President Donald Trump said he would support arresting California Gov. Gavin Newsom and called the rioters in Los Angeles 'insurrectionists.'

Governor Gavin Newsom urged Californians to keep calm and not give the president ‘what he wants’

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.”

Border czar Tom Homan confirmed to NBC News that he would arrest Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass if they interfered with immigration raids.

The governor is in a showdown with the president over the policing of protests in LA and Paramount – key US politics stories from Sunday 8 June at a glance

Newsom made clear that he wouldn't be cowed by threats from the White House official.

California governor throws down gauntlet to Tom Homan as he rages against administration’s intervention in Los Angeles unrest, accusing president of ‘manufacturing a crisis’

California governor Gavin Newsom has sent a direct message to US President Donald Trump as violent clashes continue in Los Angeles. Protesters and the authorities were embroiled…

California governor plans to sue Trump administration over deployment of 2,000 national guard troops to LA which he called ‘an illegal act’

Trump is "unhinged right now," Gov. Gavin Newsom said, accusing the president of making the situation in LA worse by federalizing National Guard troops.

Donald Trump evoca l'arresto di Gavin Newsom per la sua opposizione all'uso della guardia nazionale contro le proteste per i raid anti immigrati. (ANSA)

Donald Trump evoca l'arresto di Gavin Newsom per la sua opposizione all'uso della guardia nazionale contro le proteste per i raid anti immigrati. (ANSA)

President Donald Trump said he would support arresting California Gov. Gavin Newsom and called the rioters in Los Angeles 'insurrectionists.'

Trump lashed out at Newsom - who has been tipped as a possible 2028 presidential candidate - over unrest, saying: ‘He’s done a terrible job’.

"This is a day I hoped I would never see in America," the California governor said on social media.

Trump said Newsom should be arrested. The California governor is initiating a lawsuit against the Trump administration. Their rivalry goes back years.

President Trump said that Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested for his governance of California, while Mr. Newsom issued a barrage of retorts online.

President Donald Trump refused to rule out invoking the Insurrection Act in Los Angeles as he tore into 'bad people' and 'animals' he said brought the city to the verge of burning…

President Donald Trump has called for the California governor's arrest over trying to block the deployment of the National Guard.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) took issue with Trump adviser Stephen Miller's criticism after the California Democrat called on the president to rescind his order to deploy the National…

Donald Trump überzieht den Gouverneur von Kalifornien seit Tagen mit heftiger Kritik und Vorwürfen. Nun hat der Präsident eine neue Anschuldigung gegen seinen Widersacher parat.