Trump huddles with military brass at Camp David amid violent immigration protests in Los Angeles
President Donald Trump huddled with military leaders and top Cabinet officials at Camp David on Sunday as the administration reviews all options for tamping down anti-immigration enforcement riots in Los Angeles. “We’re going up to Camp David; we have meetings with various people about very major subjects,” Trump told reporters Sunday evening before boarding Air Force One. “We’ll be meeting with a lot of people, including generals, as you know, and admirals.” A White House official described the meeting as the first of “what will become a regular off-campus retreat of principals attended by the President and Vice President.” TRUMP’S 21ST WEEK BACK IN OFFICE SET TO INCLUDE CHINA TRADE TALKS, LA RIOT CONTROL, SWEEPING TRAVEL BAN “They will meet on a number of issues and topics.” In addition to Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined in on the talks. The meeting came as Trump and Hegseth consider whether to send in U.S. Marines to assist the National Guard in shutting down riots in Los Angeles. Activists are protesting the administration’s Immigrations and Customs Enforcement raids. Trump has already deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to the city in an unusual arrangement that did not include sign-off from California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom. He left open the option to invoke the Insurrection Act and even send in the Marines. The military is generally barred from carrying out domestic law enforcement duties, but the Insurrection Act allows the president to deploy the military to suppress rebellions. JOHNSON SAYS HEGSETH POSSIBLY SENDING MARINES TO ANTI-ICE RIOTS NOT HEAVY-HANDED: ‘DETERRING EFFECT’ Trump said he had directed his Cabinet officials “to take all such action necessary to liberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots.” Camp David has been the executive retreat in Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP However, the riots are not the only thing top of mind for White House crunch talks: trade negotiations with China kicked off on Monday and the president is feuding with billionaire and former top advisor Elon Musk. The Senate is weighing Trump’s signature spending legislation, the Big Beautiful Bill Act, and the White House is negotiating with Iran over its nuclear ambitions. After the weekend retreat, the president will speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid ongoing hostage and ceasefire talks with Hamas.
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Trump’s spending bill heads to Senate where Republicans plan strategic adjustments to key provisions
The “Big, Beautiful Bill” may face major changes when the Senate begins debate next week. Look for Senate Republicans to pare down state and local tax deductions—known as SALT—which are important to House Republicans from California and New York. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS STAND FIRM AGAINST MUSK’S ‘KILL THE BILL’ ASSAULT ON TRUMP’S AGENDA Almost no Senate Republicans care about SALT. Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., says he’d oppose the bill if the Senate strips SALT. Fiscal hawks want further Medicaid changes to achieve additional savings, but Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Jim Justice, R-W.Va., represent states with high percentages of their constituents on Medicaid. HOUSE REPUBLICANS PUSH FOR SPENDING CANCELLATIONS AS ELON MUSK AND CONSERVATIVES DEMAND DEEPER BUDGET CUTS Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., wants to alter the no-tax-on-tips provision, arguing it’s unfair to workers outside tipped industries. The Senate may also cut House provisions on AI and federal judges, as these policy issues don’t comply with special Senate budget rules.
Republican rep indicates he will be ‘a no’ on Trump-backed rescissions measure if AIDS relief cut
As the Trump administration and congressional Republicans eye passage of a rescission proposal, Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican who doesn’t shy away from bucking President Donald Trump, has indicated that he won’t support it if it guts an AIDS relief program. The president’s proposed clawbacks include millions of dollars pertaining to global health programs. “I told them I’m a no,” the congressman said of the measure, according to the New York Times. “I just want to make sure we’re funding the medicine. We want to prevent AIDS, it’s a noble program, it’s George Bush’s legacy. I put the marker out there; we’ll see.” In a post on X last week, Bacon described “The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)” as “a noble program that America can be proud of funding.” But in a statement to Fox News Digital on Monday, Bacon said, “If PEPFAR is gutted, I am a no. But I’m told that only parts of the program will be cut. I’ll need more details,” The rescission package “proposes to rescind $400 million from the PEPFAR program, which is appropriated $4.4 billion annually to provide bilateral assistance to countries, many of which do not support American interests, such as South Africa,” a White House official told Fox News on Monday. HOUSE REPUBLICANS PUSH FOR SPENDING CANCELLATIONS AS ELON MUSK AND CONSERVATIVES DEMAND DEEPER BUDGET CUTS “The $400 million rescission eliminates wasteful programming that does not serve the American taxpayer,” the official said, while maintaining that the “package does NOT rescind any life-saving assistance and in fact, continues to make available billions of resources to implement life-saving medicine, medical services, as well costs necessary to deliver these services to maintain all current individuals on treatment.” Bacon was the only House Republican to vote against a measure to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. “I thought it was dumb. That’s what people told me — they said, ‘It’s so dumb; just vote for it.’ That argument didn’t work on me,” he said, according to the Times. GOP LAWMAKER BLASTS ‘DUMB’ TRUMP COMMENT ON ZELENSKYY DESPITE ‘PERFECT’ CRITICISM OF PUTIN House leaders have pressed Bacon to keep more of his views to himself, telling him to, as the congressman put it, “quit kicking President Trump in the nuts,” the outlet reported. But the lawmaker indicated that he would only press back when he believes it is needed. “You can’t be anti-everything,” Bacon noted, according to the outlet. “I like what the president has done on the border, so I have no problem with that.” “I’d like to fight for the soul of our party,” he said, according to the Times. “I don’t want to be the guy who follows the flute player off the cliff. I think that’s what’s going on right now.” PRO-UKRAINE GOP REP. BACON DECLARES ‘REAL REPUBLICANS KNOW THAT PUTIN’S RUSSIA HATES THE WEST AND FREEDOM’ Bacon has served in the House of Representatives since 2017.
