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• A $70 billion GOP immigration enforcement bill has stalled amid GOP concerns over Trump’s controversial “anti-weaponization” fund.
• The $1.8 billion fund would compensate people who claim to have been victimized by the governments, but critics say it would amount to a slush fund for Trump allies.
• Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has told lawmakers the administration is not moving forward with the fund, but Trump has continued to defend it.

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The push to pass a $70 billion GOP immigration enforcement bill has temporarily stalled, with Senate GOP leaders stuck in talks with a trio of Republican holdouts who are so far refusing to vote down a Democratic attempt to kill the Trump administration’s controversial “anti-weaponization” fund.

Inside the Senate chamber, Majority Leader John Thune and his deputies have spent much of the last hour on the floor in talks with key Republicans over concerns with how to handle Trump’s fund to compensate people who claim to have been victimized by the federal government. One, Sen. Susan Collins, has already voted with Democrats on the effort. Three others have not yet voted on the Democratic push — forcing leaders to hold up a vote for more than an hour that they’d previously been confident would be defeated.

Those Republicans are Sen. Bill Cassidy — who has become a thorn in Trump’s side since recently losing his primary — and Sens. Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Jon Husted of Ohio, who are both in competitive races.

At several points in the conversation, Cassidy appeared to raise questions to Thune and his fellow leaders.

Senate Democrats forced the vote – which is still ongoing – at the start of a marathon voting session known as “vote-a-rama,” a process that allows votes on amendments the GOP immigration bill ahead of final passage. If an amendment seeking to kill the “anti-weaponization” fund is added, that could jeopardize the immigration enforcement funding package, a key Trump priority.

The vote puts Republicans in a tough spot given that many want to see the fund shut down, but don’t want to derail the broader immigration enforcement bill.

The immigration enforcement funding bill — which some Republicans predict will be Trump’s last major legislative victory before the midterms — has been stalled for weeks by an ongoing GOP rebellion over the “anti-weaponization” fund.

Critics say it would serve as a slush fund for Trump allies and could grant payouts to rioters who attacked police officers during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Following intense GOP pushback, the administration has sought to convince Congress that the fund is dead, with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche telling lawmakers earlier in the week that the administration is “not moving forward with the fund, period.”

Trump, though, has been far less clear, defending the fund on Wednesday and refusing to commit to scrapping it permanently.

“I’d have to ask the lawyers, I don’t know,” Trump told CNN Wednesday on whether the fund is fully dead or just on hold. “As far as I’m concerned, it was a beautiful thing.”

GOP leaders have been looking to defuse a potential revolt by a small gang of Republicans who have concerns about backing the immigration bill without explicitly killing the fund in writing.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said on Thursday that he will not vote for the immigration enforcement funding bill if it does not include an amendment to kill the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, meaning the legislation is likely in jeopardy after Republican leaders said that it would take more than a simple majority to amend it.

“No, I’m not going to,” Tillis told CNN when asked if he could support the bill without language to kill the fund. “I voted to get on it with the goal of potentially getting an amendment done or supporting some other members’ amendment.”

CNN’s Manu Raju, Alison Main, Lauren Fox and Morgan Leason contributed to this report.

6月3日于黎巴嫩南部马尔杰尤恩地区拍摄的照片显示，以色列对卡法尔泰布尼特村（Kfar Tibnit）发动空袭后，现场升起滚滚浓烟。 （路透社）

联合国驻黎巴嫩临时部队一名维和士兵在黎巴嫩南部迈尔季欧云地区（Marjayoun）附近遭迫击炮弹袭击受伤，后因伤势过重身亡。另有一名维和士兵在同一袭击中受伤送医。

法新社引述联黎部队星期四（6月4日）发表的声明说：“一名联黎部队维和人员今天清晨因迫击炮弹击中阵地而身负重伤，最终不治身亡。”声明还补充说，另有两名维和人员在星期三晚间的事件中受伤。

塞尔维亚国防部在声明中说，“高级军士米洛万·约万诺维奇在基地内受伤后，送往医院接受紧急医疗救治，随后由直升机送往贝鲁特大学医学中心，最终在那里去世。”

