Former candidate Ramaswamy likens Newsom to George Wallace, drawing parallels between their resistance to federal actions and political ambitions.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled against President Donald Trump on Thursday, handing control of the state's National Guard back to Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom amid ongoing protests to Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) raids in Los Angeles.

Newsom put out a press release in 2022 where he announced the deployment of the National Guard to support local communities to set up testing facilities for COVID-19.

Over the years, Trump has threatened to intercede in the state’s long-running homeless crisis, vowed to withhold federal wildfire aid as political leverage in a dispute over water rights, called on police to shoot people robbing stores and warned residents “your children are in danger” because of illegal immigration.

The Justice Department claims California's request to limit the federal response to violent riots in Los Angeles would "countermand" the president's lawful military directives.

Donald Trump suggested Gov. Gavin Newsom of California should be grateful for his interventions in Los Angeles as unrest continues after the president’s decision to send in federal troops. “Incompetent Gavin Newscum should have been THANKING me for the job we did in Los Angeles,

Newsom offered a brief yet blistering summary of his talk with the president just before he deployed the National Guard to protests in Los Angeles.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) spoke to reporters after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles.