The remaining California National Guard soldiers under federal command were ordered out of L.A., but appellate courts are still weighing the challenge to Trump's authority.

Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot testified the mobilizations are lawful and troops are thoroughly trained to understand the limits of their authorities.

President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to a number of U.S. cities has drawn a round of legal challenges by state and local officials.

A National Guard member died on Thursday after being shot near the White House in an ambush that investigators say was carried out by an Afghan national, an attack President Donald Trump blamed on Biden-era immigration vetting failures as he ordered a sweeping review of asylum cases.

The individual was vetted to serve as a soldier in Afghanistan, and that vetting standard was used by the Biden administration as a ruse to bring him here.”

US authorities believe the man suspected of fatally shooting a National Guard member and seriously wounding another in Washington, DC, was radicalized while in the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.