新华社引述联黎部队声明说，联黎部队已启动对此次遇袭事件的调查。声明还说，联黎部队近期监测到落入黎巴嫩南部地区的炮弹数量明显增加，强调有关方面必须制止暴力升级。

声明敦促“有关国家当局对此事进行调查”。声明再次呼吁各方履行国际法义务，确保联合国人员及财产安全，包括避免采取任何可能危及维和人员安全的行动，强调蓄意袭击维和人员的行为严重违反国际人道法和联合国安理会第1701号决议，并可能构成战争罪。

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美国务院：以色列和黎巴嫩同意停火伊朗外长警告：任何对贝鲁特袭击都将引发中东战争全面重启

以色列军方指责真主党发射迫击炮弹击中联黎部队阵地，导致这名维和人员丧生。这是自今年3月黎巴嫩冲突爆发以来，第七名在黎巴嫩丧生的维和人员。

据联黎部队称，这支7500人的部队中约有170名塞尔维亚维和人员，其他维和人员来自近50个国家。

6月3日于黎巴嫩南部马尔杰尤恩地区拍摄的照片显示，以色列对卡法尔泰布尼特村（Kfar Tibnit）发动空袭后，现场升起滚滚浓烟。 （路透社）

联合国驻黎巴嫩临时部队一名维和士兵在黎巴嫩南部迈尔季欧云地区（Marjayoun）附近遭迫击炮弹袭击受伤，后因伤势过重身亡。另有一名维和士兵在同一袭击中受伤送医。

法新社引述联黎部队星期四（6月4日）发表的声明说：“一名联黎部队维和人员今天清晨因迫击炮弹击中阵地而身负重伤，最终不治身亡。”声明还补充说，另有两名维和人员在星期三晚间的事件中受伤。

塞尔维亚国防部在声明中说，“高级军士米洛万·约万诺维奇在基地内受伤后，送往医院接受紧急医疗救治，随后由直升机送往贝鲁特大学医学中心，最终在那里去世。”

新华社引述联黎部队声明说，联黎部队已启动对此次遇袭事件的调查。声明还说，联黎部队近期监测到落入黎巴嫩南部地区的炮弹数量明显增加，强调有关方面必须制止暴力升级。

声明敦促“有关国家当局对此事进行调查”。声明再次呼吁各方履行国际法义务，确保联合国人员及财产安全，包括避免采取任何可能危及维和人员安全的行动，强调蓄意袭击维和人员的行为严重违反国际人道法和联合国安理会第1701号决议，并可能构成战争罪。

以色列军方指责真主党发射迫击炮弹击中联黎部队阵地，导致这名维和人员丧生。这是自今年3月黎巴嫩冲突爆发以来，第七名在黎巴嫩丧生的维和人员。

据联黎部队称，这支7500人的部队中约有170名塞尔维亚维和人员，其他维和人员来自近50个国家。

执政党横扫韩国地方选举 最大在野党守住首尔留复苏希望

2026年6月4日 22:06 / 联合早报

首尔原任市长吴世勋以微弱优势赢得连任，成为韩国首位五度当选首尔市长的人物。 （法新社）

韩国第九届地方选举及14席国会议席补选周三（6月3日）落幕。作为李在明政府上台后的首次全国性选举，执政的共同民主党在16个广域自治团体长（市长、知事）选举中赢得12席，大幅扩大地方执政版图；最大在野党国民力量党则仅获得四席。不过，国民力量党成功守住首尔、大邱及庆尚南北道等关键地区，并在补选中取得五席，显示保守阵营仍具相当竞争力。

本次选举共选出16名广域团体长、227名基础团体长，以及3968名地方议员，同时进行14个国会议员席位补选。提前投票率达23.51%，创地方选举历史新高；正式投票率为61%，为历届地方选举第二高。不过，投票当天首尔、仁川等地部分投票站一度出现选票不足情况，引发争议，中央选举管理委员会随后公开致歉。

