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Newsom to sue over National Guard deployment |
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he plans to file a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration over the deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles. |
The background: President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 2,000 Guard members to quell demonstrations against his immigration crackdown, a move that the state's Democratic governor has called unlawful. |
• | LA protests escalated over three days. Immigration raids in Los Angeles on the afternoon of June 6 sparked a small protest. The next day, larger protests began south of Los Angeles, but by the evening, protesters and officers were clashing. | • | Then, the president called in the national guard. Trump's memo June 7 invoked a section of federal code authorizing the president to call the guard into service. | • | Now, Newsom is suing. The governor said the decision was a "serious breach of state sovereignty" and demanded that the president "return control" to California. | | People in downtown Los Angeles are pictured during a protest against federal immigration sweeps on June 8. 2025 Mike Blake, REUTERS | Cole Escola, the creator behind "Oh, Mary!", won best leading actor in a play for their inspired turn as first lady Mary Todd Lincoln. Written by Escola, "Oh, Mary!" imagines Mary Todd Lincoln as an alcoholic, wannabe cabaret star and her husband, Abraham (Conrad Ricamora), as a closeted, temperamental commander-in-chief. Channeling Bernadette Peters in an off-the-shoulder Wiederhoeft gown, Escola feverishly sprinted to the stage, where they thanked fellow best actor nominees, including George Clooney and Daniel Dae Kim. They're now the first nonbinary performer to win in that Tony category. | Cole Escola accepts the best leading actor in a play award for "Oh, Mary!" during the 78th annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 8, 2025. Theo Wargo, Getty Images for Tony Awards Pro | A recall across the country of cucumbers for a salmonella risk has expanded. Since the initial May 19 announcement, subsequent recalls have been announced by grocers such as Harris Teeter, Kroger and Walmart for repackaged cucumbers that resale under different brand names or those used in ready-to-eat products, including vegetable trays and salads. From salsa to slices, here is the list of cucumber products recalled due to a possible salmonella risk. |
What parts of a wedding budget are tariffs affecting? | Brides, grooms and wedding vendors are in similar boats as prices for imported goods and tariffs add more costs to an already expensive life event. Many different aspects of the wedding day will be affected by tariffs, including alcohol, flowers, the wedding dress and goods such as centerpiece decorations if they are imported, according to The Knot, a wedding website. In a survey of 741 engaged brides and grooms users of The Knot, shared exclusively with USA TODAY, 73% of couples said keeping costs within their budget were the top concern. But rather than cutting back, many couples responded to the concerns of looming tariffs by taking the proactive steps like booking early and consulting pros. |
NCAA settlement means a new era for college sports | After nearly five years of litigation, a federal judge on June 6 granted final approval to a settlement of three athlete-compensation antitrust cases against the NCAA and the Power Five conferences that is now set to fundamentally change college sports. Unless altered on appeal, the arrangement will allow — though not require — schools to directly pay their athletes for the use of their name, image and likeness (don't call it pay for play), subject to an annual cap based on a percentage of a defined set of Power Five athletics department revenues. These payments could begin July 1. But there's a lot left for the schools and the athletes to be sorted out. |
Photo of the day: Was that the best tennis match ever? |
Sunday's French Open men's final – a 5-hour, 29-minute epic – ended with Carlos Alcaraz holding up the trophy for a second consecutive year. Alcaraz, 22, made an improbable comeback to beat Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (10-2). The win was Alcaraz's fifth Grand Slam title. | Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates with ball boys and girls after winning the men's singles title at Roland Garros. Thibaud Moritz, AFP via Getty Images |
Nicole Fallert is a newsletter writer at USA TODAY, sign up for the email here . Want to send Nicole a note? Shoot her an email at NFallert@usatoday.com. | | Noem threatened President Biden for considering activating the Guard in Texas over governor's objections, but praises Trump for doing it in California. | | Socialist Zohran Mamdani is surging and voters can rank five candidates in the crowded field. But will the anti-Cuomo candidates cooperate? | | | | Asian needle ants have been linked to multiple cases of life-threatening reactions and the mysterious ants keep spreading. | | | | Photos show LGBTQ+ pride at 2025 WorldPride parade in DC. World Pride is a global LGBTQ+ and human rights celebration. | | | | Yulissa Escobar is speaking out two days after she unceremoniously disappeared from the Peacock show in its second episode. | | | | Latinos voted more for Donald Trump in the 2024 election than they did in 2020. Here are books to help understand why the community is not a monolith. | | | | Miley Cyrus premiered her "Something Beautiful" visual album at Tribeca Film Festival in New York. We take you inside. | | | | USA TODAY's daily news podcast, The Excerpt, brings you a curated mix of the most important headlines seven mornings a week. | | | | Our app gives you award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, eNewspaper and more. | | | | | Brighten your day with one of our games. | | | | |
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