Morning news brief

By Michel Martin,

A Martínez

Published June 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM EDT

President Trump sending hundreds of U.S. Marines into LA as protests continue, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removing all members of a key vaccine committee, drug deaths plummet among young Americans.

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