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.

Tear gas and smoke have filled the air on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles as confrontations between immigration authorities and demonstrators extended into a second day.

PARAMOUNT, California: President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops over the governor’s objections to Los Angeles over where protests Saturday led to…

President Trump on Saturday ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops to California after demonstrations against a series of raids on workplaces.

The White House announced that Trump would deploy the Guard to “address the lawlessness that has been allowed to fester.” It wasn't clear when the troops would arrive.

The US president orders the deployment of part-time soldiers in LA without it being requested by California governor.

California Senator Adam Schiff called the move ‘unprecedented’ and said Trump could use the volatile situation to declare martial law.

President Trump has long mused about using troops to crush violent protests or riots in blue-state cities. He is now moving to do so in Los Angeles.

State and local officials warned that the National Guard’s presence could escalate protests, while Republican lawmakers blamed state leadership for the clashes.

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.”

Gavin Newsom said he planned to file a lawsuit against Trump in response to the administration’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard to confront immigration protesters…

Thousands took to the street in Los Angeles in response to Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard against Gov. Gavin Newsom's wishes.

Order comes after Trump deploys National Guard troops in move decried by California’s governor as unlawful.

La California presenterà oggi una causa contro l'ordine di Trump di usare in chiave federale la Guardia Nazionale: lo ha annunciato il governatore Gavin Newsom sui social, mentre…

El gobernador demócrata Gavin Newsom asegura que acudirá a los tribunales para que el presidente retire la orden de movilización de 2.000 soldados en Los Ángeles

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

The US leader accused California Governor David Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of incompetence

The state is arguing that Trump’s use of one provision, which has never been invoked in this manner before, is illegal on numerous grounds.

Lawsuit claims administration ‘trampled’ on states sovereignty by bypassing Governor Gavin Newsom

California officials sue Trump over National Guard deployment in response to immigration protests in Los Angeles.

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…