Gov. Gavin Newsom has clashed in several GOP officials over the hostile LA protests from Vice President JD Vance to U.S. Senator Tom Cotton.

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

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

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…

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…

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

California governor has no choice but to halt his drift Right-ward after US president ‘invades’ his state with troops

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

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

Gov. Gavin Newsom has clashed in several GOP officials over the hostile LA protests from Vice President JD Vance to U.S. Senator Tom Cotton.

Gavin Newsom’s position carries both risks and rewards for a governor considering a 2028 run for the White House.

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…

The California governor responded to Stephen Miller’s wildly racist rant about Los Angeles protesters in the most cathartic way possible.

Newsom's 2028 presidential aspirations hang in the balance as the eyes of the nation are on California's clash with immigration authorities.

LOS ANGELES: Calling President Donald Trump a threat to the American way of life, Governor Gavin Newsom depicted the federal military intervention in Los Angeles as the onset of a…

LIVE UPDATES: LA was under a curfew last night as heavily armed security officers patrolled the downtown streets. Several cities across the US are bracing for more protests today.

Democrat Gavin Newsom has not been afraid to square off against the president - but this confrontational strategy is not without political risk.

The governor bragged about working with ICE in California but said that President Trump was “trying to gin things up to create problems” at protests.