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Toronto Sun
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Trump illegally deployed National Guard, must return control to California: Judge
Published Jun 12, 2025 • 3 minute read A man stands in front of a row of California National Guard members and waves a combination U.S. and Mexican flag during ongoing protests in response to federal immigration operations outside the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles, on June 12, 2025. A judge has ordered Donald Trump to return control of the California National Guard to the state, saying the president's decision to deploy them to protest-hit Los Angeles over Gov. Gavin Newsom's objections was "illegal." Photo by ROBYN BECK / AFP via Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The order, which takes effect at noon Friday, said the deployment of the Guard was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump's statutory authority. The White House had no immediate comment on the ruling, but the federal government immediately filed an appeal with the Ninth Circuit court. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said Trump overstepped his bounds in ordering the deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles after protests erupted over the immigration crackdown. It was not immediately clear how that would change the situation on the ground. California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued to block the Guard's deployment against his wishes. California later filed an emergency motion asking the judge to block the Guard from assisting with immigration raids. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Read More He argued that the troops were originally deployed to protect federal buildings and wanted the court to block the troops from helping protect immigration agents during the raids, saying that involving the Guard would only escalate tensions and promote civil unrest. The Trump administration called the lawsuit a 'crass political stunt endangering American lives' in its official response Wednesday. In a broad ruling, the judge determined Trump had not properly called the Guard up in the first place. Maj.-Gen. Scott Sherman, speaking in an interview with The Associated Press and one other media outlet, said that as of Wednesday about 500 of the Guard troops have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations. Photos of Guard soldiers providing security for the agents have already been circulated by immigration officials. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Sherman is commander of Task Force 51, which is overseeing the Guard troops and Marines sent to Los Angeles. Typically the authority to call up the National Guard lies with governors, but there are limited circumstances under which the president can deploy those troops. Trump federalized members of the California National Guard under an authority known as Title 10. RECOMMENDED VIDEO The lawsuit argued that Title 10 requires, among other things, that the president go through governors when issuing orders to the National Guard. Brett Shumate, an attorney for the federal government, said Trump complied with the statute by informing the general in charge of the troops of his decision and would have the authority to call in the Guard even if he had not. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In a brief filed ahead of the Thursday hearing, the Justice Department said Trump's orders were not subject to judicial review. 'Courts did not interfere when President Eisenhower deployed the military to protect school desegregation. Courts did not interfere when President Nixon deployed the military to deliver the mail in the midst of a postal strike. And courts should not interfere here either,' the department said. 'Our position is this is not subject to judicial review,' Shumate told the judge. Breyer, who at one point waved a copy of the constitution, said he disagreed. 'We're talking about the president exercising his authority, and the president is of course limited in that authority. That's the difference between a constitutional government and King George,' he said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles intensified after Trump called up the Guard and have since spread to other cities, including Boston, Chicago and Seattle. Federal immigration agents have been arresting people at Home Depot parking lots and other businesses, sparking fear in immigrant communities, after the Trump administration said it wanted to dramatically increase arrests under its immigration crackdown. Trump has described Los Angeles in dire terms that Bass and Newsom say are nowhere close to the truth. The Marines have not yet been spotted in Los Angeles, and Guard troops have had limited engagement with protesters. Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together Wednesday to demand the raids stop and the troops leave. World Toronto & GTA Editorial Cartoons Toronto Blue Jays Toronto & GTA
CBC
an hour ago
- CBC
