WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday amid fury over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the back, which left the Black man paralyzed.

White House spokesman Judd Deere said over the weekend that Trump will be meeting with law enforcement officers and “surveying” some of the damage from recent protests that turned destructive.

The visit is certain to exacerbate tensions in the city, where a crowd of about 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside a courthouse Saturday to denounce police violence.

A 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. state of emergency curfew has been extended through 7 a.m. Wednesday, the Kenosha County sheriff’s office said.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers asked Trump to reconsider his visit in a letter Sunday.

“I, along with other community leaders who have reached out, are concerned about what your presence will mean for Kenosha and our state. I am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing. I am concerned your presence will only delay our work to overcome division and move forward together,” Evers, a Democrat, wrote.

Earlier Sunday, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, also expressed concerns about the visit.

“I don’t know how, given any of the previous statements that the president made, that he intends to come here to be helpful. And we absolutely don’t need that right now,” Barnes told CNN.

Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey and two other officers were responding to a domestic dispute call Aug. 23 when Sheskey shot Blake, 29, in the back seven times.

Cellphone video captured the shooting, which has sparked new protests against racial injustice and police brutality months after George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis officer touched off a wider reckoning on race.

The Kenosha police union said Blake had a knife and fought with officers.

Meanwhile, scores of police supporters gathered Sunday in Kenosha.

“With the things that they face on a daily basis, they need that little extra push of love and to show that they are needed,” Jennifer Peyton, 44, said.

California reparations: State lawmakers are setting up a task force to study and make recommendations for reparations to African Americans, particularly the descendants of slaves, as the nation struggles again with civil rights and unrest following the latest shooting of a Black man by police.

The state Senate supported creating the nine-member commission on a bipartisan 33-3 vote Saturday. The measure returns to the Assembly for a final vote before lawmakers adjourn for the year on Monday, though Assembly members already approved an earlier version of the bill.

The legislation would require the task force to conduct a study of the impact of slavery in California and recommend to the Legislature by July 2023 the form of compensation that should be awarded, how it should be awarded, and who should be should be eligible for compensation.

Airline fees: United Airlines is dropping an unpopular $200 fee for most people who change a ticket for travel within the United States.

“When we hear from customers about where we can improve, getting rid of fees is often the top request,” United CEO Scott Kirby said in a video posted Sunday.

United said that it eliminated change fees for people who buy a standard or premium economy ticket for U.S. travel.

United also said that it will extend a broad waiver of change fees — including for international travel — through Dec. 31. Customers who pay the lowest fares, called “basic economy,” can also change tickets free because of the extended waiver announced Sunday.

And starting in January, it will let customers fly standby for free on other flights the same day as their booked flight.

United’s move will put pressure on American Airlines and Delta Air Lines to drop their change fees, also $200 on domestic travel. Delta has waived change fees for travel affected by the virus through the year’s end. American did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Airlines are trying desperately to lure people back to flying despite the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. air travel has recovered modestly since April, but passenger traffic remains down about 70% from a year ago.

Flooding in Sudan: Rising floodwaters have hit Sudan’s capital of Khartoum hard in recent days, as weeks of heavy flooding nationwide left at least 90 people dead and destroying tens of thousands of homes, the country’s Interior Ministry said Sunday.

Sudan’s military said it deployed troops to help evacuate people and build barricades in Khartoum as well as distribute food, after flooding there cut roads and swept away houses and belongings.

Flash floods have ravaged swaths of Sudan, including the capital since late July, injuring around 48 people and damaging or destroying 57,000 houses nationwide, the Interior Ministry said.

More than 380,000 people in all but one of Sudan’s 18 provinces have been affected by heavy rainfall and flooding since the start of the rainy season in July, according to official statistics.

Colombia warlord: The Trump administration has blocked the scheduled removal of a former Colombian paramilitary boss to Italy and intends to deport him to his South American homeland, where he’s been found responsible for hundreds of war crimes.

Salvatore Mancuso received notification of the surprise reversal Sunday, according to two people familiar with the matter who discussed the proceedings on condition of anonymity. His lawyers have 14 days to challenge the deportation order.

Mancuso’s removal to Italy, where he also has citizenship, was ordered by the Department of Homeland Security in April after he completed in March a 12-year sentence for cocaine trafficking.

Mideast strife: The Israeli military said it struck militant targets in Gaza early Sunday in response to continued launches of explosives-laden balloons from the Hamas-run territory.

There were no immediate reports of casualties on either side. But the violence comes when Gaza is struggling with a worsening economic crisis and a new coronavirus outbreak.

Hamas-linked groups have launched a wave of incendiary balloons into Israel in recent weeks, torching wide swaths of farmland. Israel has responded with airstrikes and other attacks. The army said Sunday’s tank fire struck Hamas “military posts” in southern Gaza.