California Gov. Gavin Newsom is being mocked online for an “embarrassing" televised address that experienced several technology meltdowns leaving his speech without sound.

In today’s newsletter: California Governor Gavin Newsom’s fiery response to the White House’s troop deployment in Los Angeles. What May’s inflation numbers say about tariffs and the challenges facing the U.S. men’s national team at the 2026 World Cup.

Newsom's opposition to Trump comes after he tried to preemptively counter criticism he is too liberal before an expected 2028 presidential campaign.

Newsom says Trump’s LA actions marks the onset of a much broader effort to overturn political and cultural norms.

The governor bragged about working with ICE in California but said that President Trump was “trying to gin things up to create problems” at protests.