California Gov. Gavin Newsom had sued Trump in an attempt to block the deployment of federal troops in the city, which Newsom has called a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”

A federal judge on Thursday ruled President Trump must return control of California’s National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) by Friday afternoon, prompting a lightning-fast appeal that began

But even as the judge said that Trump should return control of the National Guard to Newsom "forthwith," he stayed his temporary restraining order — giving the federal government enough time to swiftly appeal.