'It's Biden, Not Tariffs': Trump Explains Economic Data
In today's episode of Washington Watch, in his first 100 days, President Trump and his Art of the Deal have rewritten Washington's policies on everything, from immigration to the economy. While the President said he's off the best start ever as President, does the economic data support him? Dishha Bagchi explains in this report.
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Trump Calls Iran ‘Tough' Negotiators, Briefed Israel on Talks
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California plans to file lawsuit against Trump over National Guard deployment to protests
California officials planned to file a lawsuit Monday (June 9, 2025) against President Donald Trump in response to the administration's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard to confront immigration protesters who took to the streets in Los Angeles. Attorney General Rob Bonta said the deployment 'trampled' the state's sovereignty. He planned to seek a court order declaring that Mr Trump's use of the Guard was unlawful and ask for a restraining order to halt the deployment. Mr Bonta said the suit will be filed later Monday (June 9, 2025). 'Commandeering a state's National Guard without consulting the governor of that state is illegal and immoral,' Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, told MSNBC on Sunday (June 8, 2025). The streets of the sprawling city of four million people were quiet Monday (June 9, 2025) morning but the smell of smoke hung in the air downtown, one day after crowds blocked off a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fire as police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades. The law enforcement presence was heavy, with police cars blocking the street in front of the federal detention facility that was a focus of the protests. While much of the city was spared from any violence, clashes swept through several downtown blocks and a handful of other places. It could take days to clear the debris from burned cars and to clean off or paint over graffiti sprayed on City Hall and other buildings near the detention facility. Sunday (June 8, 2025) was the third and most intense day of demonstrations against Trump's immigration crackdown in the region, as the arrival of around 300 Guard troops spurred anger and fear among many residents. U.S. officials said about 1,000 National Guard members were in the city under federal orders by midday Monday (June 9, 2025). The full 2,000 members authorised by the president were expected to be on the ground by the end of the day. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the details of military operations. Many protesters dispersed as evening fell and police declared an unlawful assembly, a precursor to officers moving in and arresting those who refuse to leave. Some of those who stayed threw objects at police from behind a makeshift barrier. Others hurled chunks of concrete, rocks, electric scooters and fireworks at California Highway Patrol officers and their vehicles parked on the closed southbound 101 Freeway. Officers ran under an overpass to take cover at one point. Mr Trump said Monday (June 9, 2025) that the city would have been 'completely obliterated' if he had not deployed the Guard. Writing on his social media platform, Truth Social, the president accused Mr Newsom and the city's mayor, Karen Bass, of lying by saying Guard troops were not necessary. The Guard was deployed specifically to protect federal buildings, including the downtown detention centre where protesters concentrated. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said officers were 'overwhelmed' by the remaining protesters. He said they included regular agitators who show up at demonstrations to cause trouble. Several dozen people were arrested throughout the weekend. One was detained Sunday (June 9, 2025) for throwing a Molotov cocktail at police and another for ramming a motorcycle into a line of officers. Mr Trump responded to Mr McDonnell on Truth Social, telling him to arrest protesters in face masks. 'Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!' he wrote. Mr Newsom called on Mr Trump to rescind the Guard deployment in a letter Sunday (June 9, 2025) afternoon, calling it a 'serious breach of state sovereignty.' The Governor, who was was in Los Angeles meeting with local law enforcement and officials, also told protesters that they were playing into Mr Trump's plans and would face arrest for violence or property destruction. 'Trump wants chaos and he's instigated violence,' he said. 'Stay peaceful. Stay focused. Don't give him the excuse he's looking for.' The deployment appeared to be the first time in decades that a state's National Guard was activated without a request from its Governor, a significant escalation against those who have sought to hinder the administration's mass deportation efforts. Mr McDonnell pushed back against claims by the Trump administration that the LAPD had failed to help federal authorities when protests broke out Friday (June 6, 2025) after a series of immigration raids. He said his department responded as quickly as it could and had not been notified in advance of the raids. Mr Newsom, meanwhile, has repeatedly said that California authorities had the situation under control. He mocked Mr Trump for posting a congratulatory message to the Guard on social media before troops had even arrived in Los Angeles, and he told MSNBC that Mr Trump never floated deploying the Guard during a Friday (June 6, 2025) phone call. He called Mr Trump a 'stone cold liar.' The admonishments did not deter the administration. 'It's a bald-faced lie for Newsom to claim there was no problem in Los Angeles before President Trump got involved,' White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement. National Guard troops stood shoulder to shoulder Sunday (June 9, 2025) morning in LA, carrying long guns and riot shields as protesters shouted 'shame' and 'go home.' After some demonstrators closely approached the Guard members, another set of uniformed officers advanced on the group, shooting smoke-filled canisters into the street. Minutes later, the Los Angeles Police Department fired rounds of crowd-control munitions to disperse the protesters, who they said were assembled unlawfully. Much of the group then moved to block traffic on the 101 freeway until state patrol officers cleared them. Nearby, at least four self-driving Waymo cars were set on fire, sending large plumes of black smoke into the sky and exploding intermittently. By evening, police had shut down several blocks of downtown Los Angeles. Flash-bang grenades echoed out every few seconds into the evening. The arrival of the National Guard followed two days of protests that began Friday (June 6, 2025) in downtown Los Angeles before spreading Saturday (June 7, 2025) to Paramount, a heavily Latino city south of the city, and neighbouring Compton. Federal agents arrested immigrants in LA's fashion district, in a Home Depot parking lot and at several other locations on Friday (June 6, 2025). The next day, they were staging at a Department of Homeland Security office near another Home Depot in Paramount, which drew out protesters who suspected another raid. Federal authorities later said there was no enforcement activity at that Home Depot. The weeklong tally of immigrant arrests in the LA area climbed above 100, federal authorities said. Many more were arrested while protesting, including a prominent union leader who was accused of impeding law enforcement. The last time the National Guard was activated without a Governor's permission was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to protect a civil rights march in Alabama, according to the Brennan Centre for Justice. In a directive Saturday (June 7, 2025), Mr Trump invoked a legal provision allowing him to deploy federal service members when there is 'a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.' Mr Trump told reporters Sunday (June 8, 2025) as he prepared to board Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, that there were 'violent people' in Los Angeles 'and they're not going to get away with it.' In San Francisco, officers arrested and later released about 155 people for refusing orders to disperse, said officer Paulina Henderson with the city's police department. Officers monitoring one protest declared an unlawful assembly when people in the group became violent, the San Francisco Police Department said. Many protesters left the scene, but some remained while others moved to another area where they vandalised buildings and a police vehicle.
