Trump Administration

Mediaite reports: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard issued a searing rebuke of “political elites” and “warmongers” she claimed were bringing the world “closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever” by “fomenting” tensions between nations while shielding themselves in bunkers. The DNI said that she had “recently” visited Hiroshima, marking 80 years since the U.S. dropped an …

The Huffington Post reports: After persistent questioning about the cost of sending National Guard members and Marines to Los Angeles, Hegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who said it would cost $134 million. Hegseth defended Trump’s decision to send the troops, saying they are needed to protect federal agents as they do their jobs. The House Defense …

The Daily Beast reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to instruct soldiers deployed to Los Angeles to help arrest rioters, even though the military is generally barred from domestic law enforcement. In a leaked letter, Noem asked Hegseth on Sunday to have the Pentagon give “direction to [Department of Defense] forces to either detain, …

The Associated Press reports: In a series of questions on the news that Marines would be sent to Los Angeles, House Appropriations defense subcommittee ranking member Rep. Betty McCollum told Hegseth “this is a deeply unfair position to put our Marines in,” she said. “There’s no need for the Marines to be deployed.” McCollum asked what the cost of the …

The New York Times reports: The global economy is projected to slow sharply this year as President Trump’s trade policy disrupts international commerce and increases economic uncertainty, the World Bank said on Tuesday in a report that underscores the toll of America’s trade war. The trade tension is setting the stage for the weakest decade of growth since the 1960s. …

ABC News reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to testify before a House panel on Tuesday, his first time on Capitol Hill since being sworn in five months ago and as questions swirl about the deployment of troops to Los Angeles as part of an immigration crackdown. During the hearing, Hegseth is widely expected to dodge many of the …

The Daily Beast reports: “We’re coming in and doing what the president has said that he’s going to do,” Kristi Noem told Fox News’ Hannity. “The more that people conduct violence against law enforcement officers, boy, we’re going to hit ‘em back, and we’re going to hit ‘em back harder than we ever have before.” Noem also took a swipe …

The Associated Press reports: 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 is deploying active duty troops to the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. When troops are overseas, how they can respond …

CBS News reports: 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 — escalating a war of words over the protests and law enforcement response in Los Angeles. “That whole thing’s been taken out of context,” Homan said. “They …

The New York Times reports: President Trump’s political team is encouraging Republican leaders in Texas to examine how House district lines in the state could be redrawn ahead of next year’s midterm elections to try to save the party’s endangered majority. The push from Washington has unnerved some Texas Republicans, who worry that reworking the boundaries of Texas House seats …

CBS News reports: A top California union official was charged with interfering with law enforcement operations after he was arrested during anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, according to court documents filed Monday. David Huerta, the president of the California division of the Service Employees International Union, is set to appear in court for an initial appearance on one felony charge …

CNN reports: Roughly 500 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, and will join the National Guard troops that were activated by Trump over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or the city’s …

CNN reports: As federal agents prepared to fan out in Los Angeles for a controversial immigration crackdown, the officers were greeted by a familiar face: Dr. Phil McGraw. The television personality and his camera crew were embedded with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement when some of the raids took place on Friday. The footage is being incorporated into a special …

The Guardian reports: An Australian reporter has been shot with a rubber bullet while reporting on protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, with the incident caught live on camera. US authorities, including the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and national guard troops, clashed with demonstrators on Sunday. They were protesting against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Australia’s Department of Foreign …

The Washington Post reports: A video shared Saturday by the U.S. Army of tanks being transported to the nation’s capital for the Army’s upcoming 250th birthday parade showed one loaded on a flatcar with graffiti that appeared to read: “Hang Fauci & Bill Gates.” The graffiti appeared on screen for only a few seconds in the 58-second video, shared to …

NBC News reports: Starting today, nationals of 12 countries — including Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen — will be barred from entering the United States after a Trump administration executive order went into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET. Seven more countries will face significant visa restrictions: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. President Donald Trump …

The military blog Task & Purpose reports: U.S. Northern Command stood up a formal task force on Sunday to coordinate the U.S. military’s deployments into Los Angeles County. The announcement from the command clarifies several details left vague on Saturday when President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced they were sending National Guard troops into Los Angeles. NORTHCOM …

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 …

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 …