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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump is attacking California Governor Gavin Newsom over at times violent protests in Los Angeles amid immigration raids there. The Trump administration has announced the deployment of another 2,000 National Guard troops on top of 2,000 already deployed. 700 Marines are also being mobilized.
As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, Trump is calling Newsom grossly incompetent. President Trump deployed National Guard troops to crack down on protesters whom he described as professional agitators and insurrectionists.
Trump was asked whether, as borders are, Tom Homan should arrest Newsom. Homan has threatened to arrest anybody who obstructs immigration enforcement. Trump replied it would be great if Homan arrested the governor and accused Newsom of seeking publicity. Newsom later posted video of Trump's comments on social media. He wrote a president has called for the arrest of a sitting governor, calling it a, quote, unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.
Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, the White House. A Los Angeles labor leader who was arrested during last Friday's apprehension of 44 migrants has been formally charged and set free. Reporter Steve Futterman has that story. The U.S. Attorney's Office here in L.A. accused David Huerta of one count of conspiracy to impede an officer. The incident occurred last Friday as ICE officers were conducting raids looking for migrants without legal status.
Those raids sparked protests and confrontations with police. Huerta, who had been detained since Friday, made his first court appearance, then was released on $50,000 bond. We will have our time for justice, but we must do it in a way that we demonstrate the power of working people. Huerta says he's been in touch with some of the 44 people detained in the Friday raids and says that some of them told him that they have not yet been able to meet with attorneys.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. A new study finds states with or without gun laws had greater numbers of pediatric deaths due to firearms than states with stricter laws. As NPR's Reedu Chatterjee reports, firearms are now the leading cause of deaths of children in the U.S. The researchers looked at pediatric firearm deaths in individual states after a 2010 Supreme Court ruling that led states to loosen their gun laws.
Lead author Dr. Jeremy Faust is at Harvard Medical School. States like Alabama or Louisiana and Texas are enacting much more aggressive laws in terms of freedom of access, freedom of carry, laws about concealed carry in churches. He and his colleagues found that between 2011 and 2023, states with the most relaxed gun laws together saw more than a 60% increase in firearm-related pediatric deaths.
But states with the least relaxed laws did not see a rise in kids dying from gun injuries. You're listening to NPR News in Washington.
In talks about curbing Iran's nuclear program, President Trump says Tehran is, quote, asking for things that you can't do. But Trump said talks will continue on Thursday. Trump saying, quote, they seek enrichment. We can't have enrichment. We want just the opposite. So far, he said, we're not there. I hate to say that because the alternative is a very dire one. But again, quote, they're not there.
An alleged victim of Sean Combs spent another full day on the witness stand. She testified the hip-hop mogul violently attacked her in June of 2024. NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports, and a note, this report does include mentions of sex and violence. Using the pseudonym Jane to protect her identity, the witness told the court that Combs kicked down four doors in her home less than a year ago today.
Jane said she initiated a physical fight because she suspected Combs had been on vacation with another woman. She told the court that Combs became irate and chased her into different areas of her house, beating down doors when she tried to hide. According to Jane, Combs kicked, punched, and dragged her, leaving visible bruising on her face. Later that night, she said, Combs forced her to take ecstasy and have sex with an escort.
Combs Defense will begin cross-examining Jame tomorrow. Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News. Online retail giant Amazon says it intends to spend upwards of $20 billion on two large data center complexes in Pennsylvania, including one that was built alongside a nuclear power plant. Amazon says it plans to build another data center complex north of Philadelphia. The centers are designed to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence projects in areas like Mississippi, Indiana, Ohio, and North Carolina.
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