Federal judge refuses to block Trump's LA National Guard deployment on Newsom's timeframe

A federal judge on Tuesday night declined California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request for an immediate temporary restraining order to restrict President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to quell ongoing anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots in Los Angeles. 

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, declined to intervene by 1 p.m. PDT on Tuesday and instead set a hearing to consider California’s motion for a temporary restraining order on Thursday. 

The judge, who is the brother of retired liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, said the federal government could submit its arguments by 11 a.m. PDT Wednesday. He gave California until 9 a.m. Thursday to submit a response to the court.

Breyer, a former Watergate prosecutor, is presiding over the lawsuit filed by Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta, challenging Trump’s federalization of 4,000 National Guard troops and deployment of 700 Marines to Los Angeles. 

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Newsom has traded public wars of words with Trump administration officials, accusing the president of having "commandeered" 2,000 of the state’s National Guard members "illegally, for no reason" without consulting with California’s law enforcement leaders. The Trump administration, meanwhile, said its ICE operations are aiming to get "criminal illegal immigrant killers, rapists, gangbangers, drug dealers, human traffickers, and domestic abusers off the streets." 

"The INCOMPETENT Governor of California was unable to provide protection in a timely manner when our Ice Officers, GREAT Patriots they are, were attacked by an out of control mob of agitators, troublemakers, and/or insurrectionists," Trump wrote on TRUTH Social on Wednesday morning. "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" 

"If our troops didn’t go into Los Angeles, it would be burning to the ground right now, just like so much of their housing burned to the ground. The great people of Los Angeles are very lucky that I made the decision to go in and help!!!"

Demonstrations against the ICE raids in Los Angeles have escalated into violent rioting and looting, and buildings have been tagged with anti-American messaging. 

"Instead of focusing on undocumented immigrants with serious criminal records and people with final deportation orders, a strategy that both parties have long supported, this administration is pushing mass deportations, indiscriminately targeting hardworking immigrant families regardless of their roots or risk," Newsom said in one of a series of video statements. 

The governor said he's sought an emergency court order against the use of "the American military to engage in law enforcement activities across Los Angeles." 

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"If some of us can be snatched off the streets without a warrant, based only on suspicion or skin color, then none of us are safe," Newsom said. 

Newsom argued Trump’s intervention escalated the Los Angeles rioting, but Vice President JD Vance pushed back on Tuesday. 

The Democratic governor claimed that California "didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved," but Vance asserted it was Newsom's policies that "allowed Los Angeles to turn into a war zone." 

"Newsom and his stooge Karen Bass fomented and encouraged the riots, because their entire political movement exists for one purpose: to promote mass migration into our country," Vance wrote on X, blaming the governor and the mayor of Los Angeles. "It is their reason for being. Democratic leadership has no solution for the economy, for prosperity, or for security. They use their power when they're in the majority to import millions of illegal immigrants and when they're in opposition they do everything possible to prevent deportations." 

The vice president said Medicaid was extended to all illegal immigrants in 2024 under Newsom’s leadership, meaning that "he elected to take healthcare from impoverished and disabled Californians and give it to illegal aliens."

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"And now, everything is President Trump's fault? Give me a break," Vance said. "If you want to know why illegal aliens flocked to your state, stop accusing Donald Trump. Look in the mirror. If you want to know why border patrol fear for their lives over enforcing the law, look in the mirror. It was your policies that encouraged mass migration into California. Your policies that protected those migrants from common sense law enforcement." 

"You sure as hell had a problem before President Trump came along. The problem is YOU," Vance said. 

Musk says he regrets social media posts targeting Trump: 'They went too far'

Tech executive Elon Musk said Wednesday that he regrets making some of his recent social media posts attacking President Donald Trump, admitting they went "too far."

"I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far," Musk wrote on X.

This comes after a recent public spat between the two as Musk began criticizing Trump for his "big beautiful" spending bill after the billionaire tech executive spent months working to cut wasteful spending as part of the Department of Government Efficiency, which Musk has since departed.

At one point, Musk claimed Trump was in the Justice Department's files on its investigation into accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, saying that was why the president's administration has not made them public.

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"Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files," Musk wrote. "That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!"

Musk later deleted the post.

Other posts from Musk included a claim that Trump would not have won the election without his help while accusing Trump of "ingratitude." In another post, Musk suggested that Trump should be impeached and replaced by Vice President Vance.

Trump said last week he is not interested in talking to Musk, telling Fox News that "Elon's totally lost it."

The president also said while speaking with reporters in the Oval Office last week that he was "very disappointed" in Musk’s vocal criticisms of his spending bill. Trump claimed Musk knew what was in the bill and "had no problem" with it until electric vehicle incentives were cut, an assessment Musk slammed as "false."

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Trump also criticized Musk on social media, saying in one post: "Elon was 'wearing thin,' I asked him to leave, I took away his EV Mandate that forced everyone to buy Electric Cars that nobody else wanted (that he knew for months I was going to do!), and he just went CRAZY!"

But this week, Musk and Trump have appeared to soften their stances against one another.

"We had a great relationship and I wish him well — very well, actually," Trump said on Monday.

Musk, who had also been Trump's senior advisor before his recent exit from the federal government, responded to the clip with a heart emoji.

The public spat between the two billionaires appeared to be losing steam after Musk seemingly issued support for Trump's response to the anti-ICE demonstrations in Los Angeles.

"Governor Gavin Newscum and ‘Mayor’ Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they’ve done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots. These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists," Trump said late Sunday in a post Musk shared.

Musk also reacted to a post by Vance, who shared a screenshot of a post from Trump about how his administration would address the demonstrations in Los Angeles.

"This moment calls for decisive leadership," Vance said along with the screenshot. "The president will not tolerate rioting and violence."

Musk responded to the post with a pair of American flag emojis.

Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.

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