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The White House hit out Thursday at South Africa's leader for "running his mouth" over the United States' boycott of this weekend's Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg in another diplomatic rift between the U.S. and a country that has been especially targeted for criticism by President Donald Trump. South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters in Johannesburg that the U.S. had indicated it was changing its mind over its boycott of the G20 leaders' summit at the "11th hour" and wanted to take part. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that was not true and had sharp words for Ramaphosa in response. "I saw the South African president running his mouth a little bit against the United States and the president of the United States earlier today, and that language is not appreciated by the president or his team," Leavitt said at the White House.

A political firestorm erupted in Washington after US President Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of 'seditious behavior' over a video urging military and intelligence personnel to refuse illegal orders. Trump blasted the lawmakers as 'traitors' and said their actions were 'punishable by death.' Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries said that Trump is effectively calling for the 'execution of elected officials.'

A federal judge ordered an end to the monthslong National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. to tackle crime, declaring that the use of troops was "unlawful." It's the latest legal resistance against President Trump's troop deployments in American cities as a means to suppress protests, combat crime, or safeguard federal buildings and personnel, including ICE agents. It comes just days after a Tennessee state judge issued a temporary block on the mobilisation of Guard forces in Memphis, which was activated by the Tennessee governor at Trump's behest.