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

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.

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 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)

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.

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.

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

House speaker said the California governor is ‘a participant, an accomplice’ in the city’s ongoing civil unrest

"They must be stopped, immediately," the motion reads.

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.

Califronia’s governor issued a warning to other states as he decried Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard without his support. Key US politics stories from Tuesday 10…

The California governor explained why the president’s orders regarding LA make it “about all of us.”