Los Angeles, Trump and National Guard troops
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California has challenged the administration's move to call up the National Guard over the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom.
Days of demonstrations against federal immigration raids in Los Angeles have fueled round-the-clock news coverage and a number of misleading social media posts, including unrelated videos being mislabeled or shared out of context.
The Trump administration faces a legal challenge to its deployment of the military to protests. Tensions flared after President Trump sent troops, and protests spread to other U.S. cities.
Oregon is joining a legal brief with 19 other states opposing President Donald Trump’s move to deploy the military in California to assist with immigration raids.
Pentagon officials said the cost of deploying thousands of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles is $134 million.
California will face off with Washington in court on Thursday over President Donald Trump’s deployment of U.S. troops in Los Angeles after demonstrators again took to the streets in major
"If he can successfully militarize LA without significant political consequences, Baltimore is next," said Angela Angel of BLM PAC.