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Oct. 7, 2025, 7:31 PM EDTBy Henry J. Gomez, Matt Dixon and Jonathan AllenAs President Donald Trump clashes with Democratic governors over his push to deploy federalized National Guard troops to their cities, several former Republican governors are raising concerns about strong-arm tactics and constitutional crises — while also noting that the president has wide latitude to deploy the guard.The three former governors, who have long histories of criticizing Trump, also expressed a sense of resignation, saying they believe he will charge ahead unless the courts rein him in.“This is infuriating,” former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, who left the Republican Party in 2022 after years of opposing Trump and endorsing his opponents, said in an interview. “It is stoking resentment and fanning the flames. But as a governor there is nothing you can do to really stop the president from federalizing the guard.” Christine Todd Whitman said governors don’t have much power to stop the president from federalizing the National Guard.Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileFormer Ohio Gov. John Kasich expressed concern with the communication between the Trump administration and state and local officials.“I would say: ‘Here are my problems. What can you do to help me? Work with me. Don’t just shove stuff down my throat,’” said Kasich, a Republican who ran against Trump in the 2016 GOP presidential primaries and has since been a prominent anti-Trump voice in the party. While these former governors are critics, their perspectives as former chief executives of their states are instructive when active Republicans dealing with the White House and its political objectives on a daily basis are less inclined to publicly scrutinize Trump.Sitting GOP governors were less eager to weigh in on the matter, which could escalate if Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, a step he said he would consider if resistance from mayors, governors and courts makes it “necessary.” Roughly a dozen GOP governors, through their spokespeople, either declined or have not yet responded to requests for comment. “Uninformed criticisms from irrelevant former politicians shouldn’t be given the time of day,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in an emailed statement. “President Trump is lawfully taking action to protect federal officers and assets amidst ongoing violent riots and lawlessness that Democrat leaders, like [Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and California Gov. Gavin Newsom] have refused to quell. Why aren’t these washed up nobodies concerned with Democrat inaction to address violent crime and riots?” The political fallout is falling largely along partisan lines. The White House has cast Trump’s desire to send troops into Democratic-run cities and states as an effort to curb crime and protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and facilities that administration officials say are being targeted by rioters. Trump most recently has called for deploying federalized guard members to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, drawing pushback and lawsuits from the Democratic governors in those states.A Trump ally, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, is on record embracing the administration’s efforts, writing Sunday on X that he had “fully authorized” Trump to deploy 400 Texas National Guard members to other states. And Trump’s push to mobilize the National Guard and other federal law enforcement agencies in Memphis, Tennessee, has met with support there from Republican Gov. Bill Lee.“You can either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let [the] Texas Guard do it,” Abbott wrote in his social media post. “No Guard can match the training, skill, and expertise of the Texas National Guard.”Peter Finocchio, a spokesperson for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, did not specifically address the recent developments in Oregon and Illinois but described the governor’s administration as supportive of Trump’s goals. Finocchio noted the Virginia National Guard’s mobilization last month of about 40 soldiers and airmen to “provide administrative and logistics support to ICE at locations across the Commonwealth.” The mission, Finocchio added, is expected to continue through Nov. 15. At a news conference Monday, Pritzker suggested that Trump was trying to sow unrest so he can invoke the Insurrection Act. The measure — which allows the president to mobilize the U.S. military to conduct civilian law enforcement activities under certain circumstances — was last used during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.“The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem like peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them,” Pritzker said. Pritzker also threatened this week to withdraw from the National Governors Association if the nonpartisan group does not take a stand against Trump’s National Guard moves.Illinois sued Monday to block the Trump administration from deploying troops to Chicago. A judge declined to immediately block the administration’s move and instead scheduled a hearing for Thursday. Oregon AG: Trump shouldn’t deploy troops to cities unless under ‘extreme circumstances’02:44Earlier, a federal judge in Oregon had blocked the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard members from California or other states to Portland’s streets. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, had also blocked the administration from deploying Oregon National Guard troops in Portland.“I think it’s a real constitutional dilemma that is unprecedented and it will have to be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court,” said former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who briefly challenged Trump for last year’s Republican presidential nomination.“It’s difficult for the courts to step in and say, ‘We’re going to override the executive branch,’” added Hutchinson, a former U.S. attorney who stressed that he was offering more analysis than personal opinion.Hutchinson noted that he approved the deployment of Arkansas National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to protect federal assets in late January 2021, after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and before the inauguration. He also noted that in 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower deployed the 101st Airborne Division to Arkansas to enforce integration at Little Rock Central High School over the objections of then-Gov. Orval Faubus, who had mobilized the state national guard to stop Black students from entering the school.“He was enforcing federal law as interpreted by the courts,” Hutchinson said of Eisenhower. “There’s a lot of latitude given to the president.”Whitman, who also was President George W. Bush’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator, suggested that governors could try to wrestle the bully pulpit away from Trump.“There is going to be crime in cities and small towns,” she said. “Unfortunately, it happens when humans get together, but that’s vastly different than cities burning down. I remember the ’60s when the cities were burning. That is not happening. We have mostly peaceful protests outside ICE offices. … If you are a governor, go walk the streets and take the press. There are periods where you will have drug users and homeless, and you need to be up front about that. You have to show what is and is not true, use visuals.”White House denies Trump aims to ‘take over’ cities with the military01:18Kasich, who said he was upset about a recent aggressive ICE operation involving a helicopter at a Chicago apartment complex, urged more pragmatic discussions about crime and immigration. Kasich marveled at the success that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, has had in courting the president on initiatives important to her state. Whitmer, like Pritzker and California’s Newsom, another Democrat opposed to Trump’s deployments, is seen as a potential White House contender in 2028.“Everybody’s running for president, but I can’t blame it all on them, either,” Kasich said. “There’s not much communication coming the other way,” from the Trump administration to the governors. Whitman was blunter when assessing the partisan politics, asserting that Trump is “absolutely” targeting Democratic states.“And what I want to say to Republicans who voted for him in those states,” Whitman added, “is, ‘How is that working out for you? Are you happy?’”Henry J. GomezHenry J. Gomez is a senior national political reporter for NBC NewsMatt DixonMatt Dixon is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, based in Florida.Jonathan AllenJonathan Allen is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News. Zoë Richards contributed.
