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• Steve Hilton to Newsmax: Dems Use Trump as a Scapegoat
  
  Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton accused Democrats of using President Donald Trump as a scapegoat for their own policy failures, calling the blame-shifting a "total lie" in response to the escalating immigration enforcement crisis in California.
• DHS' McLaughlin to Newsmax: LA Was an 'Insurrection'
  
  Assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, Tricia McLaughlin, suggested to Newsmax on Monday that the riots that transpired in Los Angeles over the weekend, in protest to immigration enforcement, was an "insurrection."
• 113 Democrats Oppose Measure Condemning Boulder Attack
  
  More than 100 Democrats voted against a House resolution on Monday to condemn last week's firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, that injured at least 15 people.
• Trump Authorizes Another 2,000 Guardsmen to LA
  
  President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to respond to immigration protests in Los Angeles, according to the Pentagon's chief spokesperson.
• Dershowitz to Newsmax: SCOTUS Won't Block Troops Used Preventively
  
  Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz predicted Monday on Newsmax that the U.S. Supreme Court will not challenge the president's authority to deploy federal troops preventively, even amid ongoing controversy over recent riots in Los Angeles.
• Sen. Cruz to Newsmax: Dems Side With Rioters Over Cops
  
  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Monday that the riots happening in Los Angeles once again illustrate where the allegiance of the Democratic Party lies, and it's not with law enforcement or border patrol.
• Trump: LA Officials 'Afraid' to Act on Widespread Riots
  
  President Donald Trump said Monday that Los Angeles public officials were "afraid" to act as riots began to spread following a series of Immigration and Enforcement raids last week in the area.
• Sen. Lankford to Newsmax: Reduce Deficit as Much as Possible
  
  Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., distanced himself from senators opposed to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's impact on the national debt, telling Newsmax on Monday he was working to reduce its impact on deficit spending as much as possible.
• Calif. Assemblyman to Newsmax: Newsom Has Criminal-First Agenda
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom "has a criminal-first agenda where they do as much as they can to protect the criminals, but they demonize a lot of the Californians here in this state that are demanding that we have safety in our community."
• Mexico to Aid Illegal Migrants Held After ICE Raids in LA
  
  Mexico is providing legal support to 42 of its citizens arrested after recent U.S. immigration raids in Los Angeles, as tensions rise over immigration enforcement and protests involving Mexican nationals, Breitbart reported.
• DOJ Sues Calif. Coffee House For Discrimination
  
  The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit Monday against a coffee house in Oakland, California, for discrimination against Jews.
• Tom Homan to Newsmax: Newsom, Bass Should Thank ICE
  
  Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's point man for mass deportations and border security, said California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, both Democrats, should be grateful for the administration's efforts to take public safety threats off the streets.
• GOP Rep. Mark Green to Resign House Seat
  
  House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., has informed leadership, including Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., that he intends to leave Congress early, Punchbowl News reported Monday.
• Pentagon Draws Up Rules for Possible Use of Force by Marines in LA
  
  The Pentagon was scrambling to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration is deploying active duty troops to the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles.
• Mexico's President Sheinbaum Calls for Peace in LA
  
  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the violence in Los Angeles's deportation protests and called for the Mexican community to remain peaceful, The Hill reported.
• Thune, Grassley Defend Trump Sending National Guard to LA
  
  Two top Republican Senate leaders on Monday defended President Donald Trump's decision to send the National Guard into Los Angeles.
• State Dept Resumes Processing Harvard Student Visas After Judge's Ruling
  
  The State Department directed all U.S. missions abroad and consular sections to resume processing Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas after a federal judge in Boston last week temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban on foreign students at the Ivy...
• WH Urges Court Not to Dismiss Case Against Wis. Judge
  
  The Trump administration argued Monday that charges should not be dropped against a Wisconsin judge who was indicted for allegedly helping a man who is in the country evade U.S. immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse.Attorneys for the U.S. Department of...
• Calif. Union Leader Huerta Released on $50K Bond in LA
  
  California union leader David Huerta is released from custody on $50K bond after arrest during immigration raid protest.
• Wilkie to Newsmax: 'Tens of Thousands' of Ukrainian Kids Kidnapped by Russia
  
  Former Defense Department Undersecretary Robert Wilkie told Newsmax on Monday that questions surrounding Ukrainian kids kidnapped by Russian soldiers is an issue that must be handled if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agrees to a meaningful ceasefire.
• NIH Staffers Slam Cuts, Politicization of Their Work
  
  Hundreds of National Institutes of Health employees have criticized what they call the politicization of their research and termination of their work while demanding that changes made at the agency that they see as drastic be rescinded, The Hill reported on Monday.
• Pentagon to Deploy About 700 Marines to LA, Official Says
  
  The U.S. military is set to temporarily deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles while additional National Guard troops arrive in the city, a U.S. official said Monday. The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a battalion would be sent, but for ...
• GOP, Dem Reps.: Don't Cut $1.1B for Public Broadcasting
  
  The Republican and Democrat co-chairs of the Congressional Public Broadcasting Caucus are urging the Trump administration to reconsider cuts to public broadcasting included in a $9.4 billion rescission package that the House is set to vote on this week.
• Gov. Little: Idaho Joins Trump's Deportation Agenda
  
  Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced Thursday that his state will work with President Donald Trump's administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to apprehend criminal illegal aliens.
• Calif. Sheriff: Harris Blaming Trump for LA Protests Is Embarrassing
  
  A California sheriff called former Vice President Kamala Harris' statement blaming President Donald Trump for the Los Angeles protests "an embarrassment."

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