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A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit requested the full court vote on whether to rehear California’s lawsuit over the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles before an 11-judge panel.
The Trump administration sent the soldiers back to state command, allowing them to return to firefighting work. Thousands remain under federal control.
The Trump administration can maintain control of several thousand National Guard troops in California and continue to deploy them in Los Angeles, a federal appeals court ruled late Thursday, pausing a lower court ruling that determined President Donald Trump's federalization of the guardsmen was unlawful.
The Trump administration recently approved a request from the military commander of the National Guard troops deployed to respond to immigration-related unrest in the Los Angeles area to return some of the troops to California's command.
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Axios on MSNNewsom says Trump "caved" after 150 California National Guard troops moved to wildfire dutyThe Trump administration released some 150 California National Guard troops from federal duties in Los Angeles on Tuesday as the region faces threats from multiple wildfires. Why it matters: It's the first time the administration has released National Guard members since President Trump deployed thousands of troops and 700 U.
One 9th Circuit judge requested a poll of colleagues on whether an en banc court should reevaluate a ruling that deferred to Trump on the National Guard. The post Appellate court orders Trump admin and Newsom to respond after lone judge suggests reevaluating National Guard ruling that deferred to the president first appeared on Law & Crime.
Gen. Gregory Guillot, the leader of U.S. Northern Command, made the request to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, proposing that 200 out of roughly 4,000 California National Guard members be moved from Los Angeles to wildfire duty elsewhere in California.
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The Nation on MSNTrump’s California Stunt Is One More Step Toward AuthoritarianismHere we are, once again learning that the restraints Americans could rely upon in the past are fast disappearing
The White House posted a digitally altered photo of Rep. Jimmy Gomez on X, without disclosing that the image was fake.
California has increased its discretionary reserves as a direct consequence of Trump’s ongoing threats to FEMA.