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Donald Trump sent the military into Los Angeles not to prevent a crisis, but for his own chilling agenda, according to former Tea Party Republican lawmaker Joe Walsh.

Walsh, who recently announced his decision to formally become a Democrat after being politically independent for years, called Trump's behavior "performative hate."

A former homeland security official walked through a number of president Donald Trump's claims about the Los Angeles protests and found that almost none of them were accurate, and some were unlawful.

The president has called out thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of U.S. Marines to the city, where protesters have clashed with local police over the Trump administration's recent immigration crackdown, and former Department of Homeland Security undersecretary Juliette Kayyem fact-checked the president's justification for escalating the conflict.

Members of a Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee panel Tuesday probed witnesses about how the federal government can ensure public safety at major international sporting events such as the Olympics and World Cup.

The hearing came at the same time as protests in Los Angeles over the administration’s immigration crackdown and shortly after President Donald Trump announced his travel ban.

CNN commentator and longtime GOP insider Scott Jennings tore into California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday, accusing him of launching a presidential campaign “on top of this lawlessness” in Los Angeles.

The fiery remarks from Jennings came moments after the Democratic governor delivered a nationally televised address accusing Trump of unleashing a “military dragnet” across Los Angeles. But Jennings wasted no time unloading on Newsom over what he mocked as a “litany of complaints” in his speech.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a blistering rebuke of Donald Trump on Tuesday, accusing the president of unleashing a “military dragnet” across Los Angeles and targeting vulnerable residents under the guise of law and order.

“This moment we have feared has arrived,” Newsom proclaimed in a televised address Tuesday.

Since being ousted from his position in President Donald Trump's first administration, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has carved out a new lane casting himself as a populist outsider advocating for the American working class. But one analyst is arguing that Bannon's new image is simply an elaborate ruse.

In a Tuesday essay for the Hill, writer and researcher John Mac Ghlionn pointed out the numerous ways in which Bannon has "conned" his target audience. He accused the "War Room" podcast host of "LARPing as a coal-dusted crusader for the common man" despite having a net worth in excess of $20 million and a cushy career on Wall Street before launching his political career.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) tore into President Donald Trump's latest claim that the California governor and Los Angeles mayor "paid troublemakers, agitators and insurrectionists" to riot — one of the many pretexts he is using to send the National Guard and Marines into Los Angeles to break up protests against his mass deportations.

"What's your response to that, Senator?" CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked him on Tuesday evening.

President Donald Trump is throwing himself a birthday celebration this weekend – but while the event honors both the Army’s 250th anniversary and Trump's own 79th birthday, most congressional Republicans won’t be there to celebrate.

That’s according to a report in Politico, which surveyed 50 GOP lawmakers and found only six who said they plan to stick around Washington for the Saturday spectacle, which includes warplanes, tanks and a multimillion-dollar military parade on the National Mall.

Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues

by María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute

President Donald Trump's interim head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement vowed to continue operations in Los Angeles despite escalating rhetoric, clashes and even death threats against his family.

That's according to Bill Melugin, national correspondent for Fox News based in Los Angeles, who said Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons doubled down on the administration's immigration crackdown.

A multiple-time Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey got another nomination on Tuesday night, The New York Times reported — with the blessing of President Donald Trump.

"With about 20 percent of the estimated vote reported, Mr. [Jack] Ciattarelli, a former state assemblyman competing for governor for the third time, beat his two main opponents, State Senator Jon M. Bramnick and Bill Spadea, a conservative radio host, by a convincing margin, according to The Associated Press," reported Tracey Tully. "Mr. Ciattarelli, 63, will now face the winner of a Democratic primary that remained too close to call early Tuesday evening."

Add the Smithsonian to the list of the country’s cultural institutions undergoing a MAGA-style overhaul as President Donald Trump moves to purge what he called “anti-American ideology” from exhibits across its 21 museums and the National Zoo.

While Trump’s executive order aimed at rooting out “improper, divisive” or biased content came in March, the directive ordering a thorough review of all content at the famed U.S. museums was formalized Monday in a closed-door meeting of the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents, the Wall Street Journal reported.