WASHINGTON — Setting up a rare use of military force on domestic soil, President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Saturday night to send at least 2,000 National Guard troops to respond to protests in Los Angeles set off by his immigration crackdown.

President Trump is sending the National Guard to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom by invoking rarely used federal powers.

Roybal federal building, after their deployment by U.S. President Donald Trump, in response to protests, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.. REUTERS/Mike Blake President Donald Trump has deployed National Guard troops to California after two days of protests by hundreds of demonstrators against immigration raids,

President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries is set to take effect Monday amid escalating tension over the president’s unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement.

President Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries is set to take effect Monday amid escalating tension over the president’s