Gavin Newsom’s renewed control of the California National Guard didn’t last more than a few hours thanks to a federal appeals court. “The request for an administrative stay is GRANTED,” the court wrote in a short order tonight after the White House and DOJ came up short this afternoon in their bid

An appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump, for now, to keep the California National Guard deployed in response to protests in Los Angeles, blocking a ruling Thursday by a federal judge that ordered the Trump administration to return control of the troops to California Gov.