The Insurrection Act is a federal law that allows the president to deploy the military and National Guard troops to suppress civil disorder, insurrection or rebellion. It was last used by President George H. W. Bush during the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict in April 1992.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, in a letter to the Trump administration, called the deployment of troops “unlawful” and a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”

California Governor Gavin Newsom is blaming President Donald Trump for the unrest that unfolded over the last three days (and counting) across Los Angeles County.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has formally requested that the Trump Administration remove the National Guard from L.A.. The soldiers’ insertion into the city was a retaliatory measure made by the President late Saturday night in response to ongoing protests against city-wide raids by U.

It will be hard for Gov. Gavin Newsom to maintain his political balancing act after President Trump defied his wishes and sent troops to Los Angeles.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Jacob Soboroff, California Governor Gavin Newsom said that President Trump "has created the conditions" surrounding the Los Angeles protests. The governor went on to call Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard "a manufactured crisis,

The treasury secretary called the governor's remarks suggesting the state could withhold federal tax payments amid reported federal funding cuts "reckless."