Military Colonel: Hegseth comments on transgender soldiers are ‘factually untrue'
The Pentagon announced plans to immediately remove transgender service members, after the Supreme Court upheld Trump's ban on trans people serving in the military. Transgender Colonel Bree Fram joins The Weekend to discuss.
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Politico
7 minutes ago
- Politico
California says Trump's deployment of National Guard violates state sovereignty
California will ask a judge to reverse President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, arguing that the use of the military to suppress immigration protests is an illegal and unconstitutional intrusion on state authority. The state's attorney general, Rob Bonta, a Democrat, unveiled on Monday the basis for the lawsuit, which he said would be filed imminently. The state will ask a federal judge to 'set aside' Trump's Saturday move to 'federalize' California's National Guard troops, part of an order to defend federal property and personnel carrying out Trump's deportation policies. Gov. Gavin Newsom told POLITICO on Monday that federal law requires Trump to coordinate his call-up of the National Guard with the state. 'There was no communication through our office, period, full stop. So, by definition, it's an illegal act,' Newsom, a Democrat, said, adding that the president failed to meet other key prerequisites for the deployment. Bonta alleged that Trump's action violated federal law and the 10th Amendment, the Constitution's provision that protects state sovereignty and rights. At a press conference Monday, the state attorney general said Trump's order 'skipped over multiple rational, commonsense' steps and wound up escalating the unrest while trampling on California's sovereignty. Trump invoked a provision of federal law that gives the president the ability to deploy National Guard troops in limited circumstances, including to suppress 'a rebellion or danger of a rebellion' and to help 'execute' federal laws when 'regular forces' are unable to do so. Bonta argued that the provision requires Newsom's concurrence. 'The governor's agreement and consent needs to be part of any calling in of the National Guard. That didn't happen,' the attorney general said. The statute says that a president's order to deploy the Guard under the provision 'shall be issued through the governors of the States.' It does not expressly mandate consultation with or approval by the governor. Newsom contends that the provision requires at least some communication with the governor's office. Trump indicated over the weekend that he warned Newsom prior to Saturday that he intended to send in troops if he deemed Newsom's response to the protests insufficient. Trump has repeatedly described the L.A. protests as stoked by 'insurrectionists' and has vowed to 'liberate' the city. Bonta and Newsom say the streets had been largely calm when Trump's deployment and inflammatory rhetoric reignited the protests.
Fox News
8 minutes ago
- Fox News
Dozens of anti-ICE rioters arrested in LA as Trump sends in National Guard to quell violence
Dozens of protesters have been arrested following a weekend of violence across Los Angeles as tensions hit a boiling point over immigration raids throughout the city. On Sunday, law enforcement officials from multiple agencies arrested 41 protesters as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrations spiraled out of control. Of the nearly four-dozen arrests, 21 were made by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), 19 by California Highway Patrol and one by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. The charges include failure to disperse, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, looting and arson, an LAPD spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Of the most violent alleged offenses, one individual was arrested for attempted murder with a Molotov cocktail, Fox News Digital has learned. On Saturday, the LAPD arrested 10 individuals for failing to disperse. The agency did not make any arrests Friday, according to officials. The California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles Sheriff's Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. The arrests come as the sanctuary city is bracing for the possibility of more violence as anti-ICE protesters clash with local, state and federal law enforcement. The protests kicked off on Friday after federal agents swept through the city's garment district in search of undocumented immigrants, sparking outrage throughout the community. In response to the unrest, President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 California National Guard troops to the area, with 300 troops arriving over the weekend. "We made a great decision in sending the National Guard to deal with the violent, instigated riots in California," Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday morning. "If we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated." Tensions escalated on the third day of protests as agitators moved throughout the city, setting self-driving cars on fire and blocking off major highways. National Guard troops took to the streets Sunday morning to guard the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. As the protesters approached the guard members, additional uniformed officers began shooting smoke-filled canisters into the street. The LAPD began firing off rounds of crowd-control munitions in an effort to disperse the protesters, who then advanced onto the 101 Freeway and proceeded to block traffic until state police cleared the roadway by late