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President Trump celebrated an appeals court ruling that affirmed his control over the California National Guard, which he ordered deployed amid unrest in Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) had sued over the action.
“BIG WIN in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the President’s core power to call in the National Guard!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This is a Great Decision for our Country, and we will continue to protect and defend Law abiding Americans.”
The three-judge Ninth Circuit panel unanimously ruled the Trump administration had presented enough evidence to show it had a defensible rationale for doing so and that Newsom had no power to veto the president’s order. Newsom, in a post on X, said, “The fight doesn’t end here.”
Trump, meanwhile, is weighing his options on the U.S. role in Israel’s battle against Iran. He’ll meet with his national security team daily this weekend amid the two-week decision window he laid out on Thursday.
As the Senate tries to get Trump’s major policy legislation passed, it was hit with a parliamentarian ruling on Friday morning, saying some parts of the “big, beautiful bill” run afoul of the Byrd Rule and must be taken out of the package to allow it to pass with a simple majority vote.
Also Friday, the Supreme Court will issue opinions at 10 a.m. Friday, as it winds down its term.
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