Iran defence minister ramps up U.S. threat as Trump says he's 'less confident' about nuclear talks
U.S. President Donald Trump said he was less confident that Iran will agree to stop uranium enrichment in a nuclear deal with Washington, according to an interview released on Wednesday. "I don't know. I did think so, and I'm getting ... less confident about it," Trump told the Pod Force One podcast from the New York Post this week when asked if he thought he could get Iran to agree to shut down its nuclear program. Trump has been seeking a new nuclear deal to place limits on Iran's disputed uranium enrichment activities and has threatened the Islamic Republic with bombing if no agreement is reached. He told reporters at the White House on Monday that he had discussed Iran with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and said talks with Iranians were "tough." "Iran is acting much differently in negotiations than it did just days ago," Trump said in a separate interview with Fox News this week. "Much more aggressive. It's surprising to me." If the nuclear negotiations fail and conflict arises with the United States, Iran will strike American bases in the region, Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said on Wednesday. "Some officials on the other side threaten conflict if negotiations don't come to fruition. If a conflict is imposed on us … all U.S. bases are within our reach and we will boldly target them in host countries," Nasirzadeh said during a weekly press briefing. Trump suggests Iran doesn't want a deal In the podcast interview, Trump said the Iranians seem to be using delaying tactics. Trump repeated that Washington would not allow Tehran to develop nuclear bombs — by enriching uranium to high levels of fissile purity — whether or not a deal is reached. "But it would be nicer to do it without warfare, without people dying, it's so much nicer to do it. But I don't think I see the same level of enthusiasm for them to make a deal." Iran has long said it has no plans to develop nuclear weapons and is only interested in atomic power generation and other peaceful projects. Iran and the U.S. have gone through five rounds of negotiations over a possible deal, with talks mediated by the sultanate of Oman. But they are sending mixed messages on when they will resume. Trump has said negotiations would be held on Thursday, while Tehran says they will take place on Sunday in Oman. The talks have been led by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. Enrichment levels, inspections fuel conflict Last week, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed a U.S. proposal as being against Iran's interests, pledging to continue enrichment on Iranian soil. During his first term in 2018, Trump ditched a 2015 nuclear pact between Iran and six powers and reimposed sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy. Iran responded by escalating enrichment far beyond that pact's limits. Iran says the West has turned a blind eye to Israel's nuclear program while pushing against Iran's. Israel neither confirms nor denies that it has nuclear weapons. Last year, Israel carried out its first military airstrikes on Iran — and has warned it is willing to take action alone to target Tehran's program, as it has in the past in Iraq in 1981 or Syria in 2007. Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with several world powers, negotiated under then-president Barack Obama, allowed Iran to enrich uranium to 3.67 per cent — enough to fuel a nuclear power plant but far below the threshold of 90 per cent needed for weapons-grade uranium. It also drastically reduced Iran's stockpile of uranium, limited its use of centrifuges and relied on the International Atomic Energy Agency to oversee Tehran's compliance through additional oversight. Iran now enriches up to 60 per cent, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels. In the years since Trump's 2018 decision, Iran has limited IAEA inspections and stopped the agency from accessing camera footage. It's also removed cameras. U.S., Iran poised to begin talks on Tehran's nuclear program 2 months ago Duration 3:26 This week, Western nations will push for a measure at the IAEA's board of governors censuring Iran over its noncompliance with inspectors, pushing the matter before the UN Security Council. Barring any deal with Washington, Iran could then face what's known as "snapback" — the reimposition of all UN sanctions that were originally lifted by the 2015 deal, if one of its Western parties declares the Islamic Republic is out of compliance with it. Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said earlier on Wednesday that Moscow was willing to remove nuclear materials from Iran and convert them into fuel as a potential way to help narrow differences between the United States and Iran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed Russia stood ready to help if necessary. Iran and Russia are allies, with Tehran providing drones that have been used by Moscow in its war in Ukraine.
CBC
3 hours ago
- CBC
Trump thanked California National Guard before it arrived in L.A.
