US JUDGE SAYS TRUMP MUST END NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT IN LOS ANGELES

A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered an end to Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and directed that they be returned to the control of the state's Democratic governor, finding that the Republican president had exceeded his authority.

The ruling by San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer represented the latest legal setback for Trump in his efforts to deploy National Guard troops to Democratic-controlled cities, an extraordinary use of the military for domestic purposes. The U.S. Supreme Court could ultimately decide the issue.

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