The Evening: California Restraining Order, U.S.-China Trade Talks, Sly Stone, and More

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Good Evening,

It's Tuesday, June 10th.

California Asks Court for Restraining Order to Block Guard, Marine Deployments in LA

California on Tuesday asked a federal court for a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s deployment of both state National Guard forces and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles amid mass protests over sweeping federal immigration enforcement efforts, as the LA Times reports

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Trade Talks

The U.S. said talks with China were “going well” as the two sides resumed efforts in London to end a trade war between the world’s largest economies, as the FT reports

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Palestinian Authority President Says Hamas Must Exit Gaza

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, has called for Hamas to “hand over its weapons,” immediately free all hostages and cease ruling Gaza, as the NYT reports

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Executive Education

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Audio Briefs

CSIS now offers audio versions of our latest analysis. Listen to the latest Commentary by CSIS's Jane Nakano and Leslie Abrahams, "White House Executive Orders Target Ambitious Nuclear Deployment in the United States and Abroad

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In That Number

134

The Pentagon's budget chief told lawmakers that the current National Guard and Marine deployment to Los Angeles will cost $134 million.

Source: P

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Critical Quote

“The world economy today is once more running into turbulence…Without a swift course correction, the harm to living standards could be deep.”

—Indermit Gill, Chief Economist of the World Bank

iDeas Lab

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The expiration of wartime trade exemptions by the European Commission on Ukrainian food imports could compound challenges for Ukrainian producers, who are now facing their fourth-straight growing season in wartime conditions. Read the full analysis here.

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The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.

Optics

(Photo credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images.) Members of the California National Guard stand watch outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building on the morning of June 10, 2025, following another day of protests in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles.

Recommended Reading

“The U.S.-China Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement Is Not Yet Obsolete

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” by CSIS's Deborah Seligsohn and Scott Kennedy.

This Town Tomorrow

At 4:00 p.m.

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, the CSIS Global Food and Water Security Program discusses the national and global security implications of agrobiodiversity loss.

Earlier, at 11:00 a.m.

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, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosts a conference on the next generation of foreign policy.

Then, at 4:00 p.m.

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, the American Enterprise Institute unpacks health policy under the new administration.

Video

Last week, the CSIS Stephenson Ocean Security Project and CSIS Human Rights Initiative hosted a forum with two panels on seafood, security, trade, and human rights. Watch the full video here.

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Podcasts

The first episode of "Echonomics," a new podcast hosted by CSIS's Erin Murphy, discusses the 1997 currency collapse in Thailand which set off a currency contagion that spread across Asia and threatened to take down several economies with it.

Listen on Spotify

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& Apple Podcasts

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Smiles

Sadly, the great Sly Stone passed away yesterday at 82. Anyone who wants to learn more about the great musical/cultural influence of Stone should watch the Questlove documentary “Sly Lives” on Hulu. I wrote about this powerful film a few months ago. It underscores Sly Stone’s immense impact on popular music and culture. There are many stellar live performances of Sly and The Family Stone that have been preserved on video. But Stone’s performance at Woodstock

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, with its incendiary groove, will likely be remembered forever.

I invite you to email me at [email protected]

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The Evening is my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day. It is composed by Lauren Adler, Ava Rose, and the External Relations team.

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