4:47 p.m. EDT The Trump administration asked the judge to reject Newsom’s request and allow it to respond by Wednesday, calling Newsom’s attempt to block the deployment of federal troops “legally meritless” and saying it would jeopardize the safety of Homeland Security personnel and interfere with the government’s ability to carry out operations.

“Defendants intend to use unlawfully federalized National Guard troops and Marines to accompany federal immigration enforcement officers on raids throughout Los Angeles,” the filing ominously predicts...

“I would do it if I were Tom,” Trump told reporters. “I think it’s great. Gavin likes the publicity.”

Johnson said Trump is "fully in his authority right now to do what he is doing" to "maintain order" -- including deploying 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to Los Angeles as demonstrators cla...

Newsom fired back in a post on X: "Good to know we're skipping the arrest and going straight for the 1700's style forms of punishment. A fitting threat given the @GOP want to bring our country back to...