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Here is your morning brief for Tuesday, June 10th. I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal. After days of unrest in Los Angeles over President Trump's immigration policies, protests are spreading to San Francisco. The city's police department says it made around 150 arrests on Sunday and that it was forced to declare an unlawful assembly yesterday evening after another night of demonstrations. The
Meanwhile, roughly 700 Marines are deploying to Los Angeles to protect federal buildings and personnel, according to the U.S. military, marking the first time in more than three decades that Marines have been sent to an American city to address civil unrest.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed all 17 members of a key committee that recommends vaccines and when and how often adults and children should get them. In a statement, Kennedy said that, quote, the committee will no longer function as a rubber stamp for industry profit-taking agendas, end quote, arguing that the change would help to restore public trust in science. Public health leaders and Democrats decried the move.
The panel next meets at the end of June, and Kennedy will need to name new members by then. And Asian markets showed mixed signals today as high-stakes China-U.S. trade talks enter a second day in London.
Following Monday's session, U.S. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett signaled progress, saying that Beijing could soon greenlight rare earth exports, while Washington could ease China's semiconductor squeeze. U.S. futures and most European stock markets are near flat as investors await results from the talks.
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