Guv to withdraw National Guard from border

LOS ANGELES: In a rebuke to President Trump, the governor of California is set to sign an order to pull most of the National Guard troops deployed on the Mexico border.

Governor Gavin Newsom's office Monday said he was signing the order ahead of his State of the State speech on Tuesday.

"The border 'emergency' is a manufactured crisis," according to excerpts of the speech sent to AFP by his office. "And California will not be part of this political theater."

Newsom's office said most of the 360 troops deployed at the US-Mexico border will be redeployed to focus on "the actual threats" facing the western state, such as wildfires.