The Latest: Trump administration orders 2,000 National Guard troops to leave LA, some will remain

President Donald Trump s administration is ending the deployment of National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles to sponsorship immigration enforcement exercises Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell disclosed Tuesday The president ordered the deployment of about California National Guard troops and active-duty Marines in early June to respond to protests against immigration raids in and around LA The troops were tasked with protecting federal buildings and guarding immigration agents and the legality of their deployment was challenged in federal court by California Gov Gavin Newsom It was not instantly clear how long the remaining troops would stay in the city as immigration raids continue across the country part of Trump s push for aggressive action against immigrants in the country illegally Also Tuesday Trump and Sen David McCormick of Pennsylvania jointly disclosed tens of billions of dollars of resource and equipment investments in Pennsylvania as the president traveled to Pittsburgh for a conference with dozens of top executives to promote his potency and instrument agenda Here s the latest Democrats are trolling Trump and the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein circumstance Democrats sensed an opening after the Justice Department noted last week that no additional evidence would be published in the circumstance Now they are demanding records be issued and trolling Republicans on social media on news shows and in the House as they revel in a rare fissure between the president and his fiercely loyal base They are highlighting the dramatic about-face by specific Republicans which has divided the MAGA movement and could weaken a critical following for Trump The in-your-face approach also may help Democrats appease elements of the party s own base who are hungry for a more aggressive confrontation with the other side Read more about Democrats trolling Trump and the GOP Trump says he will allegedly announce tariffs on pharmaceutical drugs The president mentioned such an announcement could come at the end of the month Trump disclosed he would start out at a lower tariff rate and give companies a year to build domestic factories before they face higher import tax rates He disclosed computer chips would face a similar style of tariffs Trump to put tariffs of over on smaller nations including those in Africa and the Caribbean We ll supposedly set one tariff for all of them Trump noted adding that it could be a little over on goods from at least nations Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick interjected that countries with goods taxed at these rates would be in Africa and the Caribbean places that generally do relatively modest levels of pact with the U S and would be relatively insignificant for Trump s goals of reducing transaction imbalances with the rest of the world Trump says he s mystified as to why various ardent supporters are in an uproar over the Epstein event I don t understand why they would be so interested the advised reporters after Air Force One landed in Maryland following his trip to Pittsburgh He s dead for a long time Trump revealed He was never a big factor in terms of life The president added that he couldn t understand what the interest or what the fascination is and even suggested that the scenario was boring Conspiracy theories over Epstein s death in prison and likely evidence in his sex trafficking situation including an alleged client list have largely been a fixation for the right once egged on by Trump himself Now though he would like to move on from the situation But specific of his greater part influential allies have refused dividing the MAGA movement Nvidia to resume sales of highly desired AI computer chips to China CEO Jensen Huang says the tool giant has won approval from the Trump administration to sell its advanced H computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence to China The news came in a company blog post saying the authorities assured Nvidia that licenses would be granted and the company hopes to start deliveries soon Shares of the California-based chipmaker were up over by midday Tuesday Huang also spoke about the matter on China s state-run CGTN television in remarks shown on the social platform X He also noted that half the world s AI researchers are in China It s so innovative and dynamic here in China that it s really critical that American companies are able to compete and serve the industry here Huang lately met with Trump and other U S policymakers and is in Beijing this week to attend a supply chain conference and speak with Chinese leaders Judge reverses rule that would have removed anatomical debt from credit reports The rule finalized in the Biden-era by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would have removed clinical debt from credit reports U S District Court Judge Sean Jordan of Texas s Eastern District who was appointed by Trump unveiled on Friday that the rule exceeded the CFPB s authority Jordan noted that the CFPB is not permitted to remove therapeutic debt from credit reports according to the Fair Credit Reporting Act which protects information collected by consumer reporting agencies Removing physiological debt from consumer credit reports was expected to increase the credit scores of millions of families by an average of points the bureau mentioned The CFPB states that its research has shown outstanding wellness care contends to be a poor predictor of an individual s ability to repay a loan yet they are often used to deny mortgage applications The CFPB estimated the rule would have removed billion in healthcare debt from the credit reports of million Americans Trump administration says it is ending deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell disclosed the decision Tuesday in a announcement Roughly National Guard troops and Marines had been deployed It was not without delay clear how long the rest would stay The troops were tasked with protecting federal buildings and guarding immigration agents as they carry out arrests The president ordered the deployment of about California National Guard troops and active-duty Marines in early June to respond to protests against immigration raids in and around Los Angeles Their deployment went against the wishes of Gov Gavin Newsom who sued to stop it A district court judge initially explained Trump acted illegally in deploying the Guard over Newsom s opposition but an