Public opinion is divided over President Donald Trump's decision to send the National Guard to California, following the outbreak of protests in the state, according to recent polling. On June 7, Trump authorized the deployment of 2,

A federal court hearing is scheduled for Thursday on whether the Trump administration can use the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles. California Gov. Newsom has depicted the federal military intervention in the nation's second largest city as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy.