U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy criticized LA officials for “weak leadership” during recent protests that disrupted transit services.

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

Protests over the raids soon devolved into ... The pair also traded blows in January as Trump slammed Newsom for his leadership amid the devastating wildfires that gripped the Los Angeles area. Trump ...

The Trump administration has repeatedly centered its policy battles in California, including on immigration and transgender ...

The troops were assigned to guard federal buildings and support immigration agents during protests against enforcement ...

Newsom, meanwhile, denounced President Trump’s deployment of National Guards and Marines to Los Angeles in response to the recent protests, calling the action “purposefully inflammatory”.

USDOT blasts LA leadership over protest response, ... “Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass failed to show up for Angelenos as their city was terrorized by anti-ICE riots,” Duffy said. ... Protests have ...