Court rules Trump can keep control of National Guard troops deployed to LA amid anti-ICE riots

President Trump will maintain control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles to tamp down riots over federal immigration raids, an appeals court ruled Thursday — a move the commander in chief celebrated as a “big win.” 

A lower court had previously ruled that Trump likely exceeded his constitutional authority by dispatching the soldiers despite opposition from California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom — marking the first deployment of a state National Guard by the president without the governor’s permission since 1965...