Republican rep indicates he’s ‘a no’ on Trump-backed rescissions measure
As the Trump administration and congressional Republicans eye passage of a rescission proposal, Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican who doesn’t shy away from bucking President Donald Trump, has indicated that he does not support it. The president’s proposed clawbacks include millions of dollars pertaining to global health programs. “I told them I’m a no,” the congressman said of the measure, according to the New York Times. “I just want to make sure we’re funding the medicine. We want to prevent AIDS, it’s a noble program, it’s George Bush’s legacy. I put the marker out there; we’ll see.” In a post on X last week, Bacon described “The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)” as “a noble program that America can be proud of funding.” The rescission package “proposes to rescind $400 million from the PEPFAR program, which is appropriated $4.4 billion annually to provide bilateral assistance to countries, many of which do not support American interests, such as South Africa,” a White House official told Fox News on Monday. “The $400 million rescission eliminates wasteful programming that does not serve the American taxpayer,” the official said, while maintaining that the “package does NOT rescind any life-saving assistance and in fact, continues to make available billions of resources to implement life-saving medicine, medical services, as well costs necessary to deliver these services to maintain all current individuals on treatment.” HOUSE REPUBLICANS PUSH FOR SPENDING CANCELLATIONS AS ELON MUSK AND CONSERVATIVES DEMAND DEEPER BUDGET CUTS Fox News Digital reached out to Bacon’s office to request comment from the lawmaker on Monday, but no comment had been provided by the time of publication. Bacon was the only House Republican to vote against a measure to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. “I thought it was dumb. That’s what people told me — they said, ‘It’s so dumb; just vote for it.’ That argument didn’t work on me,” he said, according to the Times. GOP LAWMAKER BLASTS ‘DUMB’ TRUMP COMMENT ON ZELENSKYY DESPITE ‘PERFECT’ CRITICISM OF PUTIN House leaders have pressed Bacon to keep more of his views to himself, telling him to, as the congressman put it, “quit kicking President Trump in the nuts,” the outlet reported. But the lawmaker indicated that he would only press back when he believes it is needed. “You can’t be anti-everything,” Bacon noted, according to the outlet. “I like what the president has done on the border, so I have no problem with that.” “I’d like to fight for the soul of our party,” he said, according to the Times. “I don’t want to be the guy who follows the flute player off the cliff. I think that’s what’s going on right now.” PRO-UKRAINE GOP REP. BACON DECLARES ‘REAL REPUBLICANS KNOW THAT PUTIN’S RUSSIA HATES THE WEST AND FREEDOM’ Bacon has served in the House of Representatives since 2017.
