Anti-ICE protests spread to New York, San Francisco, Boston and Austin as LA enters second night of curfew and Marines prepare to join 2,800 federal troops already deployed.
Senate approves $3.2 billion in arms sales to Qatar and UAE despite Trump receiving $400 million jet and $2 billion cryptocurrency investment from the same countries.
Trump orders nonessential diplomatic staff out of Iraq, Bahrain and Kuwait as Iran nuclear talks stall and military threats escalate.
VA pays OPM $726,000 for mass layoff assistance while admitting it lacks expertise to cut 80,000 employees as leadership refuses to put goals in writing.
Trump restores names of seven Army bases previously honoring Confederate soldiers through transparent workaround, bringing back Fort Hood and Fort Pickett while claiming to honor different soldiers with same surnames.
Trump plans to send 9,000 migrants to Guantanamo starting this week despite State Department objections to detaining European allies at terrorism facility.
Trump repeats debunked “staged bricks” conspiracy and claims Newsom and Bass paid protesters during speech spreading “foreign invasion” theories at Fort Bragg.
Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act as LA Mayor Bass imposes downtown curfew after looting while judge schedules Thursday hearing on Newsom’s federal challenge.
Hegseth faces GOP criticism starting Tuesday in first oversight hearings since narrowest defense secretary confirmation ever, with Republicans blasting budget cuts and Signal leaks scandal involving attack plans.
Trump more than doubles military presence in Los Angeles to nearly 5,000 troops despite peaceful day 4 protests, marking first federal deployment without governor approval since 1965.
