Trump news at a glance: president orders homeland security to avoid protests in Democratic-led cities

Kristi Noem's department told to under no circumstances' get involved with protests in cities led by Democrats unless they ask for help - key US politics stories from 31 January at a glance

Donald Trump has instructed the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, not to intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help amid mounting criticism of his administration's immigration crackdown.

On his social media site, Trump posted that under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help".