US judge blocks Trump administration's use of troops in California


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  • Tuesday, 02 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: National Guard troops wear gas masks during protests against federal immigration sweeps, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from using the militaryto fight crime in California, as the Republican president threatens to send troops to more U.S. cities including Chicago.

San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that the Trump administration willfully violated a law known as the Posse Comitatus Act, which sharply limits the use of federal troops for domestic enforcement, by using troops to control crowds and bolster federal agents during immigration and drug raids. The administration deployed 4,000 National Guard and 700 active duty U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in June.

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