About 700 Marines being mobilized in response to LA protests, sources tell CNN  —  More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, according to three people familiar with the matter …

Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force by Marines deployed to LA protests  —  The Pentagon was scrambling Monday to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration …

Exclusive: DHS secretary seeks military arrests in Los Angeles in leaked letter  —  One day before the Trump administration deployed U.S. Marines to confront protesters in Los Angeles, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to direct the military to detain or arrest …

Cries of Defiance and Songs of Joy in Los Angeles  —  The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration.  I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.  —  Dayen-LAprotests1-060925  —  Protesters at the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument on June 9, 2025.

This Is What Autocracy Looks Like  —  Since Donald Trump was elected again, I've feared one scenario above all others: that he'd call out the military against people protesting his mass deportations, putting America on the road to martial law.  Even in my more outlandish imaginings, however …

Homan says Trump administration has “no intention to arrest” Newsom — after Trump says “I'd do it”  —  White House “border czar” Tom Homan told CBS News on Monday “there's no intention to arrest” California Gov. Gavin Newsom, after President Trump suggested he was open to the idea …

Gavin Newsom: Trump is ‘unhinged,’ speaking like an ‘authoritarian’  —  The California governor blasted Trump amid the president's deployment of National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area.  —  LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Donald Trump's threats against him and other Democrats following …

Playbook: The LA standoff Trump wanted  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  —  EYES-EMOJI SPOTTED: John Fetterman, the not-uncontroversial Democratic senator for Pennsylvania, dining in D.C.'s top MAGA hangout Butterworth's on Monday evening.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel  —  Kennedy said the move is needed to ‘re-establish public confidence,’ but experts expressed shock  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the Centers …

Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts  —  The U.S. health secretary chose to “retire” members of a committee that makes significant decisions about who receives immunizations, including the vaccines for children.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. health secretary …

RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.

RFK Jr. purges every vaccine adviser on CDC panel, will pick replacements  —  Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been “plagued with persistent conflicts of interest.”  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …