Newsom Blasts Trump for Deploying 100+ Immigration Agents to San Francisco

President Trump is dispatching more than 100 federal immigration agents—primarily from Customs and Border Protection—to the U.S. Coast Guard base in Alameda as early as Thursday. California's governor and San Francisco leaders warn the move is intended to sow fear, justify a National Guard deployment and violate sanctuary city protections. Legal challenges are already in preparation.

In a dramatic policy pivot, President Trump abruptly canceled a proposed meeting with President Vladimir Putin—calling it a "waste of time"—and slapped sweeping sanctions on Russia's two largest oil giants, Rosneft and Lukoil. The measures freeze their U.S. assets and bar American firms from doing business, aiming to pressure Putin into negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine.

Day 22 of the federal shutdown saw Senate Democrats block a 12th GOP bid to reopen the government, extending a stalemate that now ranks as the second-longest in U.S. history. President Trump declared he will only negotiate once federal agencies restart, deepening a standoff that has prompted last-ditch budget maneuvers to keep troops paid and vital services running.

In a historic escalation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that at President Trump's direction, U.S. forces destroyed a suspected drug-smuggling boat off Colombia's Pacific coast, killing two aboard. This marks the eighth lethal maritime strike in what the administration calls a war on "narco-terrorists," and the first operation outside the Caribbean that broadens the campaign's geographic reach.

Donald Trump's Justice Department is under fire after an interim U.S. attorney boasted of "tricks up our sleeves" to bypass federal appointment rules, while legal ethics experts warn of stark conflicts as Trump presses DOJ for a $230 million self-settlement. Questions now swirl around the impartiality of officials who once defended him—and who may decide whether he gets paid.