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News Wrap: Judge halts National Guard deployments in Los Angeles

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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41K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Wednesday, a federal judge ruled the Trump administration must stop the National Guard deployment in Los Angeles, the Justice Department was granted a request to unseal transcripts from the 2019 Epstein sex trafficking case, scientists found evidence of humans making fire far earlier than previously thought and a Democrat will run Miami for the first time in nearly 30 years. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Today's other headlines of federal judge in California is ordering the Trump administration

0:05.5

to stop its deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

0:09.5

In his ruling, District Judge Charles Breyer wrote, the government is meant to be a, quote,

0:13.8

system of checks and balances, adding that the, quote, defendants, however, make clear that

0:18.3

the only check they want is a blank one.

0:25.7

President Trump first called up more than 4,000 California National Guard members in June without Governor Gavin Newsom's approval.

0:28.4

Only about 100 troops remain today.

0:30.8

The judge has given the administration time to appeal.

0:34.1

A federal judge in New York today granted a Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case.

0:44.5

Judge Richard Berman reversed his earlier decision to keep the material under wraps.

0:49.3

What changed things, the judge said, is a new law signed by President Trump last month that requires the

0:55.2

release of files related to Epstein by December 19th.

0:59.0

It comes a day after a separate judge agreed to allow the release of files related to

1:03.1

Epstein's longtime associate, Galane Maxwell, for similar reasons.

1:08.0

In Florida, a Democrat will run the city of Miami for the first time in nearly 30 years after

1:13.8

Eileen Higgins won yesterday's mayoral runoff election.

1:17.2

She's also the first woman to step into that role.

1:19.9

The local race gained national attention as a key electoral test in an area that's increasingly

1:25.2

shifted to the right.

1:26.8

Today, Higgins celebrated Miami as an immigrant city and called out elected officials for what she called cruel and demeaning rhetoric amid a broader nationwide crackdown.

1:36.3

When I speak to our residents, it's not just about frustration, it's also about fear.

1:43.3

They've never been afraid of their government

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