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What are the Marines and National Guard actually doing in Los Angeles?
Did President Trump send the U.S. military to Los Angeles earlier this week to safeguard the city from protesters? Or is this ...
Tom Cotton pressed on 'language' used in 'send in the troops' op-ed, National Guard presence
GOP Sen. Tom Cotton defended the language he used in his WSJ op-ed calling for President Trump to send in the troops to Los ...
Judge says Trump acted illegally in dispatching National Guard in California
The state claimed the president improperly deployed the Guard and Marines to Los Angeles without the governor’s consent or ...
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LA protests: What US law says about Trump’s deployment of CA National Guard, U.S. Marines
President Donald Trump did not invoke the Insurrection Act in a June 7 memo that deployed the California National Guard to Los Angeles. He cited a federal law that says if the U.S. faces a rebellion, ...
Appeals court pauses ruling requiring Trump to return control of California National Guard to state
A federal appeals court late Thursday paused a ruling that required President Donald Trump to return control of members of ...
California to sue feds over National Guard deployment, Trump sends Marines
Hundreds of U.S. Marines are headed to Los Angeles due to ongoing anti-ICE protests, as state officials vowed to sue over the ...
Court hearing set on California challenge to Trump’s use of National Guard and Marines in LA
The Trump administration called the lawsuit a “crass political stunt endangering American lives” in its official response, ...
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Gene Rossi: Statutes give the President authority and discretion to federalize National Guard and send in Marines
Former Department of Justice prosecutor Gene Rossi joins Karen Conti to talk about the legalities of the federal government using the National Guard in the California protests. Gene also details ...
9th Circuit grants temporary stay of order for Trump admin to hand back control of California National Guard
A federal judge ruled Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard during the ICE riots was illegal and ordered ...
Marines take posts at buildings in LA
Marines were seen standing guard outside a federal building in Los Angeles on Friday as they started to replace National ...