appeals court noted the administration could keep control of the troops The development is ongoing Newsom declared the National Guard s deployment to L A has pulled troops away from their families and civilian work to serve as political pawns for the President in Los Angeles Employees at the nation s consumer financial watchdog say it s become toothless under Trump The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and employees still get paid But in practice the bureau has been mostly inoperable for nearly six months CFPB employees say they essentially spend the workday sitting on their hands forbidden from doing any work by a White House directive The bureau is supposed to help oversee banks and financial services companies and take enforcement action in situation of wrongdoing During its -year existence the CFPB has returned roughly billion to consumers who were cheated by financial services companies Instead its main function now seems to be undoing the rulemaking and law enforcement work that was done under previous administrations including in Trump s first term One employee who spoke on condition of anonymity because the directive forbids staffers from discussing their jobs publicly disclosed outsiders would be amazed at how little work is being done Employees are reluctant even to talk to one another for fear a conversation would be considered a violation of the directive Another worker described the drastic shift in mission from trying to protect consumers to doing nothing as quite demoralizing Read more about the CFPB and certain of its consumer cases dropped under Trump America s only rare earth producer gets a boost from Apple and Pentagon agreements MP Materials disclosed a new million deal with the tech giant Tuesday to produce more of the powerful magnets used in iPhones as well as other high-tech products like electric vehicles The news follows last week s announcement that the Defense Department would invest million in shares of the Las Vegas-based company establish a floor for the price of key elements and ensure that all magnets made at a new plant in the first years are purchased That unique direct stake makes the ruling body MP Materials largest shareholder This is the kind of long-term commitment needed to reshape global rare earth supply chains Benchmark Mineral Intelligence analyst Neha Mukherjee noted in a research note on the Pentagon deal Rare earths are a key concern in ongoing commerce talks China dominates the area and imposed new limits on exports after Trump stated widespread tariffs When shipments dried up the two sides sat down in London Trump administration fires immigration court judges across states union says Seventeen immigration court judges have been fired in latest days according to the union that represents them as the administration pushes forward with its mass deportations of immigrants It s outrageous and against the populace interest that at the same time Congress has authorized immigration judges we are firing large numbers of immigration judges without cause noted Matt Biggs president of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers which represents the judges The firings come as the courts have been increasingly at the center of the administration s hard-line immigration enforcement efforts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arresting people as they appear for court proceedings A spokeswoman for the Executive Office of Immigration Review which is the part of the Justice Department that oversees the courts explained via email that the office would not comment on the firings Judge says Trump administration can t use passage ban to keep refugees out of the US U S District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle noted in his ruling late Monday that the president s June order banning entry by people from countries expressly states that it does not limit the ability of people to seek refugee status The order includes a provision that says nothing in it shall be construed to limit the ability of an individual to seek asylum refugee status withholding of removal or protection under the CAT consistent with the laws of the United States In his ruling Whitehead announced by its plain terms the Proclamation excludes refugees from its scope Barring refugees from entering would limit their ability to seek refugee status and therefore run counter to the order the judge added He ordered the administration to this instant resume processing presumptively protected refugees who were rejected based on the advance ban The State Department did not right now have comment Tuesday Department of Homeland Measure criticizes court ruling delaying end of protections for Afghans The appeals court decision temporarily delayed the department from removing protections from a few Afghans living in the U S DHS mentioned in May that it was ending Temporary Protected Status for people from Afghanistan in days That status had allowed them to work and meant the governing body couldn t deport them It was supposed to expire Monday but an appeals court stepped in late in the day and issued a one-week stay while it hears arguments from both sides Reacting Tuesday DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin noted in a report Temporary Protected Status TPS was never intended to be a de facto asylum initiative yet it has been abused as one for decades The Trump administration is restoring integrity to our immigration system to keep our homeland and its people safe it continued and we have the law the facts and common sense on our side Republicans look to tweak Trump s request for billion in spending cuts Senate Republicans worked Tuesday to slightly scale back the president s request for the cuts in previously approved spending as they tried to build momentum before a key test vote The amended package removes proposed cuts to a plan known as PEPFAR that is credited with saving millions of lives since its creation under then-President George W Bush to combat HIV AIDS The change could help the bill s prospects Congress has until Friday to get a bill to Trump s desk for his signature or the spending stands The president is looking to claw back money for foreign aid programs targeted by his Department of Authorities Efficiency and for the Corporation for Citizens Broadcasting The change preserving about million for PEPFAR takes the total savings in the measure down to about billion Bondi dodges questions about Jeffrey Epstein and FBI deputy director The attorney general is seeking to press ahead with a business-as-usual