The Latest Breaking News from National Guard

If you’ve been online this weekend, you’ve probably seen wild scenes coming out of Los Angeles — riot cops, burning cars, and National Guard troops on the streets. So what’s actually going on? Here’s a breakdown of how LA ended up here, why people are protesting, and what’s happening next.…

The protests in Texas followed days of unrest in Los Angeles, where President Donald Trump sent National Guard troops in response to demonstrations.

Responding to street protests in Los Angeles against federal immigration enforcement raids, President Donald Trump ordered 2,000 soldiers from the California National Guard into the city on June 7, 2025, to protect agents carrying out the raids. Trump also authorized the Pentagon to dispatch regular U.S. troops “as necessary” to…

Tear gas was fired at protesters in Los Angeles when some demonstrators moved close to National Guard troops and police and shouted insults at them. President Donald Trump deployed the Guard after protests erupted when federal immigration authorities arrested dozens of people across the city.

Governor Gavin Newsom urged Californians to keep calm and not give the president ‘what he wants’

Local residents in one Los Angeles-area community cleaned up streets and erased graffiti while expressing dismay at the damage caused during violent clashes between protesters and immigration authorities over the weekend

Trump's domestic use of the military to counter anti-deportation protests in LA is so far very limited. But that could change. A big part of the root of the problem is the lawless behavior of federal immigation-enforcement agencies.

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The White House deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles against the governor’s wishes.

Critics see deployment of the national guard as an authoritarian flex by a strongman who has relentlessly trampled norms

So, what’s the takeaway here? For one, don’t believe everything you read on Truth Social.