MARIA BARTIROMO: “The Washington Post reported after speaking with Steve Bannon that Elon Musk aggressively body checked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the White House. We’re all trying to figure out what happened here and how come this got to this level. What happened? Did he body-check the Treasury Secretary in the White House? KAROLINE LEAVITT: “Well, look, when this …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened a forceful response against even nonviolent actions by demonstrators and vowed to “have troops everywhere” in response to the demonstrations in Los Angeles. “We are not going to let our country be torn apart like it was under Biden and his autopen,” Trump said, speaking to reporters before boarding Air …

“It’s tragic to see what’s happening in L.A. I spent 20 years in the military. I fought in two wars. I fought to give people the freedom to protest whatever the hell they want to. But what we’re seeing in L.A. are not advocates. We’re seeing anarchists, and the president of the United States should absolutely put down the mob …

Mediaite reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the California National Guard in response to violent unrest in Los Angeles over the weekend. During an appearance on CBS’s Face the Nation, Noem said Trump had no choice but to intervene Saturday evening once it became clear that local officials, including Democratic California …

The Washington Post reports: White House border czar Tom Homan said in an interview on NBC News on Sunday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) could be arrested and prosecuted by the Department of Justice if they impede federal immigration actions. Homan said it’s a felony to impede law enforcement from doing their …

The Associated Press reports: National Guard troops began arriving in Los Angeles early Sunday on orders from President Donald Trump in response to clashes in recent days between federal immigration authorities and protesters seeking to block them from carrying out deportations. Members of California’s National Guard were seen staging at the federal complex in downtown Los Angeles that includes the …

The Hill reports: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said President Trump’s decision to deploy 2,000 National Guardsmen to the Los Angeles area without a governor’s signoff is an effort to “de-escalate” the situation. “I think what President Trump’s trying to do is pretty clear. He’s trying to de-escalate all the tensions that are there,” he said. “What President Trump is trying …

The Daily Beast reports: MAGA is going off on an ABC reporter who dared attack White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller. ABC’s Terry Moran wrote Saturday night on X in a since-deleted post that “what’s interesting about [Stephen] Miller” is “not brains. It’s bile,” further describing President Donald Trump’s top aide as “a man who’s richly endowed with …

“The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism. Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy. But that’s not what’s interesting about Miller. It’s not brains. It’s bile. Miller is a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred. He’s …

USA Today reports: The stage is being set – literally – for the military parade June 14 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army that coincides with Trump’s birthday. Construction workers are erecting a stage along Constitution Avenue near the White House. Steel plates have been embedded in the asphalt to protect roads from 140,000-pound tanks. And the …

The New York Times reports: Southern Baptists plan to vote this week on acting to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage 10 years ago this month. The step is part of a growing effort by evangelicals nationwide to reverse Obergefell, and coincides with a renewed campaign in state legislatures to challenge the widely accepted …

Reuters reports: Tens of thousands of Romanians joined an LGBTQ Pride march in Bucharest on Saturday, demanding civil union partnership legislation and equal rights after a highly-contested presidential election last month buoyed the far right. The European Union state has so far ignored a 2023 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, which found Romania had failed to enforce …

Politico reports: Andrew Yang has reached out to Elon Musk with a sales pitch: Let’s build a third party together. The former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate has been pushing his independent Forward Party for several years — and he sprang into action after Musk’s feud with President Donald Trump erupted and Musk polled X users on whether they wanted a …

NPR reports: Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was shot in the head at a Bogotá campaign event Saturday, in an attack that sent shockwaves through the country. The politician’s condition remains unclear after being shot by a 15-year-old sicario, or paid hitman, while delivering a speech to a small group of supporters in a park in …

The Wall Street Journal reports: When the curtain rises in the John F. Kennedy Center Opera House for a performance of “Les Misérables” this week, President Trump is scheduled to be surrounded by supporters who have paid up to $2 million to watch the musical with him. A coup de théâtre earlier this year put the president and his deputies …

Axios reports: President Trump reportedly picks up when his cell rings even if he doesn’t know who’s calling. Senior members of his team also love chatting on their personal devices. That makes the administration uniquely vulnerable to basic scams like spoofed calls and impersonation attempts. If Trump is willing to answer unknown numbers, as The Atlantic reported this week, there’s …

The New York Times reports: A third day of protests against immigration raids was expected to take place in the Los Angeles area on Sunday, hours after President Trump took the extraordinary action of ordering at least 2,000 National Guard members to assist immigration agents clashing with demonstrators. The announcement by Mr. Trump — who said that any protest or …

Variety reports: A federal appeals court ruled that the White House has the latitude to exclude any journalists it chooses from the Oval Office and other “restricted areas” — including on the basis of a news outlet’s “viewpoint.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a 2-1 decision Friday, ruled against the AP, which had sued three …

Axios reports: 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. The widespread movement will run counter to Trump’s multimillion dollar military parade in D.C. “No Kings is a nationwide day of defiance,” organizers wrote. “From city blocks …

San Francisco’s ABC affiliate reports: Two 13-year-old boys are suspected of assault and a hate crime after they allegedly threw fireworks and shouted homophobic remarks at a crowd gathered Wednesday night for a Pride event in downtown Redwood City. Police said one of two victims of the assault suffered minor injuries, and that part of the attack was captured on …