans">Continue reading...</a>

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