Rallies against President Donald Trump are expected across the U.S. on Saturday to coincide with the military parade in Washington marking the Army’s 250th anniversary, which also falls on Trump’s birthday. Trump warned that protests in the capital will be “met with very big force.”
Tensions flared this week after Trump deployed 4,700 troops to the Los Angeles area to respond to protests there challenging immigration raids, a decision California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked the courts to block.
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Meanwhile the new Israeli military operation against Iran is giving the president a fresh test of his campaign promise to disentangle the U.S. from foreign conflicts. Trump urged Iran on Friday to quickly reach an agreement on curbing its nuclear program, framing the volatile moment in the Middle East as a possible “second chance” for Tehran.
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Trump signs executive order on Nippon Steel investment in US Steel
The president has signed the order paving the way for the Nippon investment, so long as the Japanese company complies with a “national security agreement” submitted by the federal government.
Trump’s order did not detail the terms of the agreement. But U.S. Steel and Nippon said in a joint statement that it stipulates that approximately $11 billion in new investments will be made by 2028 and includes giving the U.S. government a “golden share” — essentially veto power to ensure national security interests are protected.
“This partnership will bring a massive investment that will support our communities and families for generations to come,” the companies said. “We look forward to putting our commitments into action to make American steelmaking and manufacturing great again.”
Appeals court won’t reconsider ruling that Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5M in sex abuse case
In an 8-2 vote, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the president's petition for the full appellate court to rehear arguments in his challenge to the jury’s finding that he sexually abused the advice columnist in the mid-1990s and defamed her with comments he made in October 2022.
A three-judge panel of the appeals court upheld the verdict in December, rejecting Trump’s claims that trial Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s decisions spoiled the trial, including allowing two other Trump sexual abuse accusers to testify.
The women said Trump committed similar acts against them in the 1970s and in 2005. Trump denied all three women’s allegations.
In an opinion Friday, four judges voting to reject rehearing wrote: “Simply re-litigating a case is not an appropriate use” of the process. All four were appointed by President Joe Biden.
The two dissenting judges, Trump appointees, wrote that the trial “consisted of a series of indefensible evidentiary rulings.”
Mexican president calls for no ICE raids during Mexico-Dominican Republic soccer match
The two countries are scheduled to play Saturday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, in a group stage match of the Gold Cup. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged authorities not to target attendees.
“We don’t believe that there will be any raids if there’s a soccer game,” Sheinbaum said in a news conference. “We hope there won’t be any. We call for no action from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
Dozens of workers have been detained by federal immigration authorities in a series of raids in LA’s fashion district and at Home Depot parking lots in Southern California. More than 100 people have been detained.
Usually the Mexican national team attracts large crowds whenever it plays in Southern California. The team’s last match there was in March, when more than 50,000 fans attended a League of Nations semifinal against Canada.
State Department official warns Iran and its proxies not to target Americans or US interests
McCoy Pitt, the senior official in the department’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs, told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that “the consequences for Iran would be dire.”
“Let me be crystal clear,” he said, “no government, proxy, or independent actor should target American citizens, American bases or other American infrastructure in the region.”
Pitt said Trump wants an end to violence and Iran to make a deal.
“The United States will continue to seek a diplomatic resolution that ensures Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon or post a threat to stability in the Middle East,” he said. “Iran’s leadership would be wise to negotiate at this time.”
Immigration raids are threatening businesses that supply America’s food, farm bureaus say
Raids have been carried out recently in places such as packinghouses and fields in California. Dozens of farmworkers have been arrested after uniformed federal agents fanned out on farms northwest of Los Angeles in Ventura County, which is known for growing strawberries, lemons and avocados.
Others are skipping work out of fear as Trump steps up his immigration crackdown, vowing to dramatically increase arrests and sending federal agents to detain people.
Maureen McGuire, chief executive of Ventura County’s farm bureau, said between 25% and 45% of farmworkers have stopped showing up for work since the large-scale raids began this month.
“When our workforce is afraid, fields go unharvested, packinghouses fall behind, and market supply chains, from local grocery stores to national retailers, are affected,” she said Thursday in a statement. “This impacts every American who eats.”
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Judge blocks State Department from firing workers while injunction is in effect
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco stopped Secretary of State Marco Rubio from proceeding with plans to downsize the agency, saying it was prohibited behavior under an injunction she issued last month.
Illston barred the administration from carrying out much of its plans to reorganize and slash departments while she hears a legal challenge brought by labor unions and others. She said Trump failed to seek Congressional cooperation when he ordered government-wide cuts.
But, in late May, the State Department notified Congress of an updated reorganization of the agency that would cut programs and personnel even more deeply than previously revealed.
Rubio also ordered U.S. embassies this week to fire all remaining staffers with the U.S. Agency for International Development. He said the State Department will take over USAID’s foreign assistance programs by Monday.
