CNN’s chief data analyst says President Donald Trump’s positive immigration polling emboldened him to send federal troops to Los Angeles to quell protests. Harry Enten told CNN News Central host John Berman that Trump was “begging for a fight” with top California officials,

President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller have repeatedly used the word “insurrection” to describe the protests in Los Angeles.

Trump's move to send the California National Guard to LA has sharply escalated tensions between the government and the state.

The Trump administration is preparing to cancel federal funding to California as the president has long railed against the country’s biggest blue state. The large-scale cancellation of cash could start as soon as Friday,

The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding to California, an effort which could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.