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The first National Guard troops arrived in Los Angeles after Donald Trump said he would deploy a force of at least 2,000 to quell protests.

The move followed two days of clashes between protesters and federal immigration agents, who arrested more than 40 people in nearby raids.

California's governor, Gavin Newsom, called the use of the National Guard purposely inflammatory.

Mr. Trump said Elon Musk would pay serious consequences if he decided to fund challenges

to Republicans who vote for the president's big, beautiful budget bill.

He also said he assumed his relationship

with a billionaire was over after their recent public spat. Mr. Trump did not specify the action

he would take against his former advisor, but Mr. Musk's companies have extensive government

contracts. Rwanda said it would withdraw from the economic community of Central African states

amid growing tensions with its fellow member Congo.

On Saturday, the bloc decided to keep Equatorial Guinea in its chairmanship rather than allow

Rwanda to assume the role as expected.

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