An initial 2,000 Guard troops ordered by Trump started arriving Sunday, which saw the most violence during three days of protests driven by anger over Trump’s stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws that critics say are breaking apart migrant families. Follow along live.

Another 2,000 National Guard troops along with 700 Marines are headed to Los Angeles on orders from President Trump, escalating a military presence local officials and Governor Gavin Newsom don’t want and the police chief says creates logistical challenges for safely handling protests.

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Trump pushes ahead with his maximalist immigration campaign: Trump is moving swiftly to act on his immigration promises with little internal restraint, determined to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to fulfill the promises of his reelection campaign.

Some visitors report extra scrutiny at US airports as Trump’s new travel ban begins: Trump’s new ban on travel to the US by citizens from a dozen countries took effect Monday with relative calm, as some travelers with valid visas reported extra scrutiny at American airports before being allowed entry.

Citing trade wars, the World Bank sharply downgrades forecast for global economic growth — 9:54 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

President Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world, the World Bank forecast Tuesday.

Citing “a substantial rise in trade barriers’’ but without mentioning Trump by name, the 189-country lender predicted that the US economy — the world’s largest — would grow half as fast (1.4%) this year as it did in 2024 (2.8%). That marked a downgrade from the 2.3% US growth it had forecast back for 2025 back in January.

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The bank also lopped 0.4 percentage points off its forecast for global growth this year. It now expects the world economy to expand just 2.3% in 2025, down from 2.8% in 2024.

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By the Associated Press

Trump said his decision to “SEND IN THE TROOPS” to Los Angeles spared the city from burning to the ground like thousands of homes after wildfires this year.

He wrote on his social media site that people want to rebuild, and that the federal permitting process is “virtually complete on these houses.”

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Trump claimed “the easy and simple City and State Permits are disastrously bungled up and WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE!” and blamed California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

“People want to rebuild their houses. Call your incompetent Governor and Mayor, the Federal permitting is DONE!!!” he wrote.

Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force by Marines — 8:55 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

The Pentagon was scrambling Monday to establish rules to guide US Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult 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.

The forces have been trained in de-escalation, crowd control and standing rules for the use of force, Northern Command said.

But the use of the active duty forces still raises difficult questions.

The Marines are highly trained in combat and crisis response. But that is starkly different from the role they will face now: They could potentially be hit by protesters carrying gas canisters and have to quickly decide how to respond or face decisions about protecting an immigration enforcement agent from crowds.

According to a US official, troops will be armed with their normal service weapons but will not be carrying tear gas. They also will have protective equipment such as helmets, shields and gas masks.

Trump’s Tuesday schedule, according to the White House — 8:49 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

12:25 p.m. — Trump will travel to Fort Bragg, North Carolina

2:40 p.m. — Once he arrives, Trump will observe a military demonstration

4:00 p.m. — Trump will deliver remarks to service members, veterans and their families

6:00 p.m. — Trump will travel back to the White House

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to face Congress for first time since Signal leaks — 8:47 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

He’s expected to field sharp questions from members of Congress about his tumultuous start as Pentagon chief, including his sharing of sensitive military details over a Signal chat, in three separate Capitol Hill hearings beginning Tuesday.

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Lawmakers also have made it clear they’re unhappy that Hegseth hasn’t provided details on the administration’s first proposed defense budget, which Trump has said would total $1 trillion, a significant increase over the current spending level of more than $800 billion.

It will be lawmakers’ first chance to ask Hegseth about a myriad of other controversial spending by the Pentagon, including plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on security upgrades to turn a Qatari jet into Air Force One and to pour as much as $45 million into a parade recently added to the Army’s 250th birthday bash, which happens to coincide with Trump’s birthday on Saturday.

Trump sends Marines and more National Guard members to Los Angeles — 8:28 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

Another 2,000 National Guard troops along with 700 Marines are headed to Los Angeles on orders from President Trump, escalating a military presence local officials and Newsom don’t want and the police chief says creates logistical challenges for safely handling protests.

An initial 2,000 Guard troops ordered by Trump started arriving Sunday, which saw the most violence during three days of protests.

Monday’s demonstrations were far less raucous, with thousands peacefully attending a rally at City Hall and hundreds protesting outside a federal complex that includes a detention center where some immigrants are being held following workplace raids across the city.

Trump has described Los Angeles in dire terms that Mayor Karen Bass and Newsom say are nowhere close to the truth. They say he is putting public safety at risk by adding military personnel even though police say they don’t need the help.

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Newsom called the deployments reckless and “disrespectful to our troops” in a post on the social platform X.

RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee — 8:11 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

Kennedy on Monday removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the CDC on how to use vaccines and pledged to replace them with his own picks.

Major physicians and public health groups criticized the move to oust all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Kennedy, who was one of the nation’s leading anti-vaccine activists before becoming the nation’s top health official, has not said who he would appoint to the panel, but said it would convene in just two weeks in Atlanta.

Although it’s typically not viewed as a partisan board, the entire current roster of committee members were Biden appointees.

