An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has been leaning into President Donald Trump’s team’s online tactics in his feud over the response to the Los Angeles riots. Newsom and Trump have been locked in an increasingly bitter public feud over the president’s decision to send in 4,

The spring of 2025 is ushering in one of the biggest showdowns of Donald Trump’s second term, as the president and California Gov. Gavin Newsom engage in a battle of political heavyweights.

State argues Trump broke federal law by calling in 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles protests, while White House insists it is rightful exercise of president’s military powers

The civil unrest accompanying those protests fall “far short of ‘rebellion,” U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled, concluding that Trump’s attempt to equate the “spo