Protester Who Played ‘Star Wars’ Song Sues After Arrest in Washington

Sam O’Hara was playing the “Imperial March” theme from the movie while protesting the deployment of National Guard troops in the capital when he was handcuffed by city police officers.

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Trump Calls Off Federal Operation in San Francisco

President Trump said he had called off a planned federal deployment of immigration agents to the city. It was not clear what that meant for the rest of the Bay Area.

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Cuomo Paints Dire Picture of New York Under Mamdani as Election Nears

Andrew Cuomo is trying to close ground in the New York City mayor’s race by escalating his warnings that “mayhem” would follow a victory by Zohran Mamdani.

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Newsom Says Benioff Is Still ‘Family’ Despite the National Guard Remarks

Gov. Gavin Newsom has a long relationship with Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, that dates back to a different era in San Francisco.

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Border Patrol Plans Immigration Crackdown in S.F. Bay Area

Border Patrol agents are being sent to a U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda, Calif., ahead of an immigration operation in the San Francisco region.

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