Overview

• Over the weekend, demonstrators blocked part of the 101 Freeway and set fire to multiple Waymo vehicles while businesses were vandalized.
• Law enforcement arrested more than two dozen people in clashes that left broken glass, looted shelves and graffiti across downtown Los Angeles.
• Approximately 300 National Guard troops have been mobilized to protect federal buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
• The California lawsuit argues that federalizing the state’s National Guard oversteps state authority and violates constitutional limits.
• President Trump further escalated the dispute by urging border czar Tom Homan to arrest Governor Newsom for resisting the deployment.