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June 17, 2025

3 entries on this date.

Trump deployed 2,000 more National Guard to Los Angeles after protests end, directed ICE to target Democratic-run cities

On June 17, 2025, the Trump administration activated an additional 2,000 California National Guard troops from the 49th Military Police Brigade for deployment to Los Angeles, even as the downtown curfew was lifting and protests had largely subsided. On the same day, Trump posted to Truth Social directing ICE to prioritize deportation operations in Democratic-run cities — explicitly naming Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York — and reversed a June 12 pause on agricultural, hotel, and restaurant worksite raids.

SAMHSA ended 988 Lifeline's LGBTQ+ specialized counseling option, cutting crisis service for high-risk youth

On June 17, 2025, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced the immediate termination of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQ+ specialized counseling sub-line, which allowed callers to press 3 to reach counselors trained in LGBTQ+ youth mental health crisis intervention. The service had logged approximately 1.3 million contacts since its October 2022 launch. SAMHSA cited exhausted congressionally directed funding, though the Trump administration retained authority to reallocate existing HHS mental health funds to continue the service.

Colorado Springs police officers tased suspect and threatened to kill him during 2025 arrest, federal judge found

On June 17, 2025, Colorado Springs officers Ryan Paine, Daniel Mork, and Kirby chased and arrested Anthony Miranda following a theft call, tasing him at least five times while Officer Kirby pressed his service weapon to Miranda's head and threatened to kill him as he lay pinned face-down. In an August 24, 2026 suppression order, U.S. District Senior Judge William J. Martínez found the tasing and death threat had rendered Miranda's statements from that phase of the encounter involuntary and suppressed them, while separately upholding the legality of the initial stop and Miranda's later, Mirandized statements.