As the military presence ramped up in Los Angeles, communities are preparing for the largest protests against Trump since he took office.

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.

Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration are set to rally in nearly 2,000 cities and towns this weekend.

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.

The president deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE protests.

Protests against the Trump administration are set to take place in and around New York City Saturday as part of nationwide "No Kings" demonstrations. The protests coincide with Saturday's military parade in Washington,

The California National Guard and Marines remain deployed in Los Angeles to help temper unrest in that city. The Marines earlier in the day stopped and detained an American citizen trying to enter a federal building.

A Los Angeles Dodgers official was asked about the team's recent White House visit as their home city protests federal ICE raids.