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Trump pushes ahead with his maximalist immigration campaign in face of LA protests — 8:10 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

President Trump made no secret of his willingness to take a maximalist approach to enforcing immigration laws and keeping order as he campaigned to return to the White House. The fulfillment of that pledge is now on full display in Los Angeles.

By overriding California’s Governor Gavin Newsom, Trump is already going beyond what he did to respond to Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, when he warned he could send troops to contain demonstrations that turned violent if governors in the states did not act to do so themselves. Trump said in September of that year that he “can’t call in the National Guard unless we’re requested by a governor” and that “we have to go by the laws.”

But now, he’s moving swiftly to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to deliver on his promise of mass deportations. What remains to be seen is whether Americans will stand by him once it’s operationalized nationwide. For now, Trump is betting that they will.

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Trump heads to Fort Bragg while facing criticism for deploying military at Los Angeles protests — 8:09 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

President Trump plans to speak at Fort Bragg on Tuesday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US Army as he deploys the military in an attempt to quiet immigration protests in Los Angeles.

Fort Bragg, located near Fayetteville, North Carolina, serves as headquarters for US Army Special Operations Command. Highly trained units like the Green Berets and the Rangers are based there.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll will also be at Tuesday’s event, along with service members, veterans and their families.

Trump has promoted the Army’s anniversary as a reason to hold a military parade in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, which is also his 79th birthday.

Trump, who sees the military as a critical tool for domestic goals, has used the recent protests in Los Angeles as an opportunity to deploy the National Guard and US Marines to quell disturbances that began as protests over immigration raids.

US-China trade talks in London enter their second day — 5:48 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

The US and China are holding a second day of talks Tuesday in London aimed at easing their trade dispute, after President Trump said China is “not easy” but the US was “doing well” at the negotiations.

A Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier He Lifeng met US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer for several hours on Monday at Lancaster House, an ornate 200-year-old mansion near Buckingham Palace.

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Ozempic, the internet, GPS: Here are 5 things New England researchers helped develop with federal funding — 5:29 a.m. Link copied

By Emily Spatz, Globe Correspondent

The internet. Barcodes. The COVID vaccine. Life as we know it now wouldn’t be possible without these seemingly unrelated scientific breakthroughs. But they do have one thing in common — they were developed thanks to a partnership between the federal government and universities, which boomed after World War II.

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Researchers in New England helped pioneer many of them, reshaping society and medicine drastically in just a few decades. But further progress is in jeopardy, researchers say, with the Trump administration slashing billions of dollars in research grants for health and science.

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Hegseth faces Congress for first time since Signal leaks and Marine deployment to Los Angeles — 12:42 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to field sharp questions from members of Congress about his tumultuous start as Pentagon chief, including his sharing of sensitive military details over a Signal chat, in three separate Capitol Hill hearings beginning Tuesday.

Lawmakers also have made it clear they are unhappy that Hegseth has not provided details on the administration’s first proposed defense budget, which President Trump has said would total $1 trillion, a significant increase over the current spending level of more than $800 billion.

It will be lawmakers’ first chance to ask Hegseth about a myriad of other controversial spending by the Pentagon, including plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on security upgrades to turn a Qatari jet into Air Force One, and to pour as much as $45 million into a parade recently added to the Army’s 250th birthday bash, which happens to coincide with Trump’s birthday on Saturday.

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Trump heads to Fort Bragg while facing criticism for deploying military at Los Angeles protests — 12:11 a.m. Link copied

By the Associated Press

President Trump plans to speak at Fort Bragg on Tuesday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US Army as he deploys the military in an attempt to quiet immigration protests in Los Angeles.

Fort Bragg, located near Fayetteville, North Carolina, serves as headquarters for US Army Special Operations Command. Highly trained units like the Green Berets and the Rangers are based there.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll will also be at Tuesday’s event, along with service members, veterans, and their families.

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Analysis

Among the accusations Republican senators are leveling at the Bondi hearing is one involving FBI investigations of parents at school board meetings.

In his opening statement, Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, read a laundry list of alleged abuses by the Justice Department; chief among them was that the FBI had “opened dozens of investigations into parents who voiced their concerns at school board meetings regarding curriculum choices and Covid-19 mandates.”

In 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a memo ordering federal law enforcement officials to meet with local authorities around the country to “facilitate the discussion of strategies for addressing threats” against education personnel after a number of protests, attacks on social media and other actions targeting school officials over Covid policies, school curriculum, critical race theory and other issues.

Garland issued the memo after the National School Boards Association asked the Justice Department and the administration to address these issues. In its request, the association said such “heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism” — language it later apologized for in a statement.

But Garland’s memo specified concerns about “illegal” threats and harassment; it never equated parents to domestic terrorists. Ultimately, the FBI never investigated, arrested or charged a single parent in connection with school board meetings.

In a previous statement on the issue, the FBI said that Director Christopher Wray and other agency officials “have stated clearly on numerous occasions before Congress and elsewhere, the FBI has never been in the business of investigating speech or policing speech at school board meetings or anywhere else, and we never will be. Our focus is and always will be on protecting people from violence and threats of violence. We are fully committed to preserving and protecting First Amendment rights including the right to free speech.”