The administration said Rubio launched a reorganization of his department independently of the president’s directive and so was exempt.
California law enforcement agencies on alert
LA Sheriff Robert Luna said his department is at nearly double the normal staffing level ahead of at least 40 different demonstrations expected Saturday and major weekend sporting events.
The California Highway Patrol said it is on tactical alert, which means days off for officers have been cancelled, in response to more than 200 protests planned statewide.
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said his department is “very heavily deployed” in preparation. Asked about the recent arrival of Marines and their role in the city, McDonnell said he “wouldn’t call it coordination.”
“We know where they are, we know that they are doing their mission which is, as we’re told, to support federal employees, functions, and facilities, he said. “What their mission is not is to work with us on the streets to maintain order, restore order and keep everybody safe.”
However McDonnell said he and Luna were on a call with military leadership Thursday to open lines of communication.
Mahmoud Khalil can remain jailed over claims he lied on green card application, judge says
A judge who barred the administration from deporting the Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student declined Friday to order his release from an immigration detention center, saying he had not yet proven that he was being held illegally.
The ruling is a setback for Khalil, who was detained in March. He had appeared to be close to winning his freedom after U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz found that the initial effort to deport him on foreign policy grounds was likely unconstitutional.
The judge had given the Trump administration until Friday morning to appeal an order that could have led to Khalil’s release.
The government filed court papers saying it believed it could continue detaining Khalil based on its secondary rationale for expelling him — an allegation that he lied on his green card application.
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Washington governor calls for peaceful protests
Gov. Bob Ferguson took to social media Friday to make his call for peaceful protests over the weekend, to ensure the military is not sent to the state.
He said on the social platform X that people have a right, even a duty, to express their opinions, and Trump’s activation of the military in California “is deeply disturbing.”
The state is prepared to fight back if Trump “attempts a similar stunt in Washington state,” Ferguson said. To avoid that possibility, he said, people should speak out peacefully and lawfully.
“Donald Trump wants to be able to say that we cannot handle our own public safety in Washington state,” he said. “Don’t give him an excuse to try and federalize the National Guard like he did in California.”
Here’s what to expect at the Army’s 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday
The tanks are staged and ready to roll. Fencing and barriers are up. Protective metal plating has been laid out on Washington’s streets.
And more than 6,000 troops are poised to march near the National Mall to honor the Army’s 250th anniversary on Saturday, which happens to be President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.
With preparations well in hand, one big unknown is the weather. Rain is in the forecast, so there is a chance the parade could be interrupted by thunderstorms.
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said Thursday that rain or shine the parade will go on. But it could be delayed if there is lightning.
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More than a dozen Marines are now stationed outside the Wilshire federal building in Los Angeles
They replaced some members of the National Guard at various entrances. They mostly appeared to be checking tickets from members of the public, who were there to renew their passports.
They held camo-colored rifles and walkie-talkies. One consulted a laminated map. Another used a long-lens camera to snap photos of journalists in the area.
There were no protesters around the building. Occasionally a passing driver shouted from a vehicle window to express anger over or support for the military presence.
Oil prices leap 7% and Dow drops 1.8% on worries about what will happen to the crude market
It’s caused by worries that escalating violence following Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could damage the flow of crude around the world, along with the global economy.
The S&P 500 fell 1.1% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.8%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.3%.
The strongest action was in the oil market, where crude prices jumped 7.3% and returned to where they were early this year.
Iran is one of the world’s major producers of oil, and escalating fighting could limit its flow. Markets worry that rising oil prices could push inflation higher.
Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
A U.S. official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the conversation took place.
— Chris Megerian
Marines are seen standing guard at a federal building in Los Angeles
It comes after protests erupted last week over immigration raids.
Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who’s overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed by President Trump, said the Marines finished training on civil disturbance and are starting their operations by replacing National Guard troops.
The National Guard soldiers can then be assigned to protect more law enforcement agents on raids, Sherman said. About 200 Marines out of the 700 deployed to the protests are in the city, Sherman said. They have all undergone civil disturbance training.
US military is helping intercept missiles that Iran fired in retaliation at Israel, US official says
The U.S. has been moving assets nearer to Israel to assist in missile intercepts and to provide better protection of U.S. bases in the region.
While the official didn’t say how the U.S. provided assistance, both U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft and destroyer-based missile defenses have intercepted missiles in previous attacks.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing operations.
— Jon Gambrell, Josef Federman, Julia Frankel, Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said she’s committed to defending people’s right to peacefully protest
But she said in the Friday statement that violence will not be tolerated.
“I strongly urge protestors to remain peaceful and calm as they exercise their First Amendment right to make their voices heard,” the Democratic governor said.
Trump has finished his meeting with national security aides
Trump’s meeting with National Security Council principals to discuss Israel’s operations has finished, according to the White House.