从结果来看，共同民主党赢得京畿道、仁川市、釜山市等12个广域团体长席位。其中，前法务部长、共同民主党前党首秋美爱当选京畿道知事（省长），成为韩国宪政史上首位女性广域自治团体长。

然而，最受瞩目的首尔市长选举却出现戏剧性逆转。出口民调一度显示，共同民主党候选人郑愿伍领先现任市长吴世勋超过五个百分点，但随着开票推进，吴世勋在4日凌晨后迅速缩小差距并完成反超，最终以48.94%对48.34%的微弱优势胜出，仅领先约3万5000票。

凭借此次胜选，吴世勋成为韩国首位五度当选首尔市长的人物。作为国民力量党内重要潜在总统候选人，他成功守住首都首尔，被视为保守阵营低谷中的关键胜利。

分析认为，房地产议题是吴世勋成功连任的重要原因之一。从开票结果来看，吴世勋在江南区、龙山区、铜雀区、广津区等汉江沿岸地区优势明显。这些地区聚集大量重建、再开发项目，对住房供应、税制调整等房地产议题尤为敏感。选举期间，吴世勋将此次选举定义为“房地产选举”，持续主打扩大住房供应和推进城市更新政策。

国会议员补选方面，共同民主党获得九席，国民力量党获得四席，无党派人士获得一席。不过，由于多数补选席位原本属于共同民主党，补选后该党国会席位由165席减至161席，国民力量党则由107席增至110席。值得关注的是，前国民力量党党首韩东勋以无党派身份赢得釜山一选区议席，为保守阵营增添新的变数。

分析认为，共同民主党凭借此次地方选举进一步巩固执政基础，但首尔市长选举和补选结果也表明，韩国政坛依然维持进步与保守两大阵营激烈竞争的格局。

庆北大学行政系教授吴正一向《联合早报》分析道，历届总统就任后举行的首次地方选举，执政党大多能够获胜，因此此次结果更多反映“大选红利”的延续。真正检验李在明政府执政表现的关键节点，将是两年后的国会选举。

Senate Republicans to grapple with Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund as ICE funding vote nears

2026-06-04T14:40:48.812Z / Reuters

Summary

• Democrats push amendment to eliminate Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
• Some Senate Republicans, including Thom Tillis, could join efforts to end the fund
• Democrats plan more amendments on IRS audits, tariffs, and immigration enforcement actions

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans will have to grapple with the ultimate fate of President Donald Trump’s sidelined $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund on Thursday, in a marathon session before voting on a $70 billion bill to fund an immigration crackdown.

Lawmakers are due to begin voting on amendments to the bill shortly before midday. Democrats are promising a vote to end what they call a “slush fund” for Trump’s allies, in a bid to force Republicans to openly defy a president who has ended the political careers of prominent lawmakers in recent weeks.

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“The first Democratic amendment of vote-a-rama will force every senator to answer a basic question: should taxpayer dollars fund Trump’s slush fund, or should it be eliminated once and for all?” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s office said in a statement.

The fund, which critics say would allow Trump to use taxpayer dollars to compensate his political allies, has already been put on hold by the White House and Justice Department over fierce opposition from Senate Republicans.

Democrats hope that their legislative onslaught will undermine Republicans in the November midterm elections, in which Democrats are favored to take control of the House of Representatives and could also capture the Senate.

But it was not clear that Republicans would take the bait and vote for the Democratic amendment, which would pass with a simple majority of 51 votes but also derail the bill providing three years of funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.

Republican Senators Thom Tillis and Bill Cassidy, who lost his reelection bid to a Trump-backed challenger last month, are also hoping to bring amendments to end the fund.

“I don’t want to join with some Democratic initiative, I want this to be led by Republicans for Republicans,” Tillis told reporters. “We’ve got a sufficient number of Republicans who have been very clear that they’ve got concerns here.”

Cassidy has also proposed an amendment to nullify an agreement preventing the Internal Revenue Service from auditing Trump’s tax returns.

A number of recent actions by Trump, from seeking $1 billion in taxpayer funding for his White House ballroom and security upgrades to his decision to name political ally Bill Pulte as U.S. intelligence chief, have prompted open criticism from some Republicans.

