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What actions is California Governor Gavin Newsom taking against the Trump administration?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. California Governor Gavin Newsom says he'll sue to get the Trump administration to return 300 of the state's National Guard members now being sent to Oregon. Newsom calls the deployment reckless and authoritarian. Sarah Husseini from member station KQED reports.
Newsom announced that the Trump administration was sending the California National Guard troops both in a post on the website, X, and in a statement. Newsom says California's troops were placed under Trump's control months ago in response to unrest in Los Angeles. and are now being used as a political weapon against Americans. He also announced his intentions to sue.
In response, a White House spokesperson says President Trump has exercised his lawful authority to protect federal assets and personnel in Portland from so-called violent riots. It comes one day after a Trump-appointed federal judge temporarily blocked the president's effort to call up 200 of Oregon's own National Guard, calling it unjustified. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Hosseini.
In Norfolk, Virginia, President Trump addressed sailors celebrating the 250th birthday of the U.S. Navy on Sunday. Steve Walsh with member station WHRO in Norfolk has our story.
Before a backdrop of two Navy warships, President Trump reiterated that he planned to rid the military of so-called wokeness at a 250th anniversary celebration of the Navy in Norfolk, mirroring comments he made before a group of top military leaders Tuesday.
I don't know that it was ever really here. I think some of the top people had it. I knew a few of them. They were really, they were major losers.
Trump also defended the actions of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. While the crowd waited, the president was taken to the carrier USS George H.W. Bush to witness a Navy flotilla that included eight destroyers and five missile launches. For NPR News, I'm Steve Walsh.
At least five people were killed and more than a dozen others injured after Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Ukraine overnight. NPR's Joanna Kakisis reports from Kiev that most of those killed were in Ukraine's far west, which borders the NATO country of Poland.
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