Overtime for police officers responding to the protests reached nearly $12 million, according to the city's top budget analyst.

President Donald Trump is thanking an appeals court for freezing an order that he return control of National Guard troops to California.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Press Club and investigative reporting network Status Coup today sued the Los Angeles Police Department and its chief, alleging in federal court that reporters’ rights were violated by police while covering recent immigration raids and subsequent civil unrest.

The ongoing protests in Los Angeles began with small demonstrations against immigration raids in the nation's second largest city.

Los Angeles has entered its second week of anti-ICE protests as President Trump has called for immigration agents to step up enforcement in LA and other Democrat-run cities.

President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.

Tonight' host criticized the president for sending National Guard troops and Marines into Los Angeles: "Why would you send troops if there is nothing for them to do?"

The Southern California native joins a growing number of music artists speaking out against the immigration raids.