The Trump administration released some 150 California National Guard troops from federal duties in Los Angeles on Tuesday as the region faces threats from multiple wildfires. Why it matters: It's the first time the administration has released National Guard members since President Trump deployed thousands of troops and 700 U.

The military commander of the National Guard troops deployed to respond to immigration protests in the Los Angeles area recently asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to return 200 troops to California's command,

The Trump administration is reassigning some of the National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles as part of an authoritarian publicity stunt so they can instead address a real crisis — rather than the fake crisis of unrest that Trump has tried to fabricate.