Protests spread as Newsom warns ‘democracy is under assault’: Unbiased Updates, June 11, 2025

Troops remain deployed as tensions escalate in Los Angeles following four consecutive days of protests. A judge sides with Trump, but the governor warns it sends a message to the rest of the country.

Plus, a trade truce? The U.S. and China cut a deal. But what does it really mean? After months of tariff threats and tense negotiations, what comes next?

Also, Tesla CEO Elon Musk backpedals on his public fallout with the president, stating that he regrets his previous social media posts.

These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Los Angeles police conduct ‘mass arrests’ as downtown curfew takes effect

Los Angeles experiences a quieter morning Wednesday, June 11, following police arrests ahead of an emergency curfew implemented downtown. Mayor Karen Bass indicated that this curfew may remain in effect for several days.

Authorities arrested nearly 200 people on Tuesday, June 10, before the curfew began. Bass explained that protesters looted at least 23 businesses during the four consecutive days of demonstrations.

Meanwhile, a federal judge has denied California’s request for an immediate injunction to prevent the Trump administration from deploying Marines and National Guard troops in the state.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom fired back, calling the immigration crackdown an overreach and warning other states to pay attention.

“Trump is pulling a military dragnet all across Los Angeles, well beyond his stated intent to just go after violent and serious criminals. His agents are arresting dishwashers, gardeners, day laborers and seamstresses,” Newsom said.

“This isn’t just about protests here in Los Angeles. When Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commandeer the National Guard, he made that order apply to every state in this nation. This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here.”

Currently, approximately 700 Marines are on standby outside L.A., prepared to deploy. President Donald Trump has also activated more than 4,000 National Guard members. Defending his move Tuesday, Trump said the military presence is what’s keeping the city from burning.

“If we didn’t send out the National Guard, and last time we gave a little additional help, you would have Los Angeles burning right now,” Trump said.

He continued, “All I want is safety. I just want a safe area. Los Angeles was under siege until we got there.”

Protests have spread well beyond Los Angeles, reportedly taking place in New York, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Austin and Dallas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he had deployed the state’s National Guard in response.

US and China agree on framework to resolve trade disputes

The U.S. and China have a deal — at least theoretically — to get trade talks back on track.

After two days of private meetings in London, negotiators said they’ve reached a framework to move forward. The agreement still requires final approval from Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping.

The discussions centered on high-stakes friction points, particularly rare earth minerals and tech exports — issues that threatened to undermine the truce reached in Geneva last month.

“We do absolutely expect that the topic of rare earth minerals and magnets with respect to the United States of America will be resolved in this framework in implementation. That is a fundamental part of that,” U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said. “Also, there were a number of measures the United States of America put on when those rare earths were not coming. You should expect those to come off sort of, as President Trump said, in a balanced way.”

Lutnick claimed the U.S. was ready to roll back tech restrictions on China if Beijing resumes exports of critical minerals.

Musk says he regrets social media posts slamming Trump

“I regret some of my posts about President Trump last week. They went too far,” Elon Musk posted on X early Wednesday morning, June 11.

Musk’s retraction comes after a highly publicized dispute between the two figures. Tesla’s CEO criticized Trump’s tax bill as a “disgusting abomination” and even propagated allegations connecting Trump to the Jeffrey Epstein files, a post he has since removed.

Until recently, Musk was one of Trump’s closest allies. He co-led a White House task force on government efficiency, otherwise known as DOGE.

However, after last week’s outburst, Trump said his relationship with Musk was over.

Now? He says he wouldn’t have any problem if Musk called him.

Tesla stock surged over 2% abroad following Musk’s post.

Southern Baptists back push to reverse same-sex marriage ruling

Southern Baptists have officially called for the overturning of same-sex marriage. During their national meeting in Dallas on Tuesday night, June 10, the country’s largest Protestant denomination voted to oppose Obergefell v. Hodges. This 2015 Supreme Court ruling legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

This marks the first time they have formally endorsed efforts to reverse it. They are using the fall of Roe v. Wade as a model for how to achieve that.

Leaders admit they are out of step with most Americans, but maintain they are in it for the long haul.

The same sweeping resolution calls for banning porn, cracking down on sports betting and also promoting policies that encourage childbearing.

Trump vows to restore Army base names

Trump stated that he will restore the original names of U.S. Army bases that previously honored Confederate generals. Those names were removed during his first term.

While addressing an audience at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, recently reverted from Fort Liberty, Trump said that military installations such as Fort Hood, Fort Polk and Fort Robert E. Lee will be “restored.”

But there’s a twist.

The Army stated that the names will technically honor different soldiers who share similar names. For instance, Fort Gordon in Georgia, once named after a Confederate general, will now honor a Medal of Honor recipient, Sergeant Gary Gordon, for his heroism in 1993 in Somalia.

The move sidesteps a law Congress passed after George Floyd’s murder that banned Confederate names across the military. This is a law Trump attempted to veto but ultimately failed.

Biden aides to testify on his mental acuity while in office

Four top aides from the Biden White House are now set to testify on Capitol Hill about the former president’s mental fitness while in office.

These former officials — Neera Tanden, Ashley Williams, Annie Tomasini and Anthony Bernal — have agreed to appear before the House Oversight Committee later this month voluntarily.

Republicans want to determine when former President Joe Biden’s health may have started to decline and whether others were making decisions on his behalf.

Committee Chair James Comer has also subpoenaed Biden’s doctor, Kevin O’Connor, after he declined to testify. Biden claims he was in control of his decisions while in office. He has since revealed a diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer, which his team insists was discovered after he left the White House.

Driverless Tesla robotaxi spotted in Austin, Texas

Musk announced a tentative launch date of June 22 for the company’s long-awaited robotaxi network.

The Tesla CEO shared this video on X, showing one of his company vehicles driving itself through Austin, Texas, with no one behind the wheel. He said the date could shift because the company is being “super paranoid about safety.”

The vehicles will run on an “unsupervised” version of Tesla’s “full self-driving” system. Musk said the car in the video was already using the newest version.

These are your unbiased updates for this Wednesday. And a little note from our SAN team: Don’t forget to look up at the sky Wednesday night — but not too high — as the so-called “Strawberry moon” will shine brightly near the southern horizon. It will be the lowest full moon in nearly two decades.

Ella Rae Greene, Editor In Chief