GOP leadership unleashes fury on Dem governor ahead of blockbuster congressional hearing
FIRST ON FOX: House Republican leadership slammed Democratic Gov. Tim Walz ahead of a blockbuster congressional hearing addressing sanctuary city policy this week. GOP Whip and Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer wished Walz “good luck” before the former vice presidential candidate is set to testify alongside Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday. “From hurling outrageous insults against ICE agents to offering a multitude of taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens in Minnesota, Tim Walz’s immigration agenda can be summed up easily: pro-illegal alien, anti-Minnesotan,” GOP Whip Emmer told Fox News Digital. “If Tim Walz thinks he will be able to defend his abysmal record before Congress, then he’s even more of a buffoon than I thought. I only have one thing to say to Timmy as he heads to Washington this week: GOOD LUCK.” HANDFUL OF HOUSE DEMOCRATS JOIN REPUBLICANS IN SANCTUARY CITY CRACKDOWN Emmer paired his comments to Fox News Digital with a new video slamming Walz’s various immigration policies titled “Protecting Illegals, Not Minnesotans: That’s the Walz Way.” The three “sanctuary governors” will face a barrage of questions from members of the committee this week, as anti-ICE riots raged in Los Angeles over the weekend and the Trump administration continues to ramp up deportations across the country. Though the term “sanctuary city” is not legally defined, illegal immigrants will flock to the mainly Democrat-led regions to reduce the likelihood of deportation. Sanctuary cities often refuse Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests for information, like arrests or releases, and typically deny ICE detainer requests to hold jailed illegal migrants beyond their release date. CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS SLAM NEWSOM, BASS FOR LETTING LA BURN WITH RIOTS AMID TRUMP IMMIGRATION BLITZ House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Kentucky, said in a media advisory for the upcoming hearing that “The governors of these states must explain why they are prioritizing the protection of criminal illegal aliens over the safety of U.S. citizens.” “Sanctuary policies only provide sanctuaries for criminal illegal aliens.” Comer explained. “Former President Biden created the worst border crisis in U.S. history and allowed criminal illegal aliens to flood our communities.” “The Trump Administration is taking decisive action to deport criminal illegal aliens from our nation but reckless sanctuary states like Illinois, Minnesota, and New York are actively seeking to obstruct federal immigration enforcement.” ‘SICK PUPPY’ TIM WALZ SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ON DEMS’ 2024 TICKET, TRUMP SAYS The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, June 12 at 10 a.m. ET. Fox News Digital reached out to Walz but did not receive a response.
Los Angeles immigration protest clashes: What’s the latest and what’s next?
Los Angeles has witnessed a third night of protests against the immigration crackdown by United States President Donald Trump’s administration. The administration’s decision to deploy the national guard has widened the rift between Republicans and Democrats, including the leadership of California. And now, the Trump administration has indicated that it might send US marines in to help quell the protests. That scenario would mirror the events of 1992 when marines were deployed alongside the national guard for law enforcement in Los Angeles during riots that followed the acquittal of four policemen filmed beating Rodney King, a Black man. What is the latest from the protests? On Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) declared the protests in downtown LA an “unlawful assembly”. “You are to leave the Downtown Area immediately,” the LAPD said in a post on X. One group of protesters shut down a major thoroughfare in central Los Angeles, the 101 Freeway. The LAPD wrote that the freeway was shut down “due to demonstrators throwing objects onto the SB [San Bernardino] lanes of the 101 Freeway and damaging multiple police vehicles”. Advertisement The protest also spilled over to San Francisco, where protesters rallied in solidarity with those in Los Angeles outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building. San Francisco police declared this an unlawful assembly and arrested about 60 people. On Saturday, Trump deployed about 2,000 national guard soldiers to Los Angeles despite objections from California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. What is unlawful assembly? Legally, an unlawful assembly refers to an intentional meeting of three or more people that disrupts public peace. Why are there protests in LA? The protests began on Friday night after ICE officials arrested 44 people for violating immigration laws. The US Department of Homeland Security later said ICE officials had arrested a total of 118 immigrants who did not have the required documents to stay in the US. Uniformed ICE agents went through the city in caravans of unmarked military-style vehicles to make the arrests. The protests sprung up as a response to these operations. Crowds of demonstrators gathered outside a facility where some of the detainees were believed to be held. Where are the Los Angeles protests? The protests are largely taking place in downtown Los Angeles, where protesters spray-painted anti-ICE slogans on the walls of the Edward R Roybal Federal Building. Which agencies are now involved? ICE was the agency leading the immigration arrests. After protests broke out on Friday, the LAPD was called in to quell civil unrest. Advertisement Police Chief Jim McDonnell said at a news conference on Sunday that in recent days, many protests in the city have been peaceful. “However, when peaceful demonstrations devolve into acts of vandalism or violence, especially violence directed at innocent people, law enforcement officers and others, we must respond firmly.” On Saturday, Trump ordered the deployment of at least 2,000 national guard soldiers to Los Angeles County. Newsom asked Trump to rescind this order. “We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved,” he wrote. “This is a serious breach of state sovereignty – inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed.” Bass described Trump’s deployment of the national guard in Los Angeles as “a chaotic escalation”. Could the marines be deployed next? The US military’s Northern Command issued a statement on Sunday saying about 500 marines are in a “prepared to deploy status” and they are ready to assist the Department of