Officials are digging in, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth saying the president’s order to deploy the National Guard in L.A. could be rolled out elsewhere.

President Donald Trump’s lawyers cited a post from Sen. John Fetterman in their legal response to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s motion to block the deployment of troops in Los Angeles. Fetterman, D-Pa.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Monday he's suing the Trump administration over the deployment of the U.S. Marines and the National Guard to Los Angeles protests. The big picture: President Trump and Newsom are embroiled in a simmering standoff over the response to the protest unrest that erupted last week over Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.

Trump deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA against the wishes of Newsom and Bass. Newsom sued the Trump administration, saying they unlawfully "trampled over" California’s sovereignty when they federalized the California National Guard.

EDT on June 8, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, praising the California National Guard’s response to Los Angeles protests.  The first media reports of California National Guard troops on the ground in Los Angeles were June 8 at about 6 a.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has formally requested that the Trump Administration remove the National Guard from L.A.. The soldiers’ insertion into the city was a retaliatory measure made by the President late Saturday night in response to ongoing protests against city-wide raids by U.

California's Senate Minority Leader has told Newsweek that Newsom should not be arrested amid Trump's threats.

More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, and the troops will join the thousands of National Guard members who were activated by President Donald Trump over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or LA’s mayor.