Defense Secretary Hegseth tells House panel U.S. Marines mobilized to Los Angeles because 'we believe ICE agents should be allowed to be safe in doing their operations'

Washington Today

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defends the deployment of hundreds of U.S. Marines to Los Angeles after protests have turned violent and tells a House subcommittee it will cost $134 million to troops on the ground for 60 days; Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass condemns the violence, but also the mass arrests by federal immigration authorities in her city that sparked the protests; President Donald Trump warns any potential protestors at this weekend's military parade in Washington, DC will be ‘met with very big force’; U.S. House debates bill to overturn some DC local laws, including one concerning lack of cooperation with the feds on immigration, so-called 'sanctuary city' status; Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. removes the entire expert panel of vaccine advisers, saying they all are “plagued with conflicts of interest”; National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is questioned by Senators on proposed deep cuts to NIH medical research grants; U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says the U.S. is no longer pursuing the goal of an independent Palestinian state.

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