The White House and Republican leaders in Congress are calling for quick passage of the centerpiece of President Trump's legislative agenda.

The last time the National Guard was activated without a governor’s permission was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to protect a civil rights march in Alabama.

California will sue the Trump administration over its decision to send in National Guard troops in response to protests over immigration enforcement, the state’s attorney general said on Monday.The lawsuit will seek to set aside President Trump’s order calling in the National Guard despite Gov.

President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guards troops to quell immigration protests in Los Angeles, overriding California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s objections in a rare move.

Newsom plans to file suit against the Trump administration to roll back the National Guard deployment, which he called “an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.”

State AG Rob Bonta accused the federal government of infringing on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s authority as commander-in-chief of the California National Guard.

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to arrest Gov. Gavin Newsom, a striking example of Trump attacking a fellow elected official just as National Guard troops deployed in Los Angeles amid protests over immigration actions .

President Trump is criticizing California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his handling of the protests in the Los Angeles area over the administration's immigration crackdown. Mr. Trump's comments come after he deployed the National Guard to mitigate violence at some protests.