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) raids, which hit a new crescendo Thursday when officials put Sen.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed President Donald Trump to return control of National Guard troops to California after he deployed them there following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.

The California Legislature will vote on a proposal to freeze enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants without legal status.

The governor highlighted his work with ICE in California but said that President Trump was “trying to gin things up to create problems” at protests.

The House Oversight Committee is investigating the protests in Los Angeles, sending letters to the top Democratic officials involved in the response.

A new Public Policy Institute of California poll for June revealed a decline in support for Gov. Gavin Newsom, while President Donald Trump’s lower approval rating remained mostly unchanged.

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.

Gavin Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, shopping in Beverly Hills amidst ongoing, anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles in June 2025. Rating: Miscaptioned (About this rating?) Context: The photograph dated to January 2025,