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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked a judge's order, which was to go into effect on Friday.

In the wake of the 2025 LA riots, President Donald Trump ordered the California National Guard to be sent to assist local ...

A federal court hearing is set for Tuesday to determine who is in charged of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles. Until then, the troops will remain under the guidance of President Donald ...

On a day that U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held an eventful news conference in West L.A. to discuss ongoing ICE operations in the Los Angeles area and declare “We are not going away,” ...

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled the Guard deployment was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump’s statutory authority.

Immigration raids have fueled days of protests, resulting in hundreds of arrests in Los Angeles as demonstrations have spread across the nation.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an emergency request to block expansion of what they called the Trump ...

A court order compelling US President Donald Trump to return National Guard control to California has been paused on appeal.

The administration appealed a judge’s order blocking its use of the National Guard in Los Angeles, stopping it from taking effect. But the order was a sharp rebuke to the president’s deployment of ...