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Protests broke out on Saturday across Los Angeles following dozens of arrests the day prior in citywide Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. In response, President Trump signed a memo Saturday ordering the deployment of at least 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles County due to clashes between immigration authorities and demonstrators.Here’s what to know about the unrest occurring in L.A. A car burns during a protest in Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025, after federal immigration authorities conducted operations. Eric Thayer / AP How did the Los Angeles protests start? ICE officers executed search warrants at multiple locations Friday, including outside…

President Donald Trump, center, and Vice President JD Vance, right, and Elon Musk met backstage prior to a presidential campaign event at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pa., on Oct. 5, 2024. Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Getty Images Vice President Vance says he’s “loyal” to President Trump, but also voiced praise for billionaire Elon Musk and described Musk’s criticism of Trump’s sweeping budget bill as “understandable.” Vance’s comments came on social media and during a podcast appearance with comedian Theo Von posted on Saturday. Vance weighed in during a week when the feud between Trump and Musk…

Toys caught in the crosshairs of Trump’s tariffs – CBS News Watch CBS News New evidence shows that President Trump’s tariff policies are shaking up global trade. Imports of foreign goods plunged about 16% in April, the largest one-month drop on record. Nancy Chen dives into how the toy business is being impacted. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

In a rematch that lived up to its billing, Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty galloped to victory over Journalism in muddy conditions at the 157th Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs, New York, on Saturday in the third leg of the Triple Crown. Sovereignty, who entered the race with 2-to-1 odds, defeated a field of seven challengers. The race marked a kind of replay of the Derby. Journalism ended up in second again and Baeza was third — the same 1-2-3 as the Kentucky Derby. Jockey Junior Alvarado reacts aboard Sovereignty as he crosses the finish line to win the 157th running of…

Republicans are attacking the Congressional Budget Office, accusing the agency of mixing partisanship with economic projections. But criticism is nothing new for the nonpartisan agency. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Republican lawmakers and President Trump have been publicly complaining a lot about the Congressional Budget Office. It’s a typically mundane, nonpartisan economic forecasting office. They are accusing it of playing politics with Trump’s massive legislative effort known as the Big, Beautiful Bill, so NPR’s Barbara Sprunt is here to explain what the CBO actually does.BARBARA SPRUNT, BYLINE: We’ve been hearing a lot about the CBO from congressional Republicans.(SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE)MIKE JOHNSON: We’re…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking Secretary of State Marco Rubio for information on the Trump administration’s contingency plans if billionaire Elon Musk breaches his companies’ current contracts with the U.S. amid the ongoing public fall out between him and President Trump.In a letter to Rubio as acting national security adviser and obtained by CBS News, Warren said Mr. Trump and Musk’s public disagreements about the upcoming reconciliation bill that escalated into a public online spat could “have serious implications for U.S. national security.”The Massachusetts Democrat mentioned Mr. Trump’s proposal to terminate Musk’s government contracts and subsidies, which the world’s richest…

A salmonella outbreak linked to a large egg recall has made dozens of people sick in seven states in the West and Midwest, federal health officials said Saturday.The August Egg Company recalled about 1.7 million brown organic and brown cage-free egg varieties distributed to grocery stores between February and May because of the potential for salmonella, according to an announcement posted Friday on the Food and Drug Administration’s website.At least 79 people in seven states have gotten a strain of salmonella that was linked to the eggs, and 21 people have been hospitalized, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…

Participants watch the Capital Pride Parade in 2024 in Washington, D.C. Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images WorldPride 2025 wraps up in Washington, D.C., this weekend with festivities including a parade that will kick off Saturday in one of the city’s historic gay neighborhoods and conclude in front of the U.S. Capitol. This is the first time that D.C. has hosted the international LGBTQ+ festival since WorldPride’s inaugural event in Rome in 2000. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of Pride events in D.C. — one of…

Vice President JD Vance said Elon Musk was making a “huge mistake” going after President Trump in a storm of bitter and inflammatory social media posts after a falling out between the two men.But the vice president, in an interview released Friday after the very public blow-up between the world’s richest man and arguably the world’s most powerful, also tried to downplay Musk’s blistering attacks as an “emotional guy” who got frustrated.Musk attacked Mr. Trump in a torrent of social media posts, first criticizing the president’s spending package and then targeting him with more direct attacks. Mr. Trump then portrayed…

“Devil in the Ozarks” caught after jailbreak Escaped former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” caught 00:24 A former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was recaptured Friday, nearly two weeks after his escape from an Arkansas prison, where he was serving decadeslong sentences for murder and rape, the Izard County Sheriff’s Office said. Grant Hardin escaped on May 25 from the Calico Rock prison by donning an outfit designed to look like a law enforcement uniform, officials have said. In a statement Friday, Sheriff Brandon Long said Hardin was apprehended at about 3:45 p.m. “just a…