Democrats are readying a slew of other amendments that would force Republicans to vote on IRS tax protection, the Iran war, Trump’s tariffs and actions by immigration enforcement officials, including the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens earlier this year.

Reporting by David Morgan, editing by Deepa Babington

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执政党横扫韩国地方选举 最大在野党守住首尔留复苏希望

2026年6月4日 22:06 / 联合早报

首尔原任市长吴世勋以微弱优势赢得连任，成为韩国首位五度当选首尔市长的人物。 （法新社）

韩国第九届地方选举及14席国会议席补选周三（6月3日）落幕。作为李在明政府上台后的首次全国性选举，执政的共同民主党在16个广域自治团体长（市长、知事）选举中赢得12席，大幅扩大地方执政版图；最大在野党国民力量党则仅获得四席。不过，国民力量党成功守住首尔、大邱及庆尚南北道等关键地区，并在补选中取得五席，显示保守阵营仍具相当竞争力。

本次选举共选出16名广域团体长、227名基础团体长，以及3968名地方议员，同时进行14个国会议员席位补选。提前投票率达23.51%，创地方选举历史新高；正式投票率为61%，为历届地方选举第二高。不过，投票当天首尔、仁川等地部分投票站一度出现选票不足情况，引发争议，中央选举管理委员会随后公开致歉。

从结果来看，共同民主党赢得京畿道、仁川市、釜山市等12个广域团体长席位。其中，前法务部长、共同民主党前党首秋美爱当选京畿道知事（省长），成为韩国宪政史上首位女性广域自治团体长。

然而，最受瞩目的首尔市长选举却出现戏剧性逆转。出口民调一度显示，共同民主党候选人郑愿伍领先现任市长吴世勋超过五个百分点，但随着开票推进，吴世勋在4日凌晨后迅速缩小差距并完成反超，最终以48.94%对48.34%的微弱优势胜出，仅领先约3万5000票。

凭借此次胜选，吴世勋成为韩国首位五度当选首尔市长的人物。作为国民力量党内重要潜在总统候选人，他成功守住首都首尔，被视为保守阵营低谷中的关键胜利。

分析认为，房地产议题是吴世勋成功连任的重要原因之一。从开票结果来看，吴世勋在江南区、龙山区、铜雀区、广津区等汉江沿岸地区优势明显。这些地区聚集大量重建、再开发项目，对住房供应、税制调整等房地产议题尤为敏感。选举期间，吴世勋将此次选举定义为“房地产选举”，持续主打扩大住房供应和推进城市更新政策。

国会议员补选方面，共同民主党获得九席，国民力量党获得四席，无党派人士获得一席。不过，由于多数补选席位原本属于共同民主党，补选后该党国会席位由165席减至161席，国民力量党则由107席增至110席。值得关注的是，前国民力量党党首韩东勋以无党派身份赢得釜山一选区议席，为保守阵营增添新的变数。

分析认为，共同民主党凭借此次地方选举进一步巩固执政基础，但首尔市长选举和补选结果也表明，韩国政坛依然维持进步与保守两大阵营激烈竞争的格局。

庆北大学行政系教授吴正一向《联合早报》分析道，历届总统就任后举行的首次地方选举，执政党大多能够获胜，因此此次结果更多反映“大选红利”的延续。真正检验李在明政府执政表现的关键节点，将是两年后的国会选举。

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton to plead guilty to retaining classified information: sources

June 4, 2026 11:03am EDT / Fox News

Authorities raided Bolton’s home and office in August 2025

By Anders Hagstrom, Fox News

Indictment claims John Bolton mishandled classified documents

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Former White House national security advisor John Bolton will plead guilty to retaining classified information, two sources confirmed to Fox News Digital on Thursday.

Authorities raided Bolton’s home and office in August of last year, and he was officially indicted in October. That indictment charged Bolton with both transmission and retention of classified information.

He is now expected to accept a plea deal with federal authorities to plead guilty to a single count of retention of classified information. He faces 60 months in jail and a fine of up to $2.25 million.