Social Sharing At 2 a.m. Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump posted to social media congratulating the work of California's National Guard in response to immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. In fact, the guards only arrived in the city later that morning, according to several news reports. "Thank you to the National Guard for a job well done!" Trump wrote at 2:41 a.m. ET. Just after noon ET (9 a.m. PT), the U.S. Northern Command posted on X that 300 of the California National Guard 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) soldiers were positioned near federal properties at three locations in the greater Los Angeles area — far fewer than the 2,000 soldiers Trump vaunted he would deploy. The discrepancy has prompted reports from U.S. media outlets that Trump and his administration's claims of protest violence have been overblown. MSNBC's Jen Psaki hosted a segment on the contrast between what the federal government had been saying and what has really happened on the ground. "Trump is insisting that this massive escalation in force is completely necessary," Psaki said, also noting that National Guard troops were only reported to have arrived in Los Angeles at 11 a.m. Sunday, more than eight hours after Trump's posted thanking them. Trump deployed California's National Guard without getting consent from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, prompting the governor to later sue the federal government for its decision. When did the Los Angeles protests start? The protests in Los Angeles began Friday evening at federal detention centre in downtown Los Angeles where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents had detained more than 40 people — including children — following raids across the city, according to ABC News. The Los Angeles Police Department said Friday on X that a "small group of violent individuals are throwing large pieces of concrete" and that it was deeming the gathering "unlawful." Officers in riot gear were then seen throwing tear gas canisters to disperse some crowds. WATCH | Trump tests boundaries of his power: Trump tests boundaries of his power with troops in L.A. 2 days ago Duration 1:33:19 NBC senior correspondent Jay Gray joins Power & Politics from a confrontation between protesters and National Guard troops deployed by President Donald Trump in Los Angeles, as California's governor accuses Trump of the 'acts of a dictator.' Auditor General Karen Hogan says the estimated cost of Canada's F-35 fighter jet program has gone from $19 billion in 2022 to $27.7 billion in 2024, partly because the Defence Department relied on outdated information. Plus, a former Canadian ambassador to Saudi Arabia and an international affairs expert discuss whether Canada was right to invite controversial international players to the G7 summit next week. Protests, as well as the looting of a gas station in Paramount, Calif., continued that day and into Saturday — when Trump decided to federalize the National Guard. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth applauded the decision on X Saturday, calling the protests a "huge national security risk." Newsom responded that federal government help in preventing violence at the protests was unnecessary and would only lead to escalation. What happened after the National Guard arrived? Sunday afternoon the situation appeared to escalate case when, according to the Los Angeles Times, officers fired tear gas and less-lethal rounds at protesters outside a federal detention centre, where the guards were posted, though it's unclear whether they were the ones to exercise force or local law enforcement. Later that day, protesters streamed onto a highway, blocking traffic. But the Times reported clashes soon died down. Sunday evening, though, Trump called protesters "violent, insurrectionist mobs," in a post on Truth Social. The Times wrote that "Trump administration officials have seized on the isolated incidents of violence to suggest wide parts of L.A. are out of control." Psaki highlighted that, meanwhile, an estimated 300 people have been detained in Los Angeles ICE raids since protests began Friday. Californians say protests have largely been peaceful and led by people whose family members were taken into custody by immigration agents at their workplaces. A retired teacher, Jose Gallegos, told USA Today he attended protests in Paramount on Saturday and was struck by a rubber bullet shot in rounds by law enforcement. "We don't have guns. All we have is prayers and feathers," he told the news outlet. Escalation beneficial for Trump: experts Legal scholars and democracy watchers say it is politically advantageous for Trump to exaggerate the amount of violence tied to the immigration protests because it is one of the issues the president has broad support for. "I don't think the prospect of calling out the National Guard is in any way sincerely motivated by a fear of a loss of public order," said John Carey, a professor of government at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and the co-founder of Bright Line Watch, a group monitoring threats to American democracy. "We have a long and proud tradition of military remaining neutral and removed from politics," Carey said. "And this administration, I don't think, is committed to that." WATCH | California to sue Trump administration: California to sue Trump administration over National Guard deployment to L.A. 3 days ago Duration 3:09 California will file a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump over his deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles, the state attorney general said on Monday, arguing that the federal administration did so without authorization from Gov. Gavin Newsom and against the wishes of local law enforcement. Trump accused state leaders of being 'afraid to do anything' about protests over immigration raids that roiled the city over the weekend. According to Kim Lane Scheppele, a Princeton professor studying new autocracies, National Guards are a kind of protection for states against possible federal overreaches. They were created based on the Second Amendment, guaranteeing each state's right to a militia. Their troops are roughly equivalent in number to federally-operated military units, such as the Marine Corps — 700 of which were also deployed to L.A. — Scheppele explained. "You don't want it to turn into civil war … but at least you'd have kind of evenly matched sides. It would allow the governors to be able to say no [to federal overreach], backed by a kind of military force," the professor said. At issue is whether Title 10 of the U.S. Code — the legal mechanism Trump used to deploy the Guard — requires the president to consult with a state governor before federalizing their troops and whether the governor can refuse.
