Matthew Denice of Milford, Massachusetts was struck and killed by an undocumented immigrant who was driving drunk.

As Donald Trump launched his militarized crackdown in Los Angeles, the president and many of his advisers were convinced that deploying troops to the streets of a major American city would be good politics for them.

Metropolitan Opera season attendance dropped slightly following the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that coincided with a decrease in tourists to New York. The Met sold 72% of capacity, matching 2023-24 and down from its 75% projection.

On Wednesday alone, 18 individuals were booked at the Laurel County Correctional Facility following arrests by Homeland Security on immigration charges.

President Trump was asked Thursday to respond to planned counterprotests that will coincide with a military parade in the nation’s capital to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday. When asked to respond to the anti-Trump “No Kings” demonstrations expected around the country, Trump quipped: “I don’t feel like a king; I have to go through…

Noem said the immigration raids that fueled the protests would move forward and agents have thousands of targets.

Sen. Alex Padilla was removed from a Los Angeles news conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, while a federal judge weighed the merits of military deployments on Thursday.

The LAPD chief said in a department-wide message this week that some officers face conflicting feelings of "loyalty, frustration, fear, or sometimes even shame as the community mistakenly views you as part of something that you are not.