President Donald Trump is thanking an appeals court for freezing an order that he return control of National Guard troops to California.

President Trump ordered National Guard troops to the area after clashes over immigration-enforcement operations.

Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.

U.S. President Donald Trump can keep his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles, according to a court ruling, as protests against immigration raids look set to enter their second week in the strongest backlash since his return to power in January.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump is “pulling a military dragnet” across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday.

Thousands of demonstrators chanted “ICE out of L.A.” amid protests against immigration raids. A California challenge to Trump’s L.A. military deployment moves to a courtroom Thursday.

The power of the US military will be sharply on display this weekend – on two different coasts and in two very different ways.

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.

The Trump administration maintains it took over California's National Guard to restore order, and protect ICE officers.