Did President Trump send the U.S. military to Los Angeles earlier this week to safeguard the city from protesters? Or is this the start of something bigger — an unprecedented push by the president to carry out mass deportations with the help of armed troops?

Views on the matter split sharply along partisan lines, with members of Trump's Republican Party overwhelmingly backing the idea of calling in troops while Democrats were firmly opposed.

Newsom and local officials have said the federalization of the National Guard and deployment of the military violated the state's sovereignty, was unnecessary and has served to inflame the situation....

A federal judge today temporarily barred President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, finding that the Guard was u...

The Trump administration called the lawsuit a “crass political stunt endangering American lives” in its official response on Wednesday.