approach in the face of right-wing outrage that has plunged the Justice Department into turmoil Pressed by reporters during an announcement about drug seizures Bondi sidestepped questions about the fallout of the administration s decision not to release more records related Epstein analysis Amid calls from selected members of Trump s base for her resignation Bondi made clear she has no plans to step down I m going to be here for as long as the president wants me here Bondi stated And I believe he s made that crystal clear Bondi was also sought about Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino with whom she clashed last week over the Epstein files Bondi would not answer whether she believes he should remain in his role saying only that she would not discuss personnel matters China does have wind farms Trump alleges otherwise Trump falsely claimed that China is lacking in wind farms despite its role in their production China makes windmills But how a multitude of wind farms do you see in China he required I haven t seen any lately Sort of crazy China is the world s largest manufacturer of wind turbines producing more than half of the supply However it is also installing them in China at a record pace In total China has terawatts of utility-scale wind and solar maximum in evolution which could generate more electricity than neighboring Japan consumed in all of according to a document from the Global Vitality Monitor distributed last week Trump We are way ahead of China The president boasted during a summit on vitality and AI that the U S is far ahead of China when it comes to developments in artificial intelligence We believe America s destiny is to dominate every industry and be the first in hardware he explained Democrats say Trump s State Department cuts undermine US at home and abroad Congressional Democrats are criticizing the Trump administration s budget and personnel cuts at the State Department saying they rob the country of massive expertise and institutional knowledge and damage America s standing abroad in the world Top Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee took issue with defenses of cuts offered by the deputy Secretary of State for Management Michael Rigas who argued that the budget and personnel reductions were needed to streamline diplomacy and make it more efficient Rigas testimony was the first from a senior department official since Friday when more than career civil servants and foreign utility officers were fired as part of the administration s broader revamp of the executive branch of executive This is a dark time for American diplomacy stated the top Democrat on the panel Rep Gregory Meeks of New York President Trump continues to isolate the United States alienate our allies and create space for our adversaries like Russia and China to fill the void Rigas announced a proposed roughly cut in the department s budget is intended not to punish diplomats but rather to make the State Department a more efficient and effective organizations better able to advance the core interests of the American people House Speaker breaks with Trump on Epstein saga House Speaker Mike Johnson appears to be latest with Trump over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein criminal research and is calling for the Justice Department to put everything out there and let the people decide The Louisiana Republican disclosed Attorney General Pam Bondi demands to come forward and explain what happened Bondi earlier this year had made declares that administrators were reviewing a truckload of evidence but last week the Justice Department concluded that Epstein did not leave behind a client list and that residents disclosure of more information would not be appropriate The lack of revelations has angered plenty of MAGA loyalists particularly after various had expected more transparency and accountability based on previous comments from Trump during the campaign The White House and the White House band are privy to facts that I don t know This isn t my lane I haven t been involved in that but I agree with the sentiment to put it out there Johnson narrated conservative podcaster Benny Johnson Tens of billions for Pennsylvania Trump disclosed a billion stake from technical agricultural and potential companies in Pennsylvania He described it as the biggest private resources in Pennsylvania history calling it a triumphant day for the people of the commonwealth and the United States of America Trump participates in potential and AI summit The power and innovation summit hosted by Sen Dave McCormick and featuring the president is now underway McCormick kicked off the event by welcoming Trump back to the city and the state The senator says billion in investments were spurred by Tuesday s summit Your presence and those commitments showcase Pennsylvania s story to the world McCormick commented as he introduced Trump Teaching Department resumes layoffs The Trump administration is moving ahead with mass layoffs at the Learning Department After the Supreme Court cleared the way in a Monday decision the department began sending updated termination notices to hundreds of employees The notice tells workers they will formally be separated from the agency Aug It stated the department thanks them for their facility and recognizes the difficulty of the moment Development Secretary Linda McMahon in March disclosed she was laying off about employees as part of the president s plan to wind down the agency A lower court paused the layoffs but the Supreme Court halted that order Democrats see an opening in Epstein backlash A super PAC working to elect Democrats to the U S House in next year s midterm elections is naming and shaming Republicans who once demanded to see records from Jeffrey Epstein s sex trafficking inspection but on Monday voted against a Democratic effort to release them GOP Reps Nancy Mace of South Carolina Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Anna Paulina Luna and Cory Mills of Florida are complicit with a Trump administration that s trying to bury documents about the wealthy financier who abused underage girls the Democratic-aligned House Majority PAC explained in an emailed memo Democrats had tried to force the release of information about Epstein s episode by attaching an amendment to cryptocurrency regulation Just one Republican on the House Rules Committee Rep Ralph Norman of South Carolina voted with them Democrats have been taking full advantage of fissures in the GOP over the federal cabinet s decision not to release the much-hyped records