“From on or about April 9, 2018, through at least on or about August 22, 2025, BOLTON abused his position as National Security Advisor by sharing more than a thousand pages of information about his day-to-day activities as the National Security Advisor—including information relating to the national defense which was classified up to the TOP SECRET/SCI level—with two unauthorized individuals,” the indictment read.

Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton leaves federal court.(Alex Kent/Getty Images)

“BOLTON also unlawfully retained documents, writings, and notes relating to the national defense, including information classified up to the TOP SECRET/SCI level, in his home in Montgomery County, Maryland,” it continued.

The documents, according to the indictment, revealed intelligence about future attacks by an adversarial group in another country; a liaison partner sharing sensitive information with the U.S. intelligence community; intelligence that a foreign adversary was planning a missile launch in the future, and a litany of other “TOP SECRET” information.

“The FBI’s investigation revealed that John Bolton allegedly transmitted top secret information using personal online accounts and retained said documents in his house in direct violation of federal law,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in October. “The case was based on meticulous work from dedicated career professionals at the FBI who followed the facts without fear or favor. Weaponization of justice will not be tolerated, and this FBI will stop at nothing to bring to justice anyone who threatens our national security.”

Bolton served as Trump’s White House national security advisor during his first administration, from 2018 to 2019.

A source familiar with the early stages of the investigation told Fox News Digital that CIA Director John Ratcliffe provided Patel with limited access to U.S. intelligence that served as the basis for the search warrant. The source told Fox News Digital that the evidence justified the raid on Bolton’s home.

Fox News’ David Spunt contributed to this report.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on X: @Hagstrom_Anders.

以黎同意停火 但黎南战火未见消停

2026年6月4日 22:20 / 联合早报

6月3日，以色列和黎巴嫩的代表团在华盛顿进行谈判，由美国国务院主持。以色列驻美国大使莱特（左二起）、美国国务院办公厅主任霍勒、美国驻黎巴嫩大使伊萨和黎巴嫩驻美国大使哈马德。 （法新社）

（华盛顿／贝鲁特综合电）以色列和黎巴嫩谈判后同意停火，前提是黎巴嫩真主党彻底停止攻击，并从利塔尼河以南的黎南地区撤出武装人员。然而，黎南的战火未见平息迹象。

根据以色列和黎巴嫩以及斡旋方美国星期三（6月3日）发出的联合声明，以黎同意设立“试点区”，由黎巴嫩武装部队在这些区域行使专属控制权，排除所有非国家行为体。联合声明虽然没有点名，但明显是指黎巴嫩真主党。

黎巴嫩总统奥恩星期四（4日）说，以黎停火协议一旦获所有相关方核准，即可在24小时内生效。

在美国居中斡旋下，以色列和黎巴嫩的官员星期三在华盛顿举行第四轮直接谈判。双方将在6月22日的那周进一步谈判，以建立互信和解决其他悬而未决的问题，争取达成最终的全面协议。

不过，以色列国防部长卡茨星期四说，尽管以黎宣布达成新的停火协议，以军会继续在黎巴嫩展开军事行动，不会撤军。他还称获得美国支持，只要以色列被攻击，以军可以对贝鲁特展开反击。

