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Gov. Gavin Newsom long insisted that he had no interest in running for president, despite rampant speculation. Now he’s publicly acknowledging that it’s a possibility.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr slams Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit over Trump’s National Guard deployment, calling the claims ‘nonsense.'
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 California governor has leaned into opposing Trump’s actions in Los Angeles. The politics are tricky for potential 2028 presidential candidates.
California Governor Gavin Newsom took to the airwaves Tuesday night — with federal troops stationed in his state’s largest city and immigration agents rounding up residents — and warned Americans that democracy itself was under attack from President Donald Trump.
What the judge rules, and the likely appeals that follow, may alter decades of understanding about the roles of governors and the White House in quelling domestic unrest.
The governor highlighted his work with ICE in California but said that President Trump was “trying to gin things up to create problems” at protests.
Locked in an online showdown with Trump over the L.A. protests, Newsom is styling himself as an internet-era champion of the left.