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now 13.56 BST California’s governor Gavin Newsom has said the potential deployment of US marines would be “deranged”, after it was threatened by the secretary of defence. “The Secretary of Defense is now threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens. This is deranged behavior,” Newsom wrote on X. Earlier Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s controversial and hardline defense secretary, had raised the possibility of deploying US marines onto the streets of the Democrat-run state amid the protests that had erupted in the wake of Ice raids in the state. You can find more from our report by our US colleagues Edward Helmore and Lauren Gambino at the link below Gavin Newsom calls threats to deploy US marines in California ‘deranged’ Read more Share

27m ago 13.29 BST One person was arrested overnight in connection with the protest in Paramount, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. The New York Times reported two officers had been treated in hospital for injuries and discharged. It added that one car had been burned and a fire at a local strip mall had been extinguished. Share

50m ago 13.05 BST President Trump appears to have used federal law to order the national guard to go to Los Angeles, rather than the 18th century Insurrection Act. The national guard is a hybrid entity that serves both state and federal interests. Often, it operates under state command and control, using state funding. Sometimes national guard troops will be assigned by their state to serve federal missions, remaining under state command but using federal funding. The law cited by Trump’s proclamation places national guard troops under federal command. The law says this can be done under three circumstances: when the US is invaded or in danger of invasion; when there is a rebellion or danger of rebellion against the authority of the US government; or when the president is unable to “execute the laws of the United States”, with regular forces. But the law also says that orders for those purposes “shall be issued through the governors of the States”. It’s not immediately clear whether the president can activate national guard troops without the order of that state’s governor – especially pertinent given the order has been made despite the objections of California governor Gavin Newsom. We have a broader explainer available here: How can Trump use the national guard on US soil? Read more Share