afternoon. Additionally, demonstrators set at least four self-driving electric vehicles on fire, resulting in large explosions being heard throughout the chaos along with intermittent flash bangs going off periodically. By Sunday night, local police had issued an unlawful assembly order, effectively shutting down the area throughout downtown Los Angeles. "Demonstrators have marched to the LA Live area and are blocking all lanes of traffic on Figueroa and 11th St," the LAPD posted to X. "An UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY has been declared for the Downtown Los Angeles area. You are to leave the area immediately." Trump's move to send in the U.S. military has drawn criticism from local and national politicians, with Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom renouncing the move while vowing to sue the administration. "This is about authoritarian tendencies," Newsom said in a statement. "This is about command and control. This is about power. This is about ego. This is a consistent pattern. This guy has abandoned the core principles of this great democracy. He's threatening to go after judges he disagrees with, cut off funding to institutions of higher learning, he's rewriting history and censoring historical facts." Newsom arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday evening to meet with state officials and oversee the response to the anti-ICE demonstrations. ICE said in a Saturday post on X that the agency had arrested 118 illegal immigrants throughout Los Angeles, including five alleged gang members. "Why do Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass care more about violent murderers and sex offenders than they do about protecting their own citizens?" Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for Homeland Security's public affairs, said in a statement. "These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets. Instead of rioting, they should be thanking ICE officers every single day who wake up and make our communities safer." Representatives for Bass' administration did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Forbes
18 minutes ago
- Forbes
White House Unveils $1,000 ‘Trump Savings Accounts' Baby Bonuses: What To Know
A group of high-profile CEOs joined President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday to showcase a proposed investment account program, named after the president, for newborn children. Trump officially announced the 'Trump savings accounts' at a Monday afternoon roundtable alongside Dell CEO Michael Dell, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, deeming it one of the 'most important' components of his second term. The Trump savings accounts are a component of Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' which passed the House of Representatives last month. The proposal calls for the Treasury Department to fund $1,000 in investment accounts for children born in the U.S. between Jan. 1, 2025 and Jan. 1, 2029. Newborn children will be automatically enrolled in the program. Parents or other account custodians can place up to an additional $5,000 in post-tax contributions annually into the accounts, which will be invested in index funds tracking the broader U.S. stock market. The account beneficiary will be able to withdraw up to 50% of their balance beginning at age 18. That person will then have access to the full balance beginning at age 25 for qualified purposes, including small business loans and higher education, before gaining full control of the entire balance at 30 for any use. The Trump savings accounts will require post-tax contributions and tax withdrawals as either long-term capital gains or normal federal income, unlike the tax-free qualified disbursements from 529 higher education and Roth IRA retirement accounts. The 'Trump savings accounts' were previously known as 'Money Accounts for Growth and Advancement' or 'MAGA Accounts,' a nod to Trump's 'Make America Great Again' slogan, before Republican lawmakers in the House renamed them just before passing the bill. $5,590. That's how much a $1,000 investment in the SPDR S&P 500 exchanged traded fund trust ($SPY) made June 9, 2007 – exactly 18 years ago – would be worth today, according to FactSet data, including reinvested dividends. That same investment made 31 years ago would be worth $22,770. The Trump savings accounts would cost taxpayers $3.6 billion in its current form of a government-funded $1,000 starting balance, based on the 3.6 million births in 2023, the most recent data from the National Center for Health Statistics. But Trump claimed Monday the government contributions would come at 'absolutely no cost' to taxpayers as it would be carved out from 'Big Beautiful Bill' initiatives including a 3.5% remittance tax on money sent abroad. The Trump savings accounts are 'not very attractive' for parents or other custodians to invest in, Alpha Financial Advisors CEO Ann Reilley told Yahoo Finance, adding it 'seems' like the Trump administration is 'complicating things for no reason.' Financial experts' skepticism of the program being the best place for parents to park money for their children beyond the $1,000 freebie stems from its comparatively limited tax benefits compared to 529 college savings and Roth IRA retirement accounts. The Trump savings accounts going into law are contingent on the Senate passing the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' which became increasingly murky as fiscal hawks like Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., raised concerns about projections of a swelling national debt under the package.