Officials did not provide details on any specific aspects of Trump’s talks with top aides in the White House Situation Room or how long it went.
Judge blocks Trump’s firing of the 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission
Friday’s ruling says the commissioners can resume their duties because their dismissals were unlawful. The ruling will likely be appealed.
The five-member commission helps protect consumers from dangerous products by issuing recalls, suing errant companies and more.
The three Democrats who were fired last month were serving seven-year terms after being nominated by President Joe Biden.
Attorneys for the Trump administration have argued that any restrictions on the president’s removal power violate his constitutional authority.
Attorneys for the fired commissioners noted that federal statute says the president can fire commissioners “for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office but for no other cause” — allegations that have not been made.
Mideast unrest could drive prices higher as Americans are already wary of Trump’s tariffs impacts
Energy, shipping, travel and consumer goods are among sectors that could face an outsize impact from the escalation in the Middle East.
Americans are already leery about the economy this year due to Trump’s sweeping tariffs, though the impact so far has been muted.
Government data this week revealed that Trump’s tariffs have yet to cause a broader rise in inflation. Still, many companies have announced price hikes due to the tariffs.
On Friday, the strongest reaction was in the oil market, where prices jumped.
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Consumer sentiment increased in June for first time in 6 months
It’s the latest sign that Americans’ views of the economy have improved as inflation has stayed tame and the Trump administration has reached a truce in its trade fight with China.
The preliminary reading of the University of Michigan’s closely watched consumer sentiment index, released Friday, jumped 16% to 60.5.
The large increase followed steady drops that left the preliminary number last month at the second-lowest level in the nearly 75-year history of the survey. Consumer sentiment is still down 20% compared with December 2024.
Met Opera attendance dropped as tourism fell, coinciding with Trump’s immigration crackdown
The Met sold 72% of capacity, matching 2023-24 and down from its 75% projection.
“We were on track to continue to improve,” Met general manager Peter Gelb said Friday. “We were disappointed by the sales in the last two months of the season — our projections were much higher and I attribute the fact that we didn’t achieve our sales goals to a significant drop in tourism.”
New York City Tourism & Conventions last month reduced its 2025 international visitor projection by 17%, the Met said.
International buyers accounted for 11% of sales, down from the Met’s projection of 16% and from about 20% before the pandemic.
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4 detainees escaped from a New Jersey immigration detention facility
Authorities are looking for four detainees who escaped from an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
More “law enforcement partners” have been brought in to find the detainees missing from Delaney Hall, according to an emailed statement attributed to a senior DHS official whom the department did not identify. The statement also didn’t specify which law enforcement agencies are involved.
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Marines to take over operations in downtown LA, commander says
Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed in Los Angeles, said Friday that 200 Marines have finished training on civil disturbance.
Sherman said the Marines will take over operations at noon local time in downtown Los Angeles. He says they will be protecting federal property and personnel.
The Marines will join some 2,000 National Guard troops that have been on the streets of the city since last week when immigration raids set off protests.
Trump is convening a National Security Council meeting on Israel’s attack on Iran
The meeting in the Situation Room, which was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., is the only item listed on Trump’s public schedule for Friday. There are currently no plans for him to appear before reporters.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling in Tennessee
Kilmar Abrego Garcia ’s plea was the first chance the Maryland construction worker has had in a U.S. courtroom to answer the Trump administration’s allegations against him since he was mistakenly deported in March to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
The Republican administration returned Abrego Garcia to the U.S. last week to face a new indictment charging him with human smuggling for transported immigrants inside the United States. Abrego Garcia was driving a vehicle with nine passengers during a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee.
“There’s no way a jury is going to see the evidence and agree that this sheet metal worker is the leader of an international MS-13 smuggling conspiracy,” his lawyer Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said last week.
U.S. attorneys have asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes to keep Abrego Garcia in jail, describing him as a danger to the community and a flight risk.
Los Angeles had another relatively calm night
Most of the sprawling city has been spared as protests continue downtown, near City Hall and a federal detention center where some immigrants are being held.
On the third night of an 8 p.m. curfew, Los Angeles police arrested several demonstrators who refused to leave a downtown street, and Homeland Security officers deployed flash bangs to disperse a crowd near the jail.
Those incidents were outliers. As with the previous two nights, the hourslong demonstrations remained peaceful and upbeat, drawing a few hundred attendees who were chanting, dancing and poking fun at the Trump administration’s characterization of the city as a “war zone.”
The LAPD said there have been about 470 arrests since Saturday, the vast majority for failing to leave the downtown area at the request of law enforcement. A handful of more serious charges include assault against officers and possession of a Molotov cocktail and a gun. Nine officers have been hurt, mostly with minor injuries.
