Overview

• Trump ordered 2,000 additional National Guard soldiers and 700 Marine infantry into Los Angeles without Governor Gavin Newsom’s consent, triggering a lawsuit over federal power.
• Mayor Karen Bass extended a nightly curfew in central Los Angeles after clashes between protesters and police led to multiple arrests for curfew violations.
• Demonstrations against Trump’s immigration policies have expanded to New York, Chicago, San Antonio and other cities, prompting Texas Governor Greg Abbott to activate his state’s National Guard.
• The White House maintains that the president supports peaceful protest despite his threats of “very hard violence” and descriptions of demonstrators as “animals.”
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz described the images from Los Angeles as “disturbing” and urged a swift end to the unrest.