Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting autonomous vehicles on fire as local ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blamed California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the need to deploy the National Guard to assist in putting down violent clashes between police and immigration protesters in Los Angeles.

The Guard’s arrival marks a potentially volatile phase in Trump’s push to ramp up deportations and in his contentious relationship with state and local authorities.

Several hundred soldiers were deployed to the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday, as demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown raged.

Newsom dared Tom Homan to “arrest” him as he raged at Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard as "a manufactured crisis." The post Gavin Newsom Dares ‘Tough Guy’ Tom Homan to ‘Arrest’ Him: ‘Let’s Just Get It Over With’ first appeared on Mediaite.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration early Monday morning over the president’s deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Los Angeles, even as the LAPD chief admitted Sunday his cops “are overwhelmed” by the violent anti-ICE riots taking over the city.

"Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest," Trump posted at 11:41 p.m. Saturday, before troops had arrived.