Several left-wing lawmakers have taken to social media in modern days calling for the files to be made society Pew survey Global views of China and Xi Jinping improve US and Trump decline Views of China and its President Xi Jinping have improved in numerous countries around the world and those of the U S and President Donald Trump have deteriorated resulting in closer-than-ever international views of the two superpowers and their leaders according to the latest survey of about two dozen countries by Pew Research Center Across countries Pew exposed that the U S was viewed more favorably than China in eight countries China was viewed more favorably in seven and the two were viewed about equally in the remainder Pew surveyed more than people across countries in total including the U S which was excluded from the comparison from January to April This year s results are a drastic departure from those in the past several years when the U S and its leader then President Joe Biden enjoyed more favorable international views than China and its president Pew provides no certain answer to what caused the shifting views but Laura Silver associate director of research announced it s manageable that views of a country may change when those of another superpower shift Trump is on his way to a tech and force conference in Pittsburgh Trump will speak at the conference with dozens of top executives to promote his force and instrument agenda The event is organized by Republican U S Sen David McCormick of Pennsylvania a former hedge fund CEO who s using it to showcase Pennsylvania and highlight tens of billions of dollars in vigor and tech investments in the region At the conference at Carnegie Mellon University Trump Cabinet officers spoke of the need to produce as much power as workable especially from coal and natural gas to beat China in the artificial intelligence race for the sake of economic and national shield Trump stands by waiting period on Russian sanctions Trump pushed back on the idea that waiting days to impose sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine is too long and suggested that an even more abbreviated timeframe would be sufficient I don t think days is very long and it could be shorter than that he disclosed Trump defends Bondi on handling of Epstein files The president explained the attorney general has handled it very well and revealed it s up to Bondi whether to release any more records related to the sex traffic research of Epstein He explained Bondi gave him a very quick briefing about the matter When questioned by a reporter if the attorney general described Trump whether his name appeared in any of the records he disclosed No no Trump disclosed of Bondi whatever she thinks is credible she should release The president also mentioned he likes FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino who has reportedly clashed internally with Bondi over the issue Trump didn t say more about Bongino Mentoring Department wind-down continues The Development Department is handing off the administration of its workforce maturation programs to the Department of Labor part of the Trump administrations plan to wind down the federal mentoring agency Development Secretary Linda McMahon reported the interagency agreement on Tuesday a day after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the administration to move ahead with its plan to dismantle the department The Associated Press informed Monday that the department had in the last few days struck a deal to outsource the management of several grant programs for workforce training and adult guidance to the Department of Labor The Development Department stated the shift streamlines federal workforce programs the majority of which are already administered by the Department of Labor The department on Tuesday called it a major step in shifting management of select ED programs to partner agencies Trump reported he thinks Cuomo can win NYC mayor s race The president informed reporters at the White House that he thinks Andrew Cuomo should stay in the race saying he would have a good shot at winning The Democratic former New York governor who clashed with Trump while in office re-launched his campaign for New York City mayor on Monday as an independent aiming to offer a more middle-road choice than Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani Mamdani is a democratic socialist state lawmaker whom Trump has harshly criticized including on Tuesday when he called him a communist Trump says he ll meet with UK prime minister in Scotland Trump says he ll be meeting with Britain s prime minister during an upcoming trip to Scotland The president informed reporters at the White House we re going to be meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer ostensibly in Aberdeen He suggested they d discuss refining a previously disclosed contract deal Trump revealed the meeting would take place at allegedly one of my properties His family business has a golf curriculum near Aberdeen in northeast Scotland while a second syllabus is set to open in the area soon There is also a Trump module near Turnberry in the country s southwest US leaders say they are still reviewing Ukraine s weaponry wish list U S personnel say they are still sorting through Ukraine s wish list of weaponry that it would like to receive from NATO members to determine what can be greater part rapidly replaced after President Donald Trump reported an agreement for Europe to supply Ukraine with defensive munitions from existing stocks The officers who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss arms transfers that have not yet been approved or completed disclosed Ukraine s requests for materiel are roughly the same as they have been since the start of Russia s invasion more than three years ago Those include air defenses like Patriot missiles and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems long range missile known as ATACMS and short- to medium-range ground-to-air missiles known as NASAMs and assorted artillery according to the bureaucrats Under the terms of the very rough agreement sketched out by Trump and NATO chief Mark Rutte on Monday NATO members would ship billions of dollars of these weapons to Ukraine and then purchase replacements for them from the United States One official announced chosen of the larger items such as Patriots could take up to five years to produce to deliver to the European donors while smaller munitions like mm artillery shells can be produced on a much shorter timeline Aamer Madhani and Matthew Lee Source