卡茨在声明中表明，以军将继续驻扎在黎南大片占据地区。以色列政府称这些地区是“缓冲区”，作用是保护以色列北部居民免遭真主党袭击。

以色列极右派更是强烈抨击以黎达成停火。极右翼国家安全部长本-格维尔直指这个停火协议是个“严重错误”，批评总理内坦亚胡屈服于美国的压力。

本-格维尔说，以色列是个主权独立的国家，即使面对美国总统特朗普也必须敢说不，否则将面对更强大和更危险的真主党。

真主党领袖卡西姆也放话，要以色列从黎巴嫩撤军，并实现全面停火。他警告，只要黎巴嫩村庄继续遭到轰炸，以色列北部就不会安全。

实际上，黎南的战火仍在继续。在以黎达成停火这一天，真主党袭击以色列北部的士兵；同日，以军方说，拦截了一架敌方飞机和从黎巴嫩发射而来的两枚炮弹。

以军当天也攻击了黎南地区的20多个目标，导致至少九人丧命。黎巴嫩媒体报道，以军星期四凌晨和上午又对黎南展开一系列炮击、无人机袭击和空袭。

黎巴嫩卫生部星期三发布的数据显示，自3月2日以黎战火重燃以来，以色列袭击黎巴嫩已造成3516人死亡，1万零674人受伤。

星期三深夜，联合国驻黎巴嫩临时部队在黎南迈尔季欧云（Marjayoun）地区附近遭迫击炮弹袭击，一名维和士兵伤重不治，另有两名士兵受伤送医。

联黎部队隔天发声明说，近期监测到落入黎南的炮弹数量明显增加。

以黎达成停火协议当天早前，美国总统特朗普说，他希望把以黎冲突和美国与伊朗的谈判分开处理。不过，伊朗坚称这些冲突是相互关联的，美伊停战谈判必须涵盖以黎冲突，任何和平协议都必须包含黎巴嫩。

伊朗外长阿拉格齐同日警告，任何对贝鲁特的袭击，都将导致战争全面恢复。他表明，如果以色列攻击贝鲁特，伊朗军队必将回击。他重申，只有以军撤出黎巴嫩，战事才会结束。

Exclusive: John Bolton reaches plea deal over mishandling of sensitive national security documents

2026-06-04 10:18 AM ET / CNN

By Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz

Updated Jun 4, 2026, 10:45 AM ET

John Bolton, former US national security adviser, attends a forum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on September 29, 2025.

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John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-adversary, is expected to plead guilty over mishandling classified documents, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

He intends to plead guilty to one felony count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents, according to one of the sources. He has also agreed to pay a more than $2 million fine, according to one of the sources.

A conviction on one count of illegal retention comes with a sentence between 0 and 60 months in prison.

The Justice Department declined to comment and referred CNN to the court docket, which indicates a hearing was set for June 26.

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The plea deal comes months after the top Trump foe was charged by prosecutors in Maryland for allegedly keeping diary entries from the first Trump White House in his home.

Prosecutors accused Bolton of sharing “more than a thousand pages of information about his day-to-day activities” through his personal email account with two unauthorized individuals, who CNN has reported are his wife and daughter. The alleged transmission of classified information isn’t part of the charges he expects to plead guilty to.

Bolton, who served for one year in the first Trump administration, was originally charged with eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts of retention of national defense information.

Trump had long been long been calling for Bolton to be arrested over his 2020 memoir that was highly critical of the president, claiming Bolton should have gone to jail because classified information was contained in the book.

But unlike cases against Trump’s other perceived enemies, like FBI Director James Comey and the now-dismissed case against New York Attorney General Letitia James, Bolton’s case has maintained the support of career prosecutors and investigators, people briefed on the matter previously told CNN.

Trump’s first Justice Department opened criminal and civil investigations into the book in 2020, but it was closed within a year.

But the FBI opened a new inquiry into Bolton the next year, still during the Biden presidency, after his email was breached by suspected Iranian hackers, as investigators discovered “diary-like entries” containing top secret information from his time as national security advisor.

This story is developing and will be updated.

Trump plans to attend NBA Finals in New York City, sources say

June 4, 2026 10:37 AM EDT / CBS News

President Trump is planning to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals in New York City between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs on June 8, according to sources familiar with the plans.

The president, a native New Yorker and self-described Knicks fan, said he was invited to attend a Knicks playoff game by the team’s owner, James Dolan, who has donated to Mr. Trump’s political campaigns.

CBS News has reached out to the White House and Madison Square Garden for comment. News of Trump’s planned attendance was first reported by The New York Post and The Athletic.

The Knicks won Game 1 of the finals in San Antonio Wednesday night, 105 to 95.

Law enforcement has been meeting and working on heightened security for the event, according to one law enforcement source. The arena is in the heart of Midtown Manhattan and sits above Penn Station, a major transit hub.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani also plans to attend Game 3, according to the New York Post. He has said that if he does, he will attend separately from Mr. Trump.

