Overview

• Around 700 U.S. Marines will join up to 4,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles under Title 10 authority to protect federal property and back immigration raids.
• A federal judge in San Francisco is set to hear arguments on a temporary restraining order aimed at blocking troops’ involvement in law enforcement activities.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face questions today before the House Armed Services Committee on the legal basis and coordination of the military deployment.
• Los Angeles has imposed a nighttime curfew in its civic core as protests spread to New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and San Antonio.
• State leaders note the deployment proceeded without requests from Governor Gavin Newsom or Mayor Karen Bass and cite potential violations of the Posse Comitatus Act.