Israel had vowed to prevent the vessel from reaching Gaza, saying its military would use “any means necessary” to stop it from breaching a naval blockade.
The situation has all the elements that the president seeks: a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his agenda.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, in a letter to the Trump administration, called the deployment of troops “unlawful” and a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”
National Guard troops ordered in by President Trump began arriving on Sunday, when protests against a series of raids on workplaces were expected to continue for a third day.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s suggestion came after President Trump ordered at least 2,000 National Guard members to assist immigration agents following two days of clashes with demonstrators.
Israel had vowed to prevent the vessel from reaching Gaza, saying its military would use “any means necessary” to stop it from breaching a naval blockade.
Streets of Paramount, Calif., in Los Angeles County were in chaos as federal immigration officials squared off with protesters, using tear gas and flash-bang grenades.
Armed agents in tactical gear threw flash-bang grenades to disperse a crowd in Los Angeles’s Fashion District. Later, agents fired less-than-lethal ammunition at protesters outside a detention center.
The carmaker reported the sharp decline in quarterly earnings after its brand suffered because of its chief executive’s role in the Trump administration.
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