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California Governor Gavin Newsom blasts the federal government's response to anti-immigration raid protests as "purposefully inflammatory".
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President Donald Trump called protesters in Los Angeles “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg.
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer condemns violence while criticizing Trump's deployment of Marines as Sen. Roger Wicker suggests Gov. Newsom making "political mistake."
Senators from both sides of the aisle took to responding over President Donald Trump's calling of the National Guard in Los Angeles.
President Donald Trump used a speech honoring soldiers on Tuesday to defend his decision to deploy troops to Los Angeles in a confrontation over his immigration policy.
Hegseth was met with questions and criticism Tuesday by lawmakers who pressed him about his moves to deploy troops to Los Angeles.
Other Republicans support Trump's decision to deploy National Guard and Marines. Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday once again aligned himself with President Donald Trump, saying the president is "absolutely right" to send the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles as protests over against Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue-- and sided with the president's criticism of California Gov.
PBS NewsHour host Geoff Bennett on Monday: "Let's start with what's happening in Los Angeles with the deployment of the National Guard, the federalizing of those troops, and then add to that the roughly 700 U.