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.

Newsom’s barrage of attacks have left many demoralized Democrats hoping this is the anti-Trump leader they’ve been waiting for, but others wonder whether the governor has chosen the wrong

California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the move "purposefully inflammatory" and one that "will only escalate tensions."

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