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.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles who engage in violence will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

An appellate court on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order directing President Donald Trump to return control of the California National Guard troops deployed in Los Angeles back to the state’s Governor Gavin Newsom, pausing the ruling ...

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.

Governor Gavin Newsom went after Donald Trump Thursday following a judge’s decision to block the president’s mobilization of National Guard troops in Los Angeles. In a press conference, Newsom said he was “gratified” with Judge Charles Breyer’s decision that would return control over the California National Guard back to the Governor beginning Friday at noon.

Newsom filed a lawsuit Monday in response to Trump ordering the deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles following protests over his stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws. They were originally called in to protect federal buildings, and the president later ordered the deployment of 700 Marines.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended President Trump deploying National Guard to L.A., stating Gavin Newsom is "choos[ing] rioters and criminal illegals" over American law enforcement.

Elected officials, as well as social media influencers, had wide-ranging opinions of the governor’s prime time address warning that democracy is in danger.