National Populist Newsletter
June 1-8th
United States
Immigration
ICE made the most immigrant arrests in a single day in its history on Tuesday, detaining more than 2,200 people. (NBC News)
President Trump sent more than 2,000 California National Guard to Los Angeles to suspend the anti-ICE riots erupting in the city, where protestors are attacking ICE Agents and police officers. Democratic politicians, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, have slammed Trump for his decision. (Fox News)
Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced an agreement between the Idaho State Police and ICE to transport hundreds of dangerous illegal alien criminals from Idaho jails directly to ICE detention facilities, where they will be processed for deportation.
Texas reversed a 24-year-old decision to allow illegal aliens to receive in-state tuition just hours after the U.S. Department of Justice announced it was suing Texas over its policy of letting undocumented students qualify for lower tuition rates at public universities. (Texas Tribune)
Economy
Beginning July 1, Illinois will impose a tax of $0.25 per wager for the first 20 million wagers placed with licensed sports books within the state. After that, the tax rate will increase to $0.50 per wager. (NBC 5)
The economic numbers for May were released. While labor force participation fell to a three-month low, wages increased and outstripped inflation. The private sector added 140,000 jobs, more than the 120,000 forecast. The services sector expanded by 145,000 jobs while the goods-producing side of the economy contracted by 5,000. Manufacturing employment contracted by 8,000 jobs, but the prior month’s figure was revised up from a loss of 1,000 to a gain of 5,000. There were significant downward revisions to the March and April jobs numbers. March was revised down by 65,000 to 120,000, and April was revised down by 30,000 to 147,000. With these revisions, employment in March and April combined is 95,000 lower than previously reported. (Breitbart News)
Tech
40 State Attorneys General signed a bipartisan letter asking the Senate to ditch a proposal banning states from regulating artificial intelligence. Here’s a map of which states are asking the Senate to strip the language from the bill:
Major Stories
The long-suppressed Olson-Kennedy puberty blocker study finally came out and found that after two years on the drugs, youth showed no significant improvement in depression, emotional health, or parent-reported behavior.
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a straight woman who twice lost positions to gay workers, saying an appeals court had been wrong to require her to meet a heightened burden in seeking to prove workplace discrimination because she was a member of a majority group. Legal experts believe that the case could lead to more lawsuits against DEI policies, but the overall impact is likely to be limited. (The New York Times)
Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a bill to create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state. (Politico)