Defense. “The National Guard, and Marines if need be, stand with ICE,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in an X post on Sunday. Deranged = allowing your city to burn & law enforcement to be attacked. There is plenty of room for peaceful protest, but ZERO tolerance for attacking federal agents who are doing their job. The National Guard, and Marines if need be, stand with ICE. https://t.co/KVjvvnaL70 — Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) June 8, 2025 Other Republicans have echoed Hegseth’s sentiments. “One of our core principles is maintaining peace through strength. We do that on foreign affairs and domestic affairs as well. I don’t think that’s heavy-handed,” Mike Johnson, speaker of the US House of Representatives, told ABC News. Advertisement In an X post on Sunday, Newsom described Hegseth’s threat to deploy the Marines as “deranged behavior”. How many people have been arrested? At least 10 people were arrested during the protests on Sunday, LAPD Captain Raul Jovel said at the news conference. However, he added that this number was “fluid and preliminary” and arrests were ongoing. On Saturday, 29 people were arrested, according to McDonnell. Jovel said three officers were injured in the clashes. He added that the injuries were not significant enough for the officers to be transported to hospital. What’s happening to Waymo in Los Angeles? The protesters have also vandalised and set ablaze several self-driving cars that belong to the ride-hailing company Waymo. Los Angeles media outlets reported that protesters spray-painted anti-ICE messages on multiple self-driving cars lined up between Arcadia and Alameda streets in Los Angeles. On Sunday in a post on X, the LAPD advised against visiting the area. What are Trump administration officials saying? In a series of posts on his Truth Social platform, Trump criticised Newsom and Bass, both Democrats. In one post on Sunday, he wrote: “Governor Gavin Newscum and ‘Mayor’ Bass should apologise to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots. These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists. Remember, NO MASKS!” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote in an X post: “A message to the LA rioters: you will not stop us or slow us down. @ICEgov will continue to enforce the law.” A message to the LA rioters: you will not stop us or slow us down. @ICEgov will continue to enforce the law. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest
Russia hits Ukraine with record 479-drone strike ahead of POW swap
Russia has launched 479 drones against Ukraine in the biggest overnight drone bombardment of the three-year war, according to the Ukrainian air force. The air force said early on Monday that it had downed 460 drones as well as 19 missiles launched overnight. Russia’s continued to step up its drone and missile attacks on Ukraine, despite declaring, under pressure from United States President Donald Trump, that it is interested in pursuing peace talks. The record launch came just ahead of the start of a prisoner swap agreed at recent talks between the pair. Of the hundreds of projectiles fired at numerous targets, only 10 reached their destination, Kyiv officials said. One person was reported injured. Russia’s escalation of aerial attacks has been matched by a renewed battlefield push in the eastern and northeastern parts of the roughly 1,000km (621-mile) front line in occupied parts of Ukraine. The onslaught follows a secretive Ukrainian drone attack that damaged several Russian bombers parked at airbases deep inside the country in what was an embarrassment for the Kremlin and, according to Kyiv, a palpable hit on its ability to strike across the border with missiles. Advertisement Russia’s Ministry of Defence said one target of Kyiv’s strike was the Dubno airbase in Ukraine’s Rivne region, which hosts tactical aviation aircraft. The mayor of the western city of Rivne, Oleksandr Tretyak, said the overnight drone launch was “the largest attack” on his region since the start of the war. Prisoner swap Late on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy conceded that in some areas targeted by the Russian offensive, “the situation is very difficult”. However, he provided no details. Ukraine is shorthanded on the front line against its bigger enemy and needs further military support from its Western partners, especially air defences. However, uncertainty about the US policy has led to doubts about how much help Kyiv can count on. Two recent rounds of direct peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul have yielded no breakthroughs beyond pledges to swap thousands of prisoners, including dead and seriously wounded soldiers. Since the agreement, believed to concern an exchange of around 1,200 prisoners by each, was struck last week, the pair has accused one another of failing to meet their obligations. However, the first batch of POWs was repatriated on Monday afternoon. “Today’s exchange has begun. It will be done in several stages in the coming days,” Zelenskyy said on the Telegram app. “Among those we are bringing back now are the wounded, the severely wounded, and those under the age of 25,” he added. The Russian defence ministry also said the first exchange had been carried out. It did not say how many prisoners had been swapped, but did note that the numbers on each side matched. Advertisement The Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday that its forces shot down 49 Ukrainian drones overnight over seven Russian regions. Two drones hit a plant specialising in electronic warfare equipment in the Chuvashia region, located more than 600km (373 miles) east of Moscow, officials reported. Since the beginning of the war in 2022, Russia has targeted both military and civilian areas of Ukraine with Shahed drones. The attacks have killed more than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians, according to the United Nations. However, Russia claims it attacks only military targets. Alexander Gusev, head of Russia’s Voronezh region, said 25 drones had been shot down there overnight, damaging a gas pipeline and sparking a small fire. The general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces also claimed that its special operations troops struck two Russian jets stationed at the Savasleyka airfield in Russia’s Novgorod region, located some 650km (404 miles) from the Ukrainian border. The statement did not say how the planes were struck. Adblock test (Why?)
Why are people protesting in Los Angeles?
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The raids that triggered the protests in LA were part of a much wider crackdown that campaigners call unjust.