LOS ANGELES >> U.S. troops deployed in Los Angeles are authorized to detain people until police can arrest them, their commanding officer said today, as hundreds of Marines prepared to move into the city as it entered a sixth day of protests.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles who engage in violence will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

The Trump administration also claimed that the governor of California and mayor of Los Angeles had "fanned the flames" of the clashes.

Less than a week after the country was bingeing on the social media slanging match between Trump and Musk, the White House cannot believe their luck

President Donald Trump called protesters in Los Angeles “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg as he defended deploying the military on those protesting his immigration enforcement.

A dozen people who live, work or frequent the neighborhood said President Trump's use of the military was inflaming the protests against recent immigration raids.

The curfew extends to sections of downtown Los Angeles where protests have turned into instances of vandalism and looting.