Today on America in the Morning

 Violence In Los Angeles

Cars were set on fire, ICE agent vehicles were pelted with rocks, and demonstrators blocked highways in Los Angeles after the Trump administration, using presidential powers, deployed the California National Guard to assist local police to address lawlessness on the streets of the nation’s second largest city.  This all began last week as ICE agents conducted more mass arrests of people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally.  Correspondent Rich Johnson reports the Los Angeles situation continues to escalate.  

Abrego Garcia Faces Serious Charges

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been returned by El Salvador to the United States, after a grand jury found sufficient evidence to try the man who had been deported from Maryland by immigration authorities for a series of charges, including the alleged illegal trafficking of migrants.  Correspondent Ed Donahue reports.   

Skydiving Plane CrashesA plane carrying as many as 20 skydivers crashed on Sunday near an airport in Tullahoma, Tennessee, about 75 miles southeast of Nashville.    

ABC News Reporter In Trouble

A journalist for ABC News is in hot water over social media posts aimed at the Trump administration.  Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.  

Washington State Manhunt

The manhunt is intensifying in Washington State for a father accused of killing his daughters.  The details from correspondent Julie Walker. 

Student-Athlete Settlement

A federal judge has approved a groundbreaking settlement worth nearly $3 billion dollars to allow for student-athlete compensation.  Correspondent Gethin Coolbaugh reports.    

National Guard In Los Angeles

President Donald Trump has deployed the California National Guard to Los Angeles after protesters violently clashed with immigration authorities, and they are now taking out their ire on the guardsmen.  As correspondent Donna Warder reports, both California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass are against the Trump administration’s actions, but Border Czar Tom Homan, speaking on Fox News, says ICE agents who will now be backed up by the National Guard are simply doing their jobs.   

Latest In The Trump-Musk Feud

The White House is trying to separate Donald Trump from the continued fallout between the president and former DOGE head Elon Musk.  Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.  

 Israel Stops Ship Heading To Gaza

Reports out of the Middle East say the Israeli military has boarded a ship carrying anti-Israel activists heading to Gaza.  

Devil Of The Ozarks Caught

A former Arkansas police chief known as the “Devil of the Ozarks” was captured by authorities after his jail break and two weeks on the run.  Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports despite a multi-state manhunt, he was found just over a mile from the prison he escaped from.   

US-China Tariff Talks

Business eyes will be on the UK after it was announced by the White House that a new round of talks aimed at resolving a trade war between the US and China is set take place in London today.    

Finally  An unlikely love story was the surprise winner at the 2025 Tony Awards, celebrating Broadway in New York City.  Kevin Carr has the recap. 

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