Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced a curfew in the city in response to vandalism amid the protests against ICE raids. The curfew will be enforced from 8pm local time Tuesday to 6am. Wednesday, and anyone who breaks the curfew will be arrested, Bass warned.
Donald Trump flirted with invoking the Insurrection Act, which allows the domestic use of the military, in remarks on Tuesday in the Oval Office. The president has already deployed thousands of federalized National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests over his immigration raids.
The total cost of the deployment to date has been disclosed as $134 million, with Trump claiming that without them, the city “would be burning to the ground right now.”
Bass has dismissed those claims, given that the Guard is protecting two federal buildings and local law enforcement has been quelling civil unrest triggered by ICE raids. She has vowed to pursue vandals and looters to the fullest extent of the law after more stores were looted on Monday.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, who claims the presence of troops exacerbates tensions, has asked a judge for an emergency injunction regarding the troop deployment, arguing it is “unlawful,” as well as “excessive and unnecessary.” A hearing is set for Thursday.
Speaking to soldiers at Fort Bragg on Tuesday afternoon, Trump accused the mayor and governor of paying “agitators” and “insurrectionists” who he claimed came ready with bricks to throw.
What you need to know so far…
- President Donald Trump deployed 4,000 federalized National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests over immigration raids, costing $134 million to date.
- Mayor Karen Bass refuted Trump’s claim that the city would be ‘burning to the ground’ without the troops, noting the Guard is protecting federal buildings while local law enforcement handles unrest.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom sued the Trump administration and sought an emergency injunction, deeming the troop deployment ‘unlawful,’ ‘excessive,’ and ‘unnecessary.’
- A judge rejected Newsom’s emergency injunction and allowed the Trump administration more time to respond to the governor’s court filing.
- Democrats in Congress said that the militarization seen in Los Angeles was a warning to other Americans.
- After Trump claimed he spoke to Newsom about the unrest on Monday, the governor said the president doesn’t even know who he is talking to, as the call didn’t happen.
- Mayor Bass said that the solution to the violence gripping the city is an end to the raids by ICE.
Oliver O’Connell10 June 2025 15:32
LA police says ‘mass arrests’ are underway
The Los Angeles police department has said that “mass arrests are being initiated” in parts of the city.
Shahana Yasmin11 June 2025 07:12
Trump’s Los Angeles troop deployment to cost $134m over 60 days
The Trump administration’s military deployment to Los Angeles is projected to cost $134m over 60 days, covering food, transport, housing and logistics, senior Pentagon official Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Testifying before the House Appropriations defence subcommittee, defence secretary Pete Hegseth defended the decision, saying they responded “incredibly rapidly to a deteriorating situation.”
He added that the deployment is planned for 60 days “because we want to ensure that those rioters, looters and thugs on the other side assaulting our police officers know that we’re not going anywhere”.
Shahana Yasmin11 June 2025 06:50
Los Angeles city attorney says city is exploring legal options to remove military troops
Los Angeles city attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto has said that the city was looking at legal avenues to remove the National Guard and Marine troops from Los Angeles.
“There’s no basis for them to come in. If it were a war zone, that’s where the military belongs,” Feldstein Soto told The Los Angeles Times. “It seems like it’s taking an elephant gun to a flea.”
Shahana Yasmin11 June 2025 06:30
2,100 National Guard troops join 700 Marines in Los Angeles deployment
Approximately 2,100 soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team have been deployed to the greater Los Angeles area, a spokesperson for US Northern Command has confirmed.
They are currently stationed across Los Angeles, as well as in the nearby cities of Paramount and Compton.
This deployment is in addition to the 700 US Marines sent by president Donald Trump to support local law enforcement and the National Guard in response to protests over immigration raids by ICE.
Shahana Yasmin11 June 2025 06:10
Doechii condemns Trump’s ‘ruthless’ military response
Doechii used her acceptance speech at the BET Awards to speak out about President Donald Trump sending the military to Los Angeles to crack down on protests against ICE immigration raids.
The 26-year-old was presented with the award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, and said she wanted to use her time on stage to “address what’s happening right now outside of the building” at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
Shahana Yasmin11 June 2025 05:50
Newsom accuses Trump of ‘fanning the flames’ on purpose
California governor Gavin Newsom said in an address on Tuesday that President Trump intentionally fanned the flames amid the protests against ICE raids in Los Angeles.
“Donald Trump’s government isn’t protecting our communities — they’re traumatising our communities. And that seems to be the entire point,” Newsom said.
The address was posted on Newsom’s social media after Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles without Newsom’s permission in response to the protests.
“This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers, and even our National Guard at risk. That’s when the downward spiral began. He doubled down on his dangerous National Guard deployment by fanning the flames even harder. And the president, he did it on purpose.”
Shahana Yasmin11 June 2025 05:32
Over a dozen looters arrested in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Police Department said that they made 14 arrests after several businesses in the city’s Jewelry District were looted, per The Associated Press.
The LAPD didn’t say if the suspects were part of the ongoing protests against ICE raids in the city.
Nejdeh Avedian, a general manager at one of the stores that wasn’t broken into, told the AP that the demonstrators had already left at that point.
“These guys were just opportunists,” Avedian said.
Rachel Dobkin11 June 2025 04:30
LA protesters disperse before curfew kicks in
People protesting against the ICE raids in Los Angeles dispersed ahead of curfew.
Jesus Jimenez, a New York Times reporter based in Los Angeles, wrote shortly before 7:20 p.m. local time, “Downtown Los Angeles already seems much quieter than yesterday.
“There are still small pockets of protesters in some areas, but streets that were packed with demonstrators 24 hours ago are almost clear.”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced a curfew from 8 p.m. local time Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday.
She warned those who break curfew will be arrested.
