President Donald Trump 's administration is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles to support immigration enforcement activities, Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced Tuesday.
The president ordered the deployment of about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 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 immediately 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 announced tens of billions of dollars of energy and technology investments in Pennsylvania as the president traveled to Pittsburgh for a conference with dozens of top executives to promote his energy and technology agenda.
Here's the latest:
Republican senators advanced the request for the cuts to previously approved spending, overcoming concerns about what the rescissions could mean for impoverished people around the globe and for public radio and television stations in their home states.
Vice President JD Vance broke the tie on the procedural vote, allowing the measure to advance, 51-50.
A final vote in the Senate could occur as early as Wednesday. The bill would then return to the House for another vote before it would go to Trump's desk for his signature before a Friday deadline.
Republicans winnowed down the president's request by taking out his proposed $400 million cut to a program known as PEPFAR, increasing the prospects for passage. The politically popular program is credited with saving millions of lives since its creation under then-President George W. Bush to combat HIV/AIDS.
This isn't a joke. They've made that clear.
CBS "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert condemned parent company Paramount Global's settlement of of Trump's lawsuit over the editing of a "60 Minutes" interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris last fall, calling it a "big fat bribe."
Colbert followed "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart's attack on the deal one week earlier. Stewart works for Comedy Central, also owned by Paramount, making the two comics the most visible internal critics of the $16 million settlement.
Colbert's "bribe" comment referenced the pending sale of Paramount to Skydance Media, which needs Trump administration approval. Critics suggested the settlement was primarily to clear a hurdle to the sale.
"I don't know if anything — anything — will repair my trust in this company," Colbert said in his monologue Monday. "But, just taking a stab at it, I'd say $16 million would help."
The ratings leader in late-night broadcast television is a relentless Trump critic.
The antipathy is mutual: Trump called Colbert "a complete and total loser" in a Truth Social post last fall, suggesting CBS was wasting its money on him. "HE IS VERY BORING," Trump wrote.