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Oct. 7, 2025, 4:32 PM EDTBy Minyvonne BurkeOriginal artwork from painter and TV host Bob Ross will be auctioned off to help support public television stations after the Trump administration cut funding. The auction house Bonhams said in a statement that 30 of Ross’ paintings will be sold at different auctions. The first auction is set Nov. 11 as part of its California and Western Art sale. Three of Ross’ pieces will be included: “Cliffside,” painted in 1990; “Winter’s Peace,” painted in 1993; and “Home in the Valley,” painted in 1993. Ross’ signature is on the lower left side of all three paintings. Bob Ross’ “Home in the Valley.”Bob Ross / via Bonhams”Bob Ross dedicated his life to making art accessible to everyone through public television. This auction ensures his legacy continues to support the very medium that brought his joy and creativity into American homes for decades,” Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross Inc., said in a statement.The auctions of the 30 paintings have an estimated total value of $850,000 to $1.4 million, Bonhams said.In May, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end public funding of National Public Radio and PBS to stop what he called “biased and partisan news coverage.”The White House previously said in a statement that the organizations received “tens of millions of dollars” in taxpayers’ dollars to spread “radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.'”Under the order, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was directed to cease funding to NPR and PBS to the extent allowed by law.
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Nov. 25, 2025, 11:10 PM ESTBy Gary Grumbach and Raquel Coronell UribeThe Justice Department said Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was the Trump administration official behind the decision not to comply with a federal judge’s order to halt the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.In a court filing, the Justice Department said administration officials conveyed U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s March 15 oral order to return alleged Venezuelan members of the Tren de Aragua gang to the United States, as well as the subsequent written order the same day that blocked the federal government from removing members subject to the Alien Enemies Act under President Donald Trump’s invocation of the 18th century law.The filing said Justice Department officials relayed the order and provided legal advice to the acting general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security, who conveyed that advice, as well as his own, to Noem. Noem then decided that detainees under the Alien Enemies Act who were removed from the United States before the court’s order could be transferred to El Salvador.A DHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Justice Department filing Tuesday night.Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in contempt over deportation flights03:29The filing, which came 255 days after 261 people were loaded onto three planes in the United States bound for El Salvador, reveals for the first time who in the Trump administration was responsible for making the final decision. It comes as Boasberg said he wanted to revive criminal contempt proceedings against administration officials who authorized the deportation flights.The Justice Department’s disclosure is an attempt to provide Boasberg with information he has requested for months in an effort to avoid high-ranking officials’ being ordered to publicly testify about their actions that day.Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 3.Saul Loeb / AFP – Getty Images fileBoasberg barred the administration from deporting alleged Tren de Aragua members using the wartime Alien Enemies Act in March, saying the deportees most likely did not receive due process. The administration executed flights carrying deportees under the act anyway.The Justice Department has argued that Boasberg’s written injunction halting the deportations had no bearing on those already removed from the country. In the filing Tuesday, the administration maintained that its decision was “lawful” and “consistent with a reasonable interpretation of the court’s order.”The decision to authorize the flights came amid the administration’s early showdown with judges who ruled against some of Trump’s policies and tactics.In April, the Supreme Court threw out Boasberg’s decision while still saying detainees must receive due process. That approach to due process has continued in other courts.A whistleblower alleged in June that former Principal Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove — who the court said Tuesday was one of the Justice Department officials who provided DHS with legal advice — had told subordinates they would need to consider ignoring court orders. Bove denied the accusations during Senate confirmation hearings for his nomination to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “I have never advised a Department of Justice attorney to violate a court order,” he said.The whistleblower is one of the people Boasberg indicated he intends to hear testimony from in any contempt proceedings.The Trump administration is seeking a final ruling from Boasberg on the issue, and it could appeal after that. But Boasberg is pushing to get to the bottom of what happened on March 15 and why his orders weren’t followed. An appeals court allowed him to continue with contempt proceedings this month.Plaintiffs want to put at least nine past or present Trump administration officials on the witness stand for a contempt hearing.The list of potential witnesses includes Bove, a 3rd Circuit appeals judge; whistleblower Erez Reuveni, formerly acting deputy director of the Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation; and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign, whom the Justice Department filing pointed to Tuesday as having conveyed Boasberg’s oral and written orders to DHS.Gary GrumbachGary Grumbach is an NBC News legal affairs reporter, based in Washington, D.C.Raquel Coronell UribeRaquel Coronell Uribe is a breaking news reporter. 
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