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Vice President JD Vance ignited political controversy Friday by accusing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent protests in response to a wave of immigration raids across Southern California — protests that prompted President Trump to deploy thousands of National Guard troops and Marines …

President Donald Trump acted within his legal authority when he federalized California National Guard troops to respond to protests against federal immigration enforcement in Los Angeles, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday night. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration made …

A federal judge in California late Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to relinquish command of 4,000 National Guard troops the president called to help contain Los Angeles protests over immigration raids. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard was illegal, and ordered the return of control …

In a fiery speech ahead of this weekend’s planned military parade in the nation’s capital, President Donald Trumpescalated his rhetoric against protesters in Los Angeles, threatened demonstrators with “very big force,” and promised to restore the names of Confederate commanders to U.S. military bases. Speaking to troops during a patriotic …

The Trump administration has mobilized 700 U.S. Marines from Twentynine Palms, California, to support National Guard operations in Los Angeles, where mass protests have erupted in response to aggressive immigration enforcement and raids. The move marks a significant escalation in the federal response to civil unrest in California, where tensions …

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to file a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump for the unauthorized deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, calling the move “illegal and immoral” as protests erupted over a wave of immigration raids across the region. “Commandeering a state’s National Guard without …

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday issued a forceful condemnation of President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to her home city, calling it a “dangerous escalation” and voicing strong support for immigrant rights protesters. “Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos,” Harris …

President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles on Saturday, overruling strong objections from Gov. Gavin Newsom, after a second day of volatile protests and violent clashes between demonstrators and federal immigration officers. The federalized deployment, carried out under Title 10 authority, comes …