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.

This appears to be the first time in decades that a state’s National Guard was activated without a request from its governor.

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said in a statement he was confident in the police department’s ability to handle large-scale demonstrations and that the Marines’ arrival without coordinating ...

Crews cleaned up graffiti Tuesday after four nights of volatile protests that have prompted a legal and social media standoff between California leaders and the Trump administration.

California’s resistance to the Trump administration’s deployment of troops to Southern California is spilling over from elected Democrats to the local police.