Overview

• At a police visit in Washington, President Trump said federal agents and the National Guard will remain in the capital for a long time and signaled he will seek to extend the 30‑day federal control of city policing through Congress.
• Officials report more than 600 arrests and 86 illegal firearms seized since the deployment, while protests continue, a National Guard Humvee collision injured a driver, and total Guard forces have risen above 2,000 with reinforcements from six Republican-led states.
• DEA director Terry Cole praised what he called an unprecedented Mexican willingness to cooperate and said the agency would support any presidential decision, including potential bombings of cartel targets, if ordered.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected claims of extraordinary cooperation, dismissed the prospect of U.S. strikes on Mexican territory, and reiterated that any foreign agents must operate only with Foreign Ministry authorization under Mexico’s National Security law.
• Media reports say the Pentagon has been tasked to prepare options against cartels; a Defense Department spokesperson described a significant role in meeting the president’s objective without detailing future operations, leaving the scope and timing unconfirmed.