What the judge rules, and the likely appeals that follow, may alter decades of understanding about the roles of governors and the White House in quelling domestic unrest.

Over the years, Trump has threatened to intercede in the state’s long-running homeless crisis, vowed to withhold federal wildfire aid as political leverage in a dispute over water rights, called on police to shoot people robbing stores and warned residents “your children are in danger” because of illegal immigration.

Gavin Newsom’s renewed control of the California National Guard didn’t last more than a few hours thanks to a federal appeals court. “The request for an administrative stay is GRANTED,” the court wrote in a short order tonight after the White House and DOJ came up short this afternoon in their bid

Newsom offered a brief yet blistering summary of his talk with the president just before he deployed the National Guard to protests in Los Angeles.

When President Trump unleashed the troops on the streets of Los Angeles, his actions had an unintended consequence. Gov. Gavin Newsom was suddenly in the spotlight, a forceful adversary.

California Governor Gavin Newsom is establishing himself as Donald Trump's main opponent following Los Angeles protests against migrant arrests. The ambitious 57-year-old Democrat sharply criticizes the deployment of thousands of soldiers in the megacity,