Trump making 1st return to N.Y. home since victory

President Donald Trump was set to return to his midtown Manhattan apartment Monday for the first time since taking office, for a three-day visit that drew protests.

The president, who left his Bedminster, N.J., golf course Monday morning for a quick trip to Washington, was to arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday night. After a 20minute Marine One helicopter flight to a landing zone near Wall Street, his motorcade was going to whisk him to his triplex home at Trump Tower.

Mr. Trump’s return is spurring protests, particularly after he stopped short of explicitly denouncing white nationalists who gathered in Charlottesville, Va., in his initial remarks over the weekend.

Over 1,000 protesters converged in midtown Manhattan on Monday evening.

Calif. sues administration

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the Justice Department on Monday over the administration’s plans to cut off millions of dollars in federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities unless they begin cooperating with federal immigration agents.

Arpaio pardon mulled

Mr. Trump told Fox News he is “seriously considering” issuing a pardon for former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a political ally accused of federal civil rights violations for allegedly mistreating prisoners, many of them black and Hispanic.