Three defendants including a Hong Kong-based Chinese national have been charged with conspiring to smuggle and export millions of dollars worth of controlled computer chips from California to China through Thailand. The scheme highlights ongoing concerns about Chinese efforts to obtain sensitive American technology.

Los Angeles 'No Kings' protest escalated into riots as demonstrators spray-painted death threats against ICE agents on federal building and threw concrete blocks at federal officers. ICE warns those making threats will face full force of federal law.

Stanley Yi Zheng of Hong Kong and two U.S. accomplices charged with conspiring to illegally export advanced AI computer chips to China through Thailand, violating U.S. export controls in a $170 million scheme.

Anti-government protesters who attended a Los Angeles No Kings rally turned violent and laid siege to a federal courthouse, throwing large chunks of concrete at DHS agents. The attack was linked to anti-Israel sentiment and calls to abolish ICE, with the rally featuring Democrat politicians like Tim Walz and Bernie Sanders.

Investigative journalist Nick Shirley released a 40-minute video exposing over $170 million in fraud in California, including fake hospices in Los Angeles and fraudulent daycare centers in San Diego. The same day, President Trump signed an executive order creating an anti-fraud task force headed by VP Vance and FTC Chairman Ferguson to root out massive fraud in federally funded programs.