Live updates and the latest news as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies on the Hill and primary day arrives in the New Jersey governor's race.

California may be first, but it clearly will not end here,” Newsom said. “Other states will be next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for parts of downtown as anti-ICE demonstrations continued for a fifth consecutive day, some of which have turned violent between protesters and law enforcement.

The governor’s presidential prospects hang in the balance as he defends Los Angeles from ‘authoritarian overreach.’

Newsom said he's been forced to think about what would happen in the event the Trump administration did secure a federal warrant for his arrest.

Follow live Governor Newsom’s address “in response to President Trump’s assault on democracy and the President’s illegal militarization of Los Angeles.”

Protests surrounding immigration enforcement actions in the Los Angeles area and the Trump administration's response to them have cued up a public spat between President Trump and Gov. Newsom.

President Donald Trump hit back at Gov. Gavin Newsom's claims that the president did not call him recently, showing a screenshot of the call to Fox News.

The temporary restraining order request alleges the deployment “escalates tensions and promotes (rather than quells) civil unrest.”

Locked in an online showdown with Trump over the L.A. protests, Newsom is styling himself as an internet-era champion of the left.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended President Trump deploying National Guard to L.A., stating Gavin Newsom is "choos[ing] rioters and criminal illegals" over American law enforcement.