Judge Rules Trump’s L.A. Guard Deployment Illegal, Israel Calls Up Reservists, L.A. Football Scandal, OpenAI Lawsuit

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A federal judge ruled President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles was illegal under the Posse Comitatus Act. Israel mobilized 60,000 reservists as its Gaza offensive escalated, sparking protests and warnings from aid groups. In Los Angeles, a football booster admitted paying families to transfer athletes, while California faces triple-digit heat, lightning, and rising wildfire risk. In business, OpenAI was sued after parents alleged ChatGPT gave their son suicide instructions, and the U.S. suspended the “de minimis” exemption on cheap imports, raising costs for online shoppers and challenging retailers like Shein and Temu.

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0:00.0	This is an LA Times Studios podcast.
0:10.0	Hi, I'm Faith Pino, and you're listening to headlines from LA Times Studios.
0:14.0	Here are some of today's top stories from the Los Angeles Times.
0:19.0	A federal judge ruled against President Trump Tuesday, saying his deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles was illegal.
0:27.6	Jenny Jarvie reports Judge Charles Breyer found the administration violated a federal law when they sent nearly 5,000 troops to California back in June.
0:37.8	The Posse Comitatis Act bars the military from enforcing civilian laws.
0:43.2	Breyer said the National Guard's role in this summer's immigration raids and protests crossed
0:48.9	that line.
0:50.4	The Trump administration continues to defend the move, saying the National Guard were only there to protect federal officers, not to enforce laws.
1:00.0	The ruling doesn't force the remaining troops to leave immediately, but the order-ending military force in California is set to take effect Friday.
1:09.0	The case lands as Trump considers sending the guard into other Democratic-led cities,
1:14.6	vowing a crime crackdown in places like Chicago, Baltimore, and New York.
1:20.6	Israel is mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists as it widens its offensive in Gaza City. Reporters say the military repeated evacuation warnings Tuesday,
1:31.3	striking two neighborhoods in West Gaza and declaring them dangerous combat zones.
1:37.3	Gaza hospitals report at least 50 people were killed in the past 24 hours,
1:42.3	with dozens more wounded after strikes leveled residential
1:46.0	buildings.
1:47.0	In Tel Aviv, reservists protested the new call-up of 60,000 troops.
1:52.0	Criticism of the war is growing, and some movements are even encouraging reservists to refuse service.
1:59.0	The Israeli military says a Gaza city takeover is necessary, calling it a Hamas stronghold
2:05.6	with a vast tunnel network. But the operation puts hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk,
2:11.6	trapped between combat and famine.
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