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.

Enten found that Newsom is leading the race to become the next Democratic nominee, standing at 12% odds, according to online prediction market Kalshi. He is followed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) at 10%, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at 10%, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro at 6%.

For all of Donald Trump's talk agreeing with the idea of arresting California governor Gavin Newsom, the president couldn't offer even a hypothetical reason to do so when asked this week, which Seth Meyers was pretty amused by on Wednesday night.

Gov. Gavin Newsom blamed President Trump for intentionally inflaming tensions at protests in L.A. and targeting hardworking immigrant families in federal raids.

President Donald Trump’s lawyers cited a post from Sen. John Fetterman in their legal response to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s motion to block the deployment of troops in Los Angeles. Fetterman, D-Pa.

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

Calif., says that Los Angeles “would probably have peace” if the National Gard and Marines left the city.

Not even a voicemail,” Newsom said in an X post responding to Trump’s Oval Office comments. “Americans should be alarmed that a President deploying Marines onto our streets doesn’t even know who he’s talking to.