WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the deployment of thousands of troops to Los Angeles was about maintaining law and order as federal agents do their job ...

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. As President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom battled over the federal government deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles, the Trump ...

A group of Latino citizens and advocacy organizations are asking the justices to leave in place a federal court order restricting the use of aggressive, dragnet tactics by U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco will consider evidence and hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S.

A federal judge in San Francisco handed California a major win Tuesday. He barred soldiers from aiding in immigration arrests and other civilian law enforcement across the state. But some legal ...

In sending the California National Guard, Donald Trump did not cite the 1807 Insurrection Act, which allows the president to deploy military personnel on U.S. soil without the consent of a state.

Members of the California National Guards and U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division guard the entrance outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, Calif., Friday, ...

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The U.S. president typically cannot order the U.S. military to engage in domestic law enforcement, but there are exceptions. The 1807 Insurrection Act allows states to request federal assistance and ...