The Justice Department claims California's request to limit the federal response to violent riots in Los Angeles would "countermand" the president's lawful military directives.

A federal court hearing is scheduled on whether the Trump administration can use the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles.

Tony Thurmond, the state superintendent of public instruction said in a statement last week that the state will continue to follow California law, which protects all students’ access to

Democratic politicians have spent the last few months talking about standing up to President Donald Trump in his second term. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is among the first faced with figuring out what standing up actually looks like.

Some demonstrations have turned violent as protesters clashed with police, and in an extraordinary series of moves, Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guard members and 700 U.S. Marines to the city — all in opposition to California governor Gavin Newsom.

The temporary restraining order request alleges the deployment “escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.”

The state of California is suing the Trump administration for deploying the state’s National Guard to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles. MSNBC Political Analyst Cornell Belcher and Patrick Gaspard of the Center for American Progress join The Weeknight to discuss Trump's military response to the L.

About 700 active-duty Marines are in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday, joining the National Guard troops that President Trump ordered to the city in response to immigration protests. Mr. Trump and California Gov.