Former Attorney General Bill Barr slams Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit over Trump’s National Guard deployment, calling the claims ‘nonsense.'

In early June 2025, amid protests aimed at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles, a photograph claimed to show California Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom,

Roughly 4,000 National Guard troops were deployed to Los Angeles as anti-ICE protests intensified.The troops were deployed by President Donald Trump, without the authorization of Gov. Gavin Newsom. The deployment has caused an uproar among city,

ToplinePresident Donald Trump took credit Thursday for calming protests in Los Angeles, alleging his deployment of federal troops there stopped demonstrations from growing, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the military presence actually inflamed protests—as the two long-time political nemeses have contradicting narratives of their roles in managing the demonstrations.

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.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has formally requested that Donald Trump recall the National Guard from Los Angeles and other areas where Californians are protesting the ongoing immigration raids, calling the federal deployment "a serious breach of state sovereignty.