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The Pentagon is releasing 2,000 National Guard troops from their federal mission to Los Angeles.
“Thanks to our troops who stepped up to answer the call, the lawlessness in Los Angeles is subsiding,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement to Fox News on Tuesday night. “As such, the Secretary has ordered the release of 2,000 California National Guardsmen (79th IBCT) from the federal protection mission.”
The Trump administration had federalized roughly 4,000 National Guard soldiers and deployed 700 Marines to Los Angeles in early June to quell anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots and protests.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass categorized the rescission of about half of the National Guard troops deployed to the city as a “retreat.”
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Demonstrators face a mix of U.S. Marines, National Guards and Department of Homeland Security police officers in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, California, following immigration operations on July 4, 2025. (ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)
“This happened because the people of Los Angeles stood united and stood strong. We organized peaceful protests, we came together at rallies, we took the Trump administration to court — all of this led to today’s retreat,” the Democratic mayor claimed in a statement, adding, “We will not stop making our voices heard until this ends, not just here in LA, but throughout our country.”
Bass said in a press conference that the National Guard’s primary mission has been to guard two buildings that “frankly didn’t need to be guarded.”
“I am hoping that this experiment with the lives of people ends here,” she said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the Trump administration for deploying California National Guard troops despite his opposition. He argued that the National Guard troops were likely violating the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits troops from conducting civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil.
Newsom won an early victory in the case after a federal judge ruled the Guard deployment was illegal and exceeded Trump’s authority. An appeals court tossed that order, and control of the troops remained with the federal government. The federal court is set to hear arguments next month on whether the troops are violating the Posse Comitatus Act.
US Marines and National Guards protecting the entrance of the Metropolitan Detention Center as demonstrators gather in front of it following federal immigration operations, in Los Angeles, California on July 4, 2025. (ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)
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The deployment of National Guard troops was for 60 days, though Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the discretion to shorten or extend it “to flexibly respond to the evolving situation on the ground,” the Trump administration’s lawyers wrote in a June 23 filing in the legal case.
Following the Pentagon’s decision Tuesday, Newsom said in a statement that the National Guard’s deployment to Los Angeles County has pulled troops away from their families and civilian work “to serve as political pawns for the President.”
He added that the remaining troops “continue without a mission, without direction and without any hopes of returning to help their communities.”
“We call on Trump and the Department of Defense to end this theater and send everyone home now,” he said.
U.S. Marines and National Guards stand in line protecting the entrance of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, California on July 4, 2025. (ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)
In late June, the top military commander in charge of troops deployed to Los Angeles asked Hegseth for 200 Guardsmen to be returned to wildfire-fighting duty. Newsom had warned the Guard was understaffed as California entered peak wildfire season.
The end of the deployment comes a week after Bass was blasted on social media for interrupting federal authorities and National Guard troops during an operation at MacArthur Park, a known hotbed for homelessness and crime. The mayor claimed children were playing in the park when the “MILITARY comes through” and demanded to speak to ICE leadership at the scene. No arrests were reported, and online users lamented that Bass cared more for illegal aliens than Los Angeles fire victims.
On Tuesday afternoon, there was no visible military presence outside the federal complex downtown that had been the center of early protests and where National Guard troops first stood guard before the Marines were assigned to protect federal buildings, according to the Associated Press. Hundreds of soldiers have been accompanying agents on immigration operations.
Fox News’ James Levinson and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The branding of the WAC, New Mexico State’s longtime home from 2005-23, has officially ceased to exist
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The Western Athletic Conference is officially no more. Well, at least the name isn’t.
The WAC rebranded as the United Athletic Conference on Wednesday, July 1, which was originally the name of a football-only alliance between the WAC and the Atlantic Sun Conference. Membership losses over the 2020s led the WAC to adopt UAC branding and join its three remaining members with the ASUN’s five football-playing members and Little Rock to form an all-sports conference that keeps the WAC’s historical continuity.
The WAC hits home for New Mexico State. The Aggies were members of the conference from 2005-23 and were one of the WAC’s longest-tenured schools.
With the WAC name officially in the ashes of history, here are some of the Aggies’ best moments while in the conference.
Basketball dominance
NM State dominated the WAC with seven regular-season WAC titles, 10 WAC Tournaments and 14 double-digit win seasons in WAC play.
Perhaps NM State’s best season in the WAC was in 2018-19. The Aggies dropped their first conference game, but won the next 15 before going 3-0 in the WAC Tournament, including a blowout 89-57 win over Grand Canyon for a program-record 30th win. NM State went 16-0 in WAC play the next season before it ended thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Aggies produced five WAC Players of the Year, including four across 2014-18 in Daniel Mullings, Pascal Siakam, Ian Baker and Jemarrio Jones. Teddy Allen won it in 2022.
