California GOP Candidate Steve Hilton told Fox News Digital that "Gavin Newsom is a total joke" amid the ongoing anti-ICE riots across Los Angeles.

Democratic governors on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines to California amid protests over the administration’s immigration enforcement policies.

Richard Grenell, President Trump’s envoy for special missions and interim Kennedy Center director, said he has spoken with the president about potentially launching a gubernatorial campaign in

Advocates are calling on Governor Newsom to fully decommission shuttered state prisons and prevent them from being repurposed as ICE detention centers, as federal immigration raids are increasing across California.

Grenell was installed by Trump as head of the Kennedy Center in February as part of a drastic conservative overhaul of the iconic arts center which he criticized as being too liberal. His appointment, replacing longtime president Deborah Rutter, sparked backlash across the arts community.

ALL ANGLES: California leaders are bracing as Donald Trump ’s administration continues its multi-pronged attack on the state. The president is considering cutting federal education funds to California, which could cost the cash-strapped state billions of dollars, our Rebecca Carballo, Juan Perez Jr. and Eric He report today.

A federal judge ruled Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard during the ICE riots was illegal and ordered control returned to Governor Gavin Newsom.

Newsom says Trump’s LA actions marks the onset of a much broader effort to overturn political and cultural norms.