Trump scores major win against Newsom in battle for National Guard control

In a unanimous ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, President Trump was allowed to keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles.

The ruling stays the lower court order that ordered command of the troops back to California Governor Gavin Newsom.

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Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard was the first by a president of a state National Guard without the governor’s permission since 1965.