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Detained Columbia protester asks judge to order his release, says government missed appeal deadline
The letter lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil sent Friday to U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz in New Jersey says Khalil has satisfied all the court’s requirements for his release, including posting a $1 bond, while lawyers for the government missed the judge’s Friday’s 9:30 a.m. deadline. In response, the judge gave the government until 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Khalil’s lawyers say the government hasn’t shown any grounds to keep detaining him, other than reasons the judge already dismissed.
“The deadline has come and gone and Mahmoud Khalil must be released immediately,” his lawyers said in a statement provided by the American Civil Liberties Union. “Anything further is an attempt to prolong his unconstitutional, arbitrary, and cruel detention.”
Spokespeople for the Justice Department and Homeland Security didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
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California governor concerned that private Medicaid data will facilitate deportations
Gavin Newsom ’s office expressed concern that the data will be used for immigration raids supported by the National Guard troops and Marines Trump deployed in Los Angeles.
“We deeply value the privacy of all Californians,” the statement said. “This potential data transfer brought to our attention by the AP is extremely concerning, and if true, potentially unlawful, particularly given numerous headlines highlighting potential improper federal use of personal information and federal actions to target the personal information of Americans.”
Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon said the data was shared legally, “to ensure that Medicaid benefits are reserved for individuals who are lawfully entitled to receive them.”
Nixon wouldn’t answer questions about how DHS would use it, and DHS officials did not respond to requests for comment.
Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials
The data includes the immigration status of millions of Medicaid enrollees, which could facilitate locating people to deport as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown.
An internal memo and emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Medicaid officials unsuccessfully sought to block the data transfer, citing legal and ethical concerns. Nevertheless, two top advisers to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the dataset handed over to the Department of Homeland Security, the emails show.
The dataset includes people living in California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington, D.C., all of which allow non-U.S. citizens to enroll in Medicaid programs that use only state taxpayer dollars.
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Republican enthusiasm for Musk cools after his feud with Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds
The tech billionaire has lost some of his luster with Republicans since his messy public falling-out with the president last week.
Fewer Republicans view Trump’s onetime government efficiency bulldog “very favorably” compared with April, according to the new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Though most Republicans continue to hold a positive view of Musk, their diminished fervor suggests his vocal opposition to Trump’s signature spending and tax cut legislation — and Musk’s subsequent online political and personal taunts — may have cost him.
About half of Americans have a negative opinion of Tesla — far more than other car companies. Tesla has dropped in value and amid protests in the U.S. and Europe.
▶ Read more about the AP/NORC poll on opinions about Elon Musk
Trump praises appellate court for blocking judge's order saying his National Guard deployment is illegal
“If I didn’t send the Military into Los Angeles, that city would be burning to the ground right now,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform Friday.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order directing Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California, and set an appellate hearing for Tuesday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom had asked for an emergency intervention to stop troops from supporting immigration raids. “Today was really about a test of democracy, and today we passed the test,” Newsom said before the appeals court decision.
“The district court has no authority to usurp the President’s authority as Commander in Chief,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said.
▶ Read more about California’s legal challenge of Trump’s military deployment in Los Angeles
Trump: US was aware of Israeli attack ahead of time
The U.S. president said Friday morning that “we know what’s going on” when asked what sort of advance warning he got from Israel about its attack on Iran.
“Heads-up? It wasn’t a heads-up. It was, we know what’s going on,” he told the Wall Street Journal.
Trump again cited the Israel attack as a warning to Iran to make a nuclear deal.
US shifts military resources in Mideast in response to Israel strikes on Iran
The United States is shifting ships and other military resources in the Middle East in response to Israel’s strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory attack by Tehran, two U.S. officials said Friday.
The Navy has directed the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner to begin sailing toward the Eastern Mediterranean and also has directed a second destroyer to begin moving forward, so it can be available if requested by the White House.
The president is meeting with his National Security Council principals, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Friday morning to discuss the situation, one of the officials said.
The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide details not yet made public.
— Tara Copp.
Judge blocks Trump’s election order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
The Republican president’s March 25 executive order sought to overhaul elections nationwide by compelling officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to vote for federal elections, accepting only mailed ballots received by Election Day and conditioning federal election grant funding on states adhering to the new ballot deadline.
The White House has defended the order as “standing up for free, fair and honest elections” and called proof of citizenship a “commonsense” requirement.
The judge sided with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional.
The attorneys general said the directive “usurps the States’ constitutional power and seeks to amend election law by fiat.”
Israel told the Trump administration of the attacks ahead of time
Israel told the Trump administration that large-scale attacks were coming and expected Iranian retaliation would be severe and that’s why the United States ordered the evacuations of some nonessential embassy staffers and authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents in the region, U.S. officials said on condition of anonymity to describe private diplomatic discussions.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff still plans to go to Oman this weekend for talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, but it’s not clear if the Iranians would participate, officials said.