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California asks federal court to end Trump’s control of its National Guard after troops were deployed from Oregon to Illinois.

The state argues Trump used L.A. unrest as pretext for missions now including drug raids and out-of-state deployments.

SACRAMENTO — California is challenging President Trump’s grip on the state’s National Guard, telling a federal court the White House used claims of unrest in Los Angeles as a pretext for a deployment that has since expanded nationwide — including now sending troops to Illinois.

The Trump administration deployed 14 soldiers from California’s National Guard to Illinois to train troops from other states, according to a motion California fil

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