Gavin Newsom ’s renewed control of the California National Guard didn’t last more than a few hours thanks to a federal appeals court. “The request for an administrative stay is GRANTED,” the court wrote in a short order tonight after the White House and DOJ came up short this afternoon in their bid to maintain a hold on the unrequested and widely seen as unnecessary troop deployment.

Hours after a federal judge sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom over Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles, an appeals court has blocked the ruling.