Peaceful demonstrations in downtown LA escalate to violent confrontation with police using tear gas as protesters throw objects, prompting warnings from LAPD and Homeland Security.

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.

More than 1,500 events were announced throughout the U.S. to send a loud message to President Donald Trump: “In America, we don’t do kings.”

With protests blanketing the United States over the immigration crackdown — which is to say nothing of “No Kings Day” on Saturday — boxer Ryan Garcia couldn’t sit back anymore as Los Angeles, his home, has been wracked with ICE raids, protests and upheaval.

As many as 25,000 people gathered outside of City Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday, "in defiance" of President Trump in what appeared to be a peaceful protest as of 2 p.m."No Kings," a nationwide series of protests scheduled for Saturday,

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., has continued to defend himself and refute the claims by the Trump administration that he crashed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference before federal officers shoved him outside the room, pushed him onto the floor and handcuffed him.

ToplinePresident Donald Trump took credit Thursday for calming protests in Los Angeles, alleging his deployment of federal troops there stopped demonstrations from growing, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the military presence actually inflamed protests—as the two long-time political nemeses have contradicting narratives of their roles in managing the demonstrations.

LOS ANGELES − Two people have been charged with throwing firebombs during five days of protests that have rocked a downtown section of the city and prompted President Trump' controversial decision to send 4,