ICE is preparing to deploy Special Response Teams (SRTs) to five cities run by Democratic leaders ahead of anticipated protest activity this weekend, FOX has confirmed.

This brazen abuse of power by a sitting President inflamed a combustible situation … putting our people, our officers, and the National Guard at risk,” Newsom said.

Meanwhile, two men are being charged by the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles for possession of an unregistered destructive device for their alleged roles in the LA protest violence, federal prosecutors announced. Emiliano Galvez and Wrackkie Quiogue are both accused of trying to throw Molotov cocktails at police, according to federal prosecutors.

Trump has cited a provision of U.S. law that allows the president to use the National Guard to suppress the “danger of a rebellion.”

The first destroyer that the Navy deployed to the Gulf of America on the southern border mission returned Monday from a three-month stint deterring maritime migration and drug trafficking.