Soldiers watch civil rights protesters walking during the third Selma March in Alabama, on March 25, 1965. President Lyndon Johnson federalized the Alabama National Guard to prevent violence against the marchers. William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
National Guard troops stand outside the Metropolitan Detention Center on Sunday in Los Angeles. Tensions in the city remain high after the Trump administration called in the National Guard against the wishes of city leaders following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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Travelers pass through Newark Liberty International Airport's international terminal after President Trump's new travel ban took effect on Monday. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption
California National Guard members protect a federal building, covered in graffiti following protests triggered by immigration raids, in Los Angeles, on June 9, 2025. Police ordered the public to disperse from downtown Los Angeles on June 8 after further unrest, with cars torched and security forces firing tear gas at protesters, in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to America's second-biggest city. Ronaldo Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Chair Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., attends a news conference to introduce members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus outside the U.S. Capitol on Friday, November 15, 2024. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images hide caption
A car burns as a demonstrator waves a Mexican national flag during a protest following federal immigration operations, in the Compton neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on June 7, 2025. RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
People wade in the shallow waters of the Virgin River in St. George, Utah. The river provides the desert community with water, but climate change and a growing population threaten that supply. Local leaders are looking toward recycled sewage as a solution. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
Demonstrators protest outside a downtown jail in Los Angeles following two days of clashes with police during a series of immigration raids on June 08 in Los Angeles. Tensions in the city remain high after the Trump administration called in the National Guard against the wishes of city leaders. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A protester confronts a line of U.S. National Guard in the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Eric Thayer/AP hide caption
Donald Trump invoked emergency powers more times in his first 100 days in office than any other modern president has done during the same time period. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dave Portnoy spoke to NPR's Steve Inskeep as part of a series meant to put real questions to controversial or influential figures. NPR hide caption
Federal judges have stood as checks on President Trump's power — but law clerks say behind closed doors, some created toxic, fear-driven workplaces where speaking out could end a career. Xinyue Chen for NPR hide caption
Two Waymo taxis burn near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest.
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The National Guard, police and protesters stand off outside of a downtown jail in Los Angeles on Sunday following days of clashes with law enforcement over immigration raids. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A truck is stuck in water and mud following flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. FRONTLINE hide caption
Women embrace before a community vigil at the Boulder Jewish Community Center to mark an attack in Boulder, Colo., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Andy Cross/Pool The Denver Post hide caption
This combo of images released by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows the recapture of escaped inmate Grant Hardin, an ex-police chief and convicted killer, by Arkansas law enforcement officers and the U.S. Border Patrol on Friday, near Moccasin Creek in Izard County, about 1.5 miles northwest of Calico Rock prison. Arkansas Department of Corrections/AP hide caption
Becca Morris in the home she's in the process of buying in Harrington, Del., on May 14. She found it just a few months before her federal housing subsidy was set to end. Wesley LaPointe/for NPR hide caption
Juan Vega Paredes, a Dominican man who was arrested by immigration authorities in Puerto Rico in January, poses for a portrait in his home in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 3, 2025. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of 20 Starlink satellites is seen in the evening sky above Lawndale, Calif., after being launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Nicky Sundt of Washington, D.C., celebrates with the crowd during the WorldPride festivities in Washington, D.C. Tyrone Turner/WAMU for NPR hide caption
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