Overview

• The Ninth Circuit stayed the lower court’s restraining order, allowing President Trump to maintain command of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles
• District Judge Charles Breyer set a Monday deadline for both sides to file briefs on potential breaches of the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars military involvement in civilian policing
• Governor Gavin Newsom contends the federalization of the state Guard without his consent inflamed public tensions, undermined local authority and misallocated resources
• Protests over recent immigration raids have largely subsided, prompting Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to lift the downtown curfew that followed clashes and property damage
• Vice President JD Vance toured Los Angeles to meet Marines assigned to protect federal sites and pledged to deploy federal forces where local enforcement is insufficient