Trump and Newsom each found political support for their showdown over immigration enforcement, but experts see risks for each.

An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is meeting the moment, Democrats say. Amid the growing storm over the Trump administration’s response to protests of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said he would arrest anyone who obstructs immigration enforcement, including elected officials.

The California governor has clashed with Trump in recent days over the president's deployment of the National Guard to quell protests in Los Angeles.

Newsom criticized Trump's deportation agenda after the president acknowledged it was harming farms and hotels, saying the policy of targeting working families is both harmful and ineffective.

Gavin Newsom filed an emergency request in federal court Tuesday to block the Trump administration from using the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles. Newsom’s move comes after President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of roughly 4,

Former Attorney General Bill Barr slams Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit over Trump’s National Guard deployment, calling the claims ‘nonsense.'

Gov. Phil Murphy expressed support for California Gov. Gavin Newsom and believes the lawmaker is on the “right side of history.”

In early June 2025, amid protests aimed at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles, a photograph claimed to show California Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom,