Vice President JD Vance said during a Los Angeles stop that Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass had encouraged protesters to engage in violence. He also criticized Senator Alex Padilla and called him by the wrong name.
A volley of court rulings has made the legal path unclear in a case challenging President Trump’s use of troops in Los Angeles. For now, the president has retained control of the state militia.
A panel rejected a lower court’s finding that it was most likely illegal for President Trump to use state troops to protect immigration agents from protests.
Los Angeles is home to the country’s largest population of undocumented immigrants. So when President Trump’s immigration raids arrived, many expected trouble.
Judge Charles Breyer ordered the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor, but an appeals court stayed the extraordinary decision Thursday night.
Judge Charles Breyer ordered the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor, but an appeals court stayed the extraordinary decision Thursday night.
Judge Charles Breyer ordered the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor. But he also ruled that it was premature to restrict the use of active-duty Marines.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California filed a lawsuit on Monday against President Trump’s deployment of California National Guard troops to Los Angeles without the governor’s authorization.
Elected officials, as well as social media influencers, had wide-ranging opinions of the governor’s prime time address warning that democracy is in danger.
California liberals welcomed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s speech condemning President Trump, but some remained skeptical of the governor. Republicans, meanwhile, saw his address as opportunistic and blamed him for the state’s turmoil.
President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles is first time in more than half a century a president has mobilized National Guard troops without the consent of a governor.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, widely seen as having 2028 aspirations, had taken a conciliatory approach toward right-wing figures in recent months. Now, he’s ramping up the aggressive rhetoric.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has made little secret of his interest in running for president, and the speech was filled with the trappings of an address by a White House candidate.
In a prime time address, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California sharply criticized President Trump for sending in the military to handle the protests in Los Angeles.
Scenes of unrest in Southern California, stoked by President Trump as he tries to deport more immigrants, have left Democratic leaders worried the confrontation elevates a losing issue for the party.
President Trump’s extraordinary decision to send military troops to quell domestic protesters over the objection of local authorities has unleashed an avalanche of condemnation from Democrats.
Ms. Bass struggled amid criticism of her initial response to the Los Angeles fires in January. The opposition over President Trump’s immigration raids have offered her an opportunity.
Hundreds of Marines arrived in the L.A. area, the U.S. Northern Command confirmed on Tuesday. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has said deploying them on U.S. soil was illegal.
In endorsing harsh law enforcement tactics against immigration protests, President Trump is picking a political fight on ground that Republicans believe is advantageous terrain.
The Pentagon mobilized 700 Marines and 2,000 more National Guard troops even as the president said the situation was “under control.” Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the escalating response.
The description could become a rationale for invoking the 1807 Insurrection Act, which would give the president broad authority to use the military to deal with violence.
The state’s attorney general argued that local law enforcement had been capable of handling the situation and could have requested support from state partners had it been necessary.
The troops that President Trump deployed to Los Angeles are members of a state-based militia that exists in every state and can be called in during natural disasters or civil unrest.
The situation has all the elements that the president seeks: a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his agenda.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, in a letter to the Trump administration, called the deployment of troops “unlawful” and a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”
State and local officials warned that the National Guard’s presence could escalate protests, while Republican lawmakers blamed state leadership for the clashes.
Some of the National Guard troops ordered by President Trump arrived on Sunday, as protests against a series of workplace raids continued for a third day.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s suggestion came after President Trump ordered at least 2,000 National Guard members to assist immigration agents following two days of clashes with demonstrators.
The top federal prosecutor in Southern California, Bill Essayli, said California “has an obligation to maintain order and maintain public safety, and they’re unable to do that right now in Los Angeles.”
The Trump administration’s announcement that it would pull $4 billion for the state’s bullet train project is likely to mean significant delays in serving the first passengers, several analysts said.
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