Overview
- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass instituted an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew in a one-square-mile downtown area following consecutive nights of demonstrations and isolated looting
- President Trump activated more than 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to secure federal buildings and support ICE operations, with the Pentagon estimating the mission will cost $134 million
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Newsom have sued the administration to block the unrequested troop deployment, and a judge will hear the case on Thursday
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress the administration may invoke the Insurrection Act and broaden domestic military roles to reinforce homeland security
- Protests that began over ICE workplace raids have spread to New York, Chicago and Texas, where Governor Greg Abbott announced plans to deploy the National Guard to ensure public order