President Donald Trump’s aggressive response to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles is fueling a California push to insulate state residents’ personal data from Washington. Tech-skeptical California lawmakers and activists fear the Trump administration will leverage tech tools to track and punish demonstrators accused of interfering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.

The demonstrations coincide with a Flag Day military parade in Washington honoring the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday.

Thousands of demonstrators chanted “ICE out of L.A.” on the sixth day of protests against the Trump administration’s immigration raids.

Hundreds of protesters marched on L.A. City Hall on Wednesday evening. What began as a peaceful demonstration reportedly turned violent, as police used less-lethal munitions and horses to disperse crowds, with many protesters fleeing into nearby Grand Park

The Trump administration argued in federal court that any judicial intervention to curtail its deployment of military troops to Los Angeles would endanger federal immigration agents and undermine the president's authority to keep American cities safe.

Newsom says Trump’s LA actions marks the onset of a much broader effort to overturn political and cultural norms.

Gavin Newsom and deploy the National Guard and Marines to quell Los Angeles’ immigration-related protests against federal raids in the city. A long-time strong voter base for Trump, some veterans have,

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President Donald Trump has built his presidency around stretching the bounds of presidential authority, and his response to protests over an immigration crackdown in Los Angeles is no exception.