A federal judge said Thursday that he plans to rule quickly on whether President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles against the governor's wishes.

The 9th Circuit Court pauses ruling against Trump in National Guard case, allowing him to maintain control as protests loom.

Protests in Los Angeles continued into Thursday night as tensions died down across the West Coast ahead of thousands of anti-Trump demonstrations planned for Saturday — the “No Kings Day” event is set to take place coast-to-coast amid civil unrest nationwide.

Los Angeles residents and experts say the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a long-standing dynamic in the state and around the country.

Protests broke out on Friday when federal ... On Sunday, as nearly 300 members of the California National Guard took positions in the city on Mr. Trump’s orders, demonstrations near a downtown ...

fail to crack down sufficiently on such protests. Beyond California, the Pentagon is weighing a request from the Department of Homeland Security to deploy more than 20,000 National Guard members ...