Overview

• Vice President JD Vance spent Saturday at Disneyland with his wife and children under heightened Secret Service protection, prompting ride closures and enhanced security measures.
• Dozens of protesters gathered outside Disneyland and the Grand Californian Resort to denounce recent federal immigration raids in California.
• On July 13, Gov. Newsom publicly rebuked both Vance’s family outing and President Trump’s attendance at the FIFA Club World Cup final for neglecting to explain the extended Guard deployment.
• Vance responded to Newsom’s criticism on social media with a terse “Had a great time, thanks,” declining to engage in policy debate over immigration.
• A federal appeals court has kept nearly 5,000 California National Guard troops in Los Angeles while legal challenges to their deployment continue amid ongoing demonstrations