A federal appeals court quickly halted a lower court’s order directing President Donald Trump to turn over control of the National Guard to California Thursday night. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed Trump to keep the National Guard in Los Angeles at least through Tuesday, when it scheduled a hearing to consider the issue.

The ongoing riots in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement have taken on a decidedly nationalist character, with rioters and supporters invoking Mexico’s past ownership of much of the western United States to claim a heritage and tie to the land that predates American ownership.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is deploying National Guard troops across his state ahead of expected protests against immigration raids, seeking to prevent the violence that has swept Los Angeles in recent days. Abbott announced in an early Wednesday X post that he will send the troops “to ensure peace and order” in the coming days. The governor had deployed them to San Antonio by Monday night to prepare for left-wing protests planned for Wednesday and Saturday, the San Antonio Express-News reported.

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the Trump administration on Monday over President Trump's deployment of the state's National Guard, after a violent night of protests over federal immigration-enforcement sweeps.  According to the lawsuit, Trump overstepped his authority by calling the National Guard despite Newsom's protest, invoking a law that lets the president to do so under threat from a foreign “invasion” or “rebellion” against the U.S. government, The Washington Post reported.

The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) launched a new task force to address election integrity earlier this month. ALEC drafts model legislation for state legislators to propose around the country, such as the Safeguard American Votes and Election Act stopping Ranked Choice Voting, and its new Process and Procedures Task Force intends to expand these efforts.

The crux of the debate centers around whether the Federal government should auction additional portions of the electromagnetic spectrum to private industry, or if it should refrain from doing so in the name of national security.

The United States Court of International Trade on Wednesday unanimously ruled to strike down President Donald Trump's reciprocal trade tariffs, ruling the president exceeded his authority in doing so. Trump imposed the tariffs last month on a wide range of countries, which were announced on the dubbed "Liberation Day," which sought to rebalance global trade, reduce the national debt and "supercharge" the U.S. economy to the benefit of long-suffering American workers.

President Donald Trump gave a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery, where he paid tribute to America’s fallen service members. He pledged to “never forget out debt” to those who served this country in uniform.

The state of Idaho is targeting an online Satanic criminal network that preys on local children for sexual abuse, reflecting growing nationwide concerns about the threat it poses. Republican Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s office said it is sounding the alarm about “a dangerous online sextortion scheme run by a transnational criminal network known as ‘764’” in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Members of the group, who have become a growing priority for federal law enforcement, are “actively targeting children in Idaho and across the country through gaming platforms and messaging apps,” Labrador’s office said.

A former Michigan Army National Guardsman has ben charged with attempting to attack a Detroit Army base for ISIS after planning a mass shooting.