And in the balance of power between the Trump administration and the nation’s most populous state, California was on the losing end. “We’re at DEFCON 1 in the conflict between California and the Trump administration,

California Democrats are blasting the taxpayer expense of President Trump sending troops to quell anti-ICE riots while the state spends billions yearly on illegal immigrants.

Trump signed measures Thursday revoking waivers for the state's mandates that clean up car and truck exhaust and ramp up sales of electric vehicles. California and 10 other states immediately sued and the governor ordered the air board to craft a new mandate.

President Donald Trump signed a resolution on Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

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.

California leaders said the state intends to challenge the move in court, and to find new ways to move drivers toward electric vehicles.

The move sets up another battle with Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has sparred with Trump in recent days over the president’s intervention in L.A. protests.

President Donald Trump signed three resolutions on Thursday barring California from mandating electric vehicle sales and setting tailpipe emissions standards designed to galvanize the transition away from combustion engines.

A federal judge’s National Guard order, backlash to roughing up Padilla, and growing protests show the administration may have overplayed its hand.