First Thing: Trump sends marines to LA as mayor says city being used as ‘experiment’

California leaders condemn authoritarian' moves by US president as protests over immigration raids continue. Plus, is Mark Zuckerberg's dream world a no-go area for women?

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About 700 US marines were en route to Los Angeles on Tuesday after Donald Trump mobilized them the day before in response to protests over immigration raids. The president also doubled the number of national guard members to 4,000, in an extraordinary mobilization of troops against US residents that California leaders have called authoritarian".

How is California responding? The state has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing the US president of unlawfully" federalizing the state's national guard to quell a domestic protest.

What happened next? The development was not communicated to the White House - so several Trump advisers who were told of the NSA wiretap claim believed that was part of the smoking gun" evidence against the three aides fired by Hegseth, until they developed their own doubts.