Women’s basketball also had a dominant stretch. The Aggies won four out of five WAC regular-season and tournament championships from 2015-19, including three in a row from 2015-17 that all included double-digit victories in the WAC Tournament final. Brooke Salas’ 29 points in the 2019 final secured a 76-73 double-overtime win over UTRGV.
Baseball rallies in 2022
The 2018 baseball team won 40 games and the WAC Tournament, but the 2022 team’s story was a Cinderella run.
The Aggies had the worst record in the WAC Tournament at 20-32. NM State finished sixth in the West Division, but gained entry thanks to second-place California Baptist and fourth-place Dixie State (now Utah Tech) being ineligible due to their Division I transitions.
The Aggies caught fire and went 4-0. NM State defeated Southwest Division winner Sam Houston 3-1, clobbered UTRGV 10-0 in seven innings, took down Sacramento State 7-3 and vanquished fellow No. 4 seed Abilene Christian 7-3 in the championship game.
Winning WAC titles at home
Softball won six regular-season WAC titles and four WAC Tournaments from 2011-21.
Three of those tournament titles came when NM State hosted it in 2015, 2017 and 2018. The Aggies earned three run-rule wins to win in 2015 and faced Seattle three times in 2017. The Aggies fell 6-4 in the second round before bouncing back into the winners bracket to beat the Redhawks 15-14 and 10-0 for another title.
NM State defeated Grand Canyon and UMKC in run-rule fashion in 2018 and faced GCU again in the final. Kelsey Horton’s three RBIs fueled a 9-7 win. She secured back-to-back WAC Player of the Year honors in 2017 and 2018.
A great 2015
The Aggies had one of their best years in 2015. NM State won five regular-season WAC titles and eight WAC tournaments in that calendar year.
Men’s basketball and women’s basketball each won WAC regular-season and tournament titles, and Brianna Freeman was named the WAC Player of the Year in women’s basketball. Volleyball swept the WAC regular-season and tournament titles and never lost a conference game. Gwen Murphy won WAC Player of the Year, and Mike Jordan earned WAC Coach of the Year.
Softball went 47-16 and swept the WAC regular-season and tournament championships in one of the program’s best seasons. Staci Rodriguez won WAC Player of the Year, and the Aggies broke 12 school records on offense.
Men’s and women’s golf both won WAC championships, and men’s tennis swept the WAC regular-season and tournament titles. Women’s tennis also won the WAC Tournament for the program’s first-ever conference title.
Other notable moments
- Soccer won its first WAC Tournament title in 2022 after taking down top-seeded Seattle 1-0 in the final.
- NM State won the 2023 WAC outdoor track and field title. Jhana Downie won conference titles in the 200 and 400 meters, Joseph Rath won WAC Coach of the Year and Terice Steen set a school record in the 400m hurdles (58.36).
- Volleyball won three more WAC regular-season titles in 2016, 2019 and 2021. Megan Hart was named 2019 WAC Player of the Year.
- Women’s golf won seven WAC championships from 2014-22. Pun Chanachai was a standout, winning WAC Player of the Year and WAC Freshman of the Year honors in 2017.
- Swimming and diving stayed in the WAC for two more years after 2023 and were a competitive program, finishing second at the WAC Championships seven times between 2010-25.
Oregon lawmakers have a new roadmap for tackling racism as a public health issue, and it’s packed with more than 100 recommendations for the 2027 legislative session.
According to KGW8, the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office released the four-year report this week, built on input from more than 200 Oregonians of color and developed alongside the Oregon Health Authority. It digs into how Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color face unequal access to stable jobs, education, health care, and housing — the everyday conditions that shape locals’ lives.
“This is an opportunity for state government to earn trust with communities of color who have been historically excluded,” said executive director of the Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office, Jeff Selby, per the outlet. “The report process is a model for community engagement, as we all work together toward meaningful outcomes in community.”
State Rep. Travis Nelson said the findings have already shaped legislation, with several bills signed into law over the past two sessions covering topics like culturally specific health services and school staffing diversity. One concrete example: After residents flagged that Spanish-speaking applicants were passing the DMV’s written driving test at a rate of roughly 21%, versus 51% for English speakers, organizers connected the DMV with community groups to address the gap.
The report dates back to 2021, when Oregon lawmakers formally declared racism a public health crisis. “Racism in Oregon has left a legacy of trauma from one generation to the next, impacting Oregon tribes, Black and indigenous communities and people of color through a cumulative effect,” a section of the declaration reads.
A separate report from the Commonwealth Fund found Oregon has more severe racial and ethnic health disparities than its neighbors in the West, with Native American, Black, and Hispanic residents lagging behind white and Asian American residents on access, quality, and outcomes. Researchers warned that federal changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act since 2025 could make those gaps worse, not better.
The Oregon Advocacy Commissions Office says the goal now is turning research into real policy before lawmakers reconvene — and building trust with communities that have historically been left out of the process.
The full report can be seen here.
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