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8:30 AM ET, June 8, 2025

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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions  —  MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE  —  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY  —  Numerous incidents of violence and disorder have recently occurred and threaten …
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Says National Guard Will Be Deployed to L.A. Protests  —  Streets of Paramount, Calif., in Los Angeles County were in chaos as federal immigration officials squared off with protesters, using tear gas and flash-bang grenades.  —  The Trump administration said it planned …
Associated Press:
Trump deploys California National Guard to LA to quell protests despite the governor's objections  —  President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom after a second day of clashes between hundreds of protesters …
Washington Post:
Trump activates National Guard after L.A.-area protests  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) condemned the move, saying it “will only escalate tensions.”  —  LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump has ordered the California National Guard to Los Angeles to intervene in protests of immigration sweeps …
Melanie Mason / Politico:
Newsom blasts deployment of National Guard to LA as ‘purposefully inflammatory’  —  The California governor said the federal government is deploying 2,000 soldiers amid unrest over immigration sweeps in Los Angeles.  —  LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday denounced …
New York Times:
Trump Is Calling Up National Guard Troops Under a Rarely Used Law  —  President Trump bypassed the authority of Gov. Gavin Newsom to call up 2,000 National Guard troops to quell immigration protests.  —  President Trump took extraordinary action on Saturday by calling up 2,000 National Guard troops …
The Guardian:
Trump authorizes 2,000 national guard troops to deploy to LA amid Ice protests  —  California governor calls move ‘purposefully inflammatory’ and says it will ‘escalate tensions’ amid immigration crackdown  —  Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles, Maya Yang, Diana Ramirez-Simon and agencies
CNN:
Trump deploys National Guard after second day of Los Angeles immigration protests  —  Video Ad Feedback  —  CNN on scene where clashes between protesters and federal enforcement officers took place  —  CNN on scene where clashes between protesters and federal enforcement officers took place
NBC News:
Live updates: Trump to deploy National Guard in L.A. amid protests over immigration raids  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the move is unnecessary and will escalate tensions after limited protests over federal immigration raids in the Los Angeles area.
NBC News:
Live updates: Protests erupt outside Los Angeles-area Home Depot amid federal enforcement operations
Discussion: FOX 11 Los Angeles
Reuters:
White House aide calls Los Angeles anti-ICE protests an ‘insurrection’
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Releases Statement on Violent Rioters Assaulting ICE Officers in Los Angeles, CA and Calls on Democrat Politicians to Tone Down Dangerous Rhetoric About ICE
Reuters:
Riot police, anti-ICE protesters square off in Los Angeles after raids
NBC News:
Trump says Elon Musk will face ‘very serious consequences’ if he funds Democratic candidates  —  In an interview with NBC News, the president also said he assumes his relationship with the tech billionaire is over following their recent falling out.  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday …
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Lucia I Suarez Sang / CBS News:
Sen. Warren asks for contingency plans on national security after Trump and Musk's social media fall out
Discussion: The Guardian
ABC News:
Musk appears to delete X posts claiming Trump was in Epstein files
Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Elon Musk appears to delete some explosive X posts amid feud with Trump
Bloomberg:
Colombia Candidate Fighting for Life After Assassination Bid  —  Surgeons are operating on Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay after an assassination attempt that recalled the political violence that roiled the nation in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Frances Mao / BBC:
Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally  —  A Colombian presidential candidate has been shot three times - reportedly twice in the head - at a campaign event in the capital, Bogota.  —  Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was attacked while addressing a small crowd in a park on Saturday.
NBC News:
Trump says he thinks the government has a ‘very easy case’ against Kilmar Abrego Garcia  —  In an interview with NBC News, the president said it was the Justice Department's decision, not his, to bring the Maryland man back to the U.S.  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday …
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Blumenthal casts doubt on Abrego Garcia prosecution: ‘Charges are not evidence’
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
It's Opening Night for the MAGA Makeover of the Kennedy Center  —  Ticket sales are down amid Trump's planned overhaul of national arts center, which includes ‘common sense’ programming, a prayer wall and refurbished decor; $2 million gold-tier fundraiser  —  When the curtain rises …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 7, 2025  —  In April, John Phelan, the U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Donald J. Trump, posted that he visited the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial “to pay my respects to the service members and civilians we lost at Pearl Harbor on the fateful day of June 7, 1941.”
April Rubin / Axios:
What to know about counterprotests to Trump's June 14 parade  —  Protestors are taking to the streets and community hubs nationwide on June 14 in what organizers expect will be the largest single-day anti-President Trump rally since the start of the administration.
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Adam Klasfeld / All Rise News:
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Catherine Kim / Politico:
Andrew Yang Is Ready to Team Up With Elon Musk
Discussion: The Hill and CBS News
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Conservatives on SCOTUS give DOGE the go-ahead
Associated Press:
The 911 presidency: Trump flexes emergency powers in his second term
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
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Sikh man from Vineland criticized for leading Congress in prayer
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