Trump orders armed National Guard in DC, warns of more deployments to Chicago, NY & Baltimore

President Trump has stepped up his law-and-order campaign in Washington, D.C., boosting National Guard numbers above 2,000 and arming select units with handguns and rifles under strict engagement rules. On Sunday, he threatened to extend the deployments to other Democratic-led cities—Chicago, New York and Baltimore—prompting fierce criticism from local and state leaders.

President Trump erupted on Truth Social just before midnight, demanding that ABC and NBC lose their broadcasting licenses for "biased and untruthful" coverage. Labeling them "an arm of the Democrat Party" and accusing the networks of pumping out 97% "bad stories," he insisted they either pay hefty license fees or be "terminated," a move critics decry as authoritarian.

In a move stirring controversy, the FBI this week raided John Bolton's home and office as part of an Espionage Act investigation linked to his memoir. The search marks the Trump administration's most direct strike yet at a high-profile critic, raising alarms about DOJ independence and potential political vendettas.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has opened The Patriot Shop, hawking cherry-red hats, tank tops and signed Bibles that satirize Donald Trump's MAGA branding. Complete with a "Make America Gavin Again" flag and tongue-in-cheek all-caps slogans, the merchandise has sold out fast and gone viral on social media—drawing cheers from Democrats and a sharp rebuke from Trump.

Two Truth Social tirades, one night. On Sunday, former President Donald Trump reignited the 2013 Bridgegate scandal to question Chris Christie's credibility—warning "NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!"—then turned his fire on Sen. Chuck Grassley, blaming the Iowa Republican for preserving the decades-old "blue slip" custom that stalled his nominee for U.S. attorney in New Jersey.