In the days before protests erupted in Los Angeles, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts to detain migrants — taking into custody those who arrived for routine check-ins while also conducting workplace raids that have sent waves of fear across Southern California and beyond.

President Trump ordered National Guard troops to the area after clashes over immigration-enforcement operations.

An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.

The power of the US military will be sharply on display this weekend – on two different coasts and in two very different ways.

The Trump administration faces a legal challenge to its deployment of the military to protests. Tensions flared after President Trump sent troops, and protests spread to other U.S. cities.

On Sunday, Clinton shared pictures to Instagram of sparse crowds gathered at Trump’s lavish $45 million birthday parade, which also marked the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. She paired those alongside photos of the nationwide “No Kings” protests which took place in every single state.

Democratic leaders are sensing political danger.Protests against the Trump administration, which are set to continue this weekend after a week of uprising that spread from Los Angeles across the country,

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged to "liberate" Los Angeles on Thursday at a press conference that was dramatically interrupted when federal agents dragged a Democratic U.S.