Mr. Trump told reporters in May that he planned to attend Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers. But there was no Game 5 because the Knicks swept the series in four games.

“Dolan’s entitled to a good team because he’s suffered a little bit,” Trump said in a May New York City radio interview, referencing the Knicks’ lousy record in recent decades.

Asked Wednesday about how the league prepares for “unique people” coming to championship games, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made a reference to the president’s possible plans to attend.

“What’s really so special about sports in our society — and it’s a little bit of a cliché — but our increasingly divided society — and that goes to people who will be attending the first home game at Madison Square Garden — it truly brings people together,” Silver said. “It creates a sense of connectivity among people.”

Mr. Trump has attended numerous big sporting events throughout his second term at the White House, from the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans to this year’s College Football Playoff National Championship game in Miami.

Former President Barack Obama was the last sitting president to attend an NBA game, when he saw his hometown Chicago Bulls beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015.

But Mr. Trump’s attendance at an NBA game is notable, given his past support of the league as a New York City businessman — and his criticism of it once he was in the White House.

Trump’s criticism of the NBA as president

Throughout his first term, Mr. Trump routinely criticized NBA players who took a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality.

“People are tired of watching the highly political @NBA. Basketball ratings are WAY down, and they won’t be coming back,” he wrote in September 2020.

Trump also feuded publicly with NBA superstar LeBron James, after the White House withdrew an invitation to the 2017 NBA champion Golden State Warriors. The Warriors’ best player, point guard Stephen Curry, was noncommittal about attending the traditional championship visit to the White House.

“U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain’t going! So therefore ain’t no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!” James wrote. James has endorsed all of Mr. Trump’s Democratic presidential opponents: Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

After a CNN interview with James, Mr. Trump tweeted that James “was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do.”

“I like Mike!” Mr. Trump wrote, in reference to the public debate over whether James or Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.

And he claimed Warriors coach Steve Kerr and former Spurs coach Gregg Popovich were hypocrites, after they refrained from criticizing China amid a backlash over former Houston Rockets owner Daryl Morey’s show of support for Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters.

“They talked badly about the United States. But when they talk about China, they don’t want to say anything bad,” Mr. Trump said in October 2019. “I thought it was pretty sad, actually, to see them pandering to China. It will be very interesting.”

Spurs’ star Victor Wembanyama, who was born and raised in France, has been critical of the president’s immigration policies throughout his second term.

“Every day I wake up and see the news and I’m horrified. I think that it’s crazy that some people make it sound like it’s acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable,” Wembanyama said in January, after the shootings of two civilians, Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Trump’s friendlier times with NBA and Knicks

Mr. Trump’s relationship with the NBA was not always fraught.

Before his first term in the White House, Mr. Trump was a big fan of both the NBA and James.

In 2012, he posted that “as one of Miami’s largest landowners,” he was rooting for then-Miami Heat player James and then congratulated them on their NBA championship that year. “Lebron’s time is now! @KingJames,” Trump wrote. He also congratulated the San Antonio Spurs in 2014 after their championship win.

And in New York, he was a courtside staple for the Knicks at Madison Square Garden for multiple playoff games throughout his decades in the city. He attended Game 3 of the 1994 NBA Finals, where the Knicks lost to a different Texas team: the Houston Rockets.

Mr. Trump was also part of a 2010 recruiting campaign organized by Dolan to lure James to join the Knicks, according to journalist Pablo Torre.

“The real winners of the world want to be here. They come here, they want to come to New York,” Trump said in the video. “This is the place the real winners want to be.”

The Associated Press noted that during a halftime interview at a 2010 Knicks game, Mr. Trump declined to rule out a run for the presidency in 2012 (or an appearance on “Dancing with the Stars”).

In 2012, he supported the “Linsanity” run of former New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin. Mr. Trump last posted on the Knicks in December 2013, when the team had five wins and 15 losses.

“It’s amazing how badly the Knicks and Nets are playing. Everybody predicted they would be top teams with all of the money spent. Too bad!” he wrote on Twitter.