That led to the policy of posse comitatus, translated as “the power of the county.” Sheriffs could use the tool not only to track down criminals but to put down riots, which created a long tradition that has now bled onto the streets of Los Angeles in the dispute between President Donald Trump and California Gov.

Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) fired a new salvo at President Donald Trump using Fox News Digital as the launchpad, accusing the president of “trying to destroy our democracy” in a blistering new op-ed.

Newsom’s barrage of attacks have left many demoralized Democrats hoping this is the anti-Trump leader they’ve been waiting for, but others wonder whether the governor has chosen the wrong

George Washington University of Law professor Laura Dickinson said the Trump v. Newsom argument over who has authority over the National Guard is an extremely unusual case.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump have been engaged in a verbal dispute over immigration enforcement.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom won praise on Wednesday for his speech Tuesday night seen by a national audience, something many Democrats saw as a shot across the bow to President Donald Trump that they can fight Trump -- and one that sparked new talk of Newsom as the party's standard-bearer in 2028.

An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.

Governor Gavin Newsom claimed Trump is making up conversations about L.A. riots response while tensions escalate over deployment of National Guard and Marines in California.