California Republicans have found ways to convince Trump he’s helping the state rather than Newsom before, one expert said.

Trump escalated his clash with Newsom after the president deployed thousands of California National Guard troops to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles over the weekend. Newsom said Trump should not have deployed the troops without his permission, while the president has called for the Democratic governor’s arrest.

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,

Donald Trump responded to the LA protests by sending in the troops, but people think his feud with Gov. Gavin Newsom boils down to more than politics.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called on Americans to stand up to President Trump in a nationally televised address.

President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) online feud has prompted candidates in California’s 2026 gubernatorial election to weigh in, some of whom condemned the riots in Los Angeles while others pushed back against the president’s response to them.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's deployment of California's National Guard to Los Angeles and called the move illegal. The judge's order to return control of the troops to California Governor Gavin Newsom will not go into effect immediately and the administration has filed an appeal.

A federal judge ruled that President Trump exceeded his authority by federalizing the California National Guard without the consent of Gov. Gavin Newsom.