Trump ordered 700 Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June in response to days of unrest and protests sparked by mass immigration raids. California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, opposed the move and sued, alleging it violated prohibitions on the use of the military in law enforcement.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would ask the Republican-controlled Congress to extend federal control of Washington's city police force beyond 30 days, escalating his campaign to exert presidential power over the nation's capital.

Washingtonians protested at a police checkpoint on Wednesday (August 13) evening, as tensions in the U.S. capital run high amid President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown.

A federal judge in San Francisco seemed unconvinced after a three-day trial that the continued deployment of federalized members of California’s National Guard — who were originally deployed to Los Angeles in response to protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda — is lawful.

Attorneys for Gov. Gavin Newsom headed back to court Monday over President Donald Trump ’s use of the California National Guard to subdue protests in Los Angeles, a tactic the White House is now repeating in the nation’s capital in what’s it’s calling a crime crackdown.

Trump announced plans on Monday to send 800 National Guard troops to Washington D.C., as his California guard deployment is on trial.