Today’s edition of quick hits.
* Watching the Marines: “Approximately 700 U.S. Marines have been mobilized to support the National Guard in protecting federal personnel and property in Los Angeles, according to two U.S. Department of Defense officials. … The mobilization is temporary until more California National Guard troops arrive to L.A., the sources said. Mobilization is separate from full deployment, so it’s not clear if the U.S. Marine Corps troops will hit the streets of L.A. immediately or remain on standby.”
* A case worth keeping an eye on: “The state of California sued the Trump administration on Monday for deploying the state’s National Guard in Los Angeles amid protests against federal immigration raids.”
* Travel Ban, 2.0: “Starting today, nationals of 12 countries — including Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen — will be barred from entering the United States after a Trump administration executive order went into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET.”
* In Colombia: “Colombian senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay is ‘fighting for his life’ after he was shot three times during a campaign event in Bogotá on Saturday. The 39-year-old senator was attacked while addressing supporters in a park. Police arrested a 15-year-old suspect at the scene, according to local media.”
* Turnout was high, and the results were lopsided: “Members of the D.C. Bar Association have overwhelmingly rejected the efforts of Brad Bondi, brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, to lead one of the largest and most influential bar associations in the country.”
* A case I’ve been monitoring: “A federal appeals court on Friday paused a lower court’s ruling that had required the White House to allow journalists from The Associated Press to participate in covering President Trump’s daily events and travel alongside their peers from other major news outlets.”
* The Trump administration sure does have a problem with energy efficiency: “The Transportation Department on Friday began the process of relaxing fuel-efficiency rules for passenger cars and SUVs, saying the Biden administration had exceeded its authority when setting the standards. In a statement, Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy accused Biden officials of making flawed assumptions about electric vehicle adoption when crafting the rules, formally known as corporate average fuel economy, or CAFE, standards.”
* Making official what we already knew: “The Trump administration will pay a $4.975 million settlement in the lawsuit over the wrongful death of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed by a U.S. Capitol Police officer after storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.” * Flying cars? “The president signed three executive orders at the White House [on Friday], including one aimed at spurring production of flying cars.” * Noted without comment: “ABC News suspended the network correspondent Terry Moran on Sunday after he wrote on social media that Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, was ‘a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred’ and called him ‘a world-